Description
Book Synopsis This rich, enthusiastic guide to the Tucson, Rincon, Santa Catalina, and Santa Rita Mountains has been completely revised. Betty Leavengood’s fourth edition of her bestselling Tucson Hiking Guide offers new routes and updated access information, detailed maps, and clear descriptions to area trailheads. This latest edition includes thirty-six hikes rated easy to difficult by mountain range; revised information on precautions for desert hiking; historical notes, photographs, and anecdotes; and detailed maps and descriptions with elevation/distance.
Trade Review“Using the Tucson Hiking Guide is a pleasure. Directions are clear and extremely specific yet this precise information is engagingly presented in a pleasantly readable and humorous style . . .”
—Tucson Sierra Club
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Introduction 1
Getting Ready 3
Hazards of Hiking Around Tucson 5
Trail Difficulty Ratings 11
The Tucson Mountains 13
Hugh Norris Trail 16
King Canyon Trail 22
Encinas Trail to Signal Hill 27
Sendero Esperanza Trail 32
Sweetwater Trail 37
Roadrunner–Panther Peak Wash–Cam-Boh Trail Loop 41
David Yetman Trail 46
Golden Gate Loop Trail 51
Brown Mountain Trail 57
Gilbert Ray Campground Loop Trail 62
The Rincon Mountains 67
Cactus Forest Trail 70
Pink Hill–Wentworth–Loma Verde Loop Trail 75
Tanque Verde Ridge Trail 82
Douglas Spring Trail 88
Rincon Peak Trail 93
The Santa Catalina Mountains 99
Agua Caliente Hill Trail 101
Blackett’s Ridge Trail 106
Esperero Trail 111
Ventana Canyon Trail 117
Pontatoc Ridge Trail 123
Finger Rock Trail 128
Pima Canyon Trail 134
Romero Canyon Trail 140
Prison Camp to Sabino Canyon Trail 145
Box Camp Trail 151
The Santa Rita Mountains 157
Old Baldy Trail 159
Super Trail 166
Kent Spring–Bog Springs Loop Trail 171
Dutch John Spring Trail 176
Agua Caliente (Vault Mine) Josephine Saddle Loop Trail 180
Elephant Head Hiking/Biking Trail 185
Agua Caliente Trail 191
Florida Saddle Trail 194
Arizona Trail–From Kentucky Camp to Gardner Canyon 199
Selected Readings 205
Index 207
