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Moon Rock and Cat Peaks Trail

Friday, January 02, 2009 at 06:38 PM by Daniel - Tagged as Outdoors

Today I did an assortment of trails in about a 5 mile loop.  When I left it was a brisk 47 degrees, which goes quite nice with shorts and a t-shirt.

Cholla CactusI started out going East on the Blevins Trail for about a half mile and then crossed over to the 1.5 mile Moon Rock Trail.   This section was very visually appealing as it winds its way though a forest of Cholla cactus.   The "Moon Rock" part of the name I'm guessing comes from a grouping of large round boulders near the half way point.

After meeting back up with the Blevins Trail it was a straight 1.5 miles to the Cat Peaks Trail.   Looking way up I could make out people taking photos from the summit.   I may try that myself at some point soon.   Though the maps say that it's only 1/2 mile from that junction to the Pass Mountain Trail junction, it seemed longer.   What I didn't realize is at that point, you leave the Regional Park System and enter the Tonto National Forest.   The Pass Mountain Trail had a lot more hills and considerable debris which made it a little more challenging but nothing I couldn't handle by slowing down and watching my steps carefully.

In all, I did 5 miles in just over 2 1/2 hours.