Travel Tips and Adventures » South Mountain Park http://traveltipsandadventures.com Real People. Real Travel. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:34:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Travel to Heavenly Weather in…Arizona http://traveltipsandadventures.com/?p=2047 http://traveltipsandadventures.com/?p=2047#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:00:09 +0000 Shelley Gillespie http://traveltipsandadventures.com/?p=2047 Unless you really like winter sports, this time of year the greatest place to be is Arizona.  I know Arizona’s been taking a lot of hits lately, but the weather In January and February is why Arizona has a major tourism influx.

Daytime temperatures get into the 70ºs (Fahrenheit) and the sun is shining. Soon, we’ll have a profusion of flowers – yes, it really can flower in the desert!

So, on a day when most of the country was socked in with snow, I’ll show you where I hiked.  With a jacket that I wound up taking off since I became too warm while hiking, I headed out on a trail that gave me views of downtown Phoenix, Camelback Mountain and a panorama of the whole surrounding area.

Take a look – South Mountain Park – the largest city park in the USA.   These pictures show the Javelina Canyon Trail (Easy to moderate difficulty) that you can enter from 46th Street (south off Baseline Road).

Beginning of the trail - Javelina Canyon Trail in South Mountain Park

Camelback Mountain in the distance

The trail

Phoenix downtown (in the distance) from South Mountain Park

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