History Attractions in Prescott
E Cross L Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This trail is entirely within a ponderosa pine forest. Travelers on this trail should plan enough time to visit the old Palace Station which is now a Forest Service administrative and information site...
East Fort Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This trail lies within the Castle Creek Wilderness of the Bradshaw Mountains. It provides panoramic views of Black Canyon, the Pine Mountain Wilderness, and the expanse of the Mogollon Rim to the east...
Kentuck Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This popular trail lies in the Horsethief Basin recreation area and provides an easy day hike to the Horsethief Lookout Tower from either the Turney Gulch or the Kentuck Spring Campgrounds...
Algonquin Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This trail lies within the Castle Creek Wilderness and offers panoramic views of the area. The name was acquired from the Algonquin mine established in the early 1900s near Hell's Hole...
Horsethief Canyon Trail
344 South Cortez Street
The Horsethief Canyon Trail acquired its name from the Horsethief Ranch, where several noted outlaws made this ranch a headquarters for trafficking in stolen horses...
Twin Peaks Trail
344 South Cortez Street
The upper portions of this trail are all in the Ponderosa pine vegetation type. There are some attractive day hikes in this area using the three trailheads and the portions of these trails above the point where they all converge...
Granite Recreation Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This trail is primarily of interest to horseback riders. There are few outstanding on-site features to attract hikers. It does, however, offer equestrians some extensive areas for riding...
West Spruce Trail
344 South Cortez Street
The trail is suitable for day hikes or rides in the area and offers some magnificent high elevation vistas of much of northern Arizona. The Sierra Prieta range was heavily mined during the early part of this century...
Tuscumbia Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This trail, originally an access road to mines in the Battle Flat area, stays almost entirely in chaparral vegetation and is not one of the most popular hiking trails...
Bradshaw Trail
344 South Cortez Street
The upper parts of this trail are the most attractive. The trailhead at Wildflower Saddle goes down through some old mine dumps. It then drops into a beautiful riparian area passing through some nice aspen groves...
Groom Creek Loop Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This is one of the most attractive trails in the entire trail system on the Prescott National Forest, particularly for horseback riders. This is in part due to the construction of a Horse Camp just south of Groom Creek...
Cedar Springs Trail
344 South Cortez Street
This trail is another link in the system of trails serving the Granite Mountain Wilderness. It is another of the recreational trails in this area that were originally roads built mostly in the late 1800's...
