Hieroglyphic Trail with Marlyn & Michele
Met Marlyn & Michele again for an afternoon hike. Definitely a welcome diversion to the constantly depressing news of the Corona Virus.
Hieroglyphic Trail is a 2.8 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Apache Junction, Arizona that features a waterfall and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, nature trips, and bird watching and is accessible year-round.
Distance:
The trail is very well marked & was quite level to start. Scenery is lovely with the Superstition Mountains as a back drop.
Tons of Saguaro cactus & more & more wild flowers are blooming.
Again, the elevation gain was a bit of a rock scramble. But not nearly as difficult as to Wave Cave.
The destination is a clear pool with a small water fall surrounded by rocks that have hieroglyphs on them. Not being an expert, we couldn't tell the real hieroglyphs from things that looked like they might have been added in!
We could have gone a little higher, but just more of a scramble, so decided to turn around. The walk back was very easy, so the boys went on ahead & Michele & I dilly dallied - looking at the flowers & the beautiful sky & the scenery.
I had forgotten to take pictures of the signs as we started, so I made sure to take them as we made our way back to the car. It was a pleasant time out after a week of staying away from folks!
Distance:
Easy & short drive to the trail head. Definitely a more popular hike that the Wave Cave. The parking lot was full. But it's easy to maintain social distancing in the desert, so not worried.
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