Kingman Hikes

Beale's Spring Hike. Known for the spring which was along the Beale Trail

White Cliffs Hike Known for wagon ruts

White Cliffs Trail System: South entrance.  A new trailhead a couple blocks from the courthouse in Kingman.  Great views of Kingman downtown area.

Mohave Wash Path:  Follows Mohave Wash.

Beale's Loop

Southside Park: from the parking lot farthest to the east, along the north side of Southside Park there is a trail which is a bit above the ball diamonds.  It goes behind the ball diamonds past where they have a football goal post.  At the end there is another rough parking area.  Behind this there is a trail going up the hill and another coming down.  There is a very good view from the top of this hill and it makes a more aerobic walk up.  

Thistle along the trail

Downtown Walk several publications talk about down town walks.

Slaughterhouse Canyon Hike  

Monolith Trails: Metwell Trailhead

                                           

Abandoned Homes east of Kingman. Not a regular hike but a good place to walk around and see the abandoned community

Canyon Shadows Neighborhood Park provides a good hike, easy within the park and then rougher if you follow the wash after the park.

Chloride Murals is a hike, rough drive near Kingman

Cerbat Foothills is part of the Monolith Gardens trail system.  

Welcome to Kingman Twelve: Hualapai Mountain Park

 Hualapai Mountain Park is a Mohave County Park.  As such entrance is $10 per car as taxes do not support the park.  The most telling feature of this park, in addition to it being in the top of the mountains, is the many cabins.  Most of these were constructed by the CCC during the depression.  The park has group picnic sites with small playgrounds.  It also has RV and tent camping.  It is also the trail head for many hikes; which on our visit we did not take the time to explore.  It is about 15 minutes from Kingman on Hualapai Road.  Close by is Hualapai Mountain Resort which features hotel and restaurant.  

Between the park and the resort next door you find staging areas for ATV for four-wheeling excursions on the dirt roads beyond through the Hualapai range.

Mount Rainier Camping and Nisqually Glacier View Point and Wild Flowers

Here are a few more camping photos.  At Paradise we were looking for a shorter hike, and came upon the Nisqually Glacier View Point as a short hike.  It did have some climbs however.  The Nisqually River, which is a glacier water river has lots of grit in it from the Glacier process.  It does not look appetizing, but rather a whitish brown.

This hike is also known for wildflowers

Finally a couple pictures of Mount Rainier from Paradise

Pinnacles National Park: Day after Thanksgiving

Pinnacles National Park is the newest national park, but was a national monument for many years.  Even though we live close, we had never been there.  This is a hiking park, with one campground.  This time of year is a good time to go as it is not too hot.  It is known for some crazy uplifts, which created the pinnacles.  It also has several caves.  We decided this trip to see some of the pinnacles.  We hiked up Condor Gulch Trail.  The condors must have been nesting, or out to see.  They nest in the cliffs, and they travel quite a ways.  The ranger said they mostly eat carrion.  We did see a skinny lizard, and the woodpeckers were very active.  We listened to and saw several of them.

Hiking and rock climbing

Pinnacles

rock

gnarly trees

woodpecker

lizard, just above the small rock in the center