The Historic Iron King
The Prescott area offers a diverse network of trails. Some of these trails can have treacherous hazards like large trees, sharp rocks and steep cliffs such as Smith Ravine trail number 297, Salida Gulch Trail number 95, and the Constellation Trail System. Whereas, some of them are flat maintained pathways of gravel like the historic Iron King Trail. The Iron King Trail was forged on the weathered foundations of the railroad tracks for the Prescott & Eastern Railroad which used to provide service to the Iron King Mine. The trail is in the Town of Prescott Valley and is popular for those that enjoy walking, running, biking, horseback riding and even bird watching. This trail has only a slight incline; therefore, people …show more content…
The ground is usually saturated and the cool air smells like a mix of wet concrete and sand. That, however, is to be expected through this segment being that it’s a drainage basin. People may tend to feel a bit claustrophobic while travelling through the underpass. After clearing the underpass and moving west, you are greeted by a housing development to the south and rolling prairies to the north. But don’t fret, the feeling of being free of the city is fast …show more content…
As the trail continues west over a bridge or two, the granite dells become the dominating feature of the landscape. Within the dells, nature is more secluded and has to adjust to the presence of people. The rabbits scamper to safety and the birds stop singing simultaneously when they are disturbed but before long they continue their day-to-day routine. The excess of plants, trees, and wildflowers provide a variety of different scents. The dells begin to mix more with the deciduous cottonwood trees that grow near all of the little stagnant murky ponds throughout the low-lying areas of the granite. The pinion pine evergreens seem to grow out of the rock itself and the yucca plants and various cacti stand guard with their sharp spines. When the wildflowers, yucca, and various cacti are in bloom it makes the scenery even more picturesque. This is the part of the trail that bird watchers need to be alert as many types of birds can be
The Prescott area offers a diverse network of trails. Some of these trails can have treacherous hazards like large trees, sharp rocks and steep cliffs such as Smith Ravine trail number 297, Salida Gulch Trail number 95, and the Constellation Trail System. Whereas, some of them are flat maintained pathways of gravel like the historic Iron King Trail. The Iron King Trail was forged on the weathered foundations of the railroad tracks for the Prescott & Eastern Railroad which used to provide service to the Iron King Mine. The trail is in the Town of Prescott Valley and is popular for those that enjoy walking, running, biking, horseback riding and even bird watching. This trail has only a slight incline; therefore, people …show more content…
The ground is usually saturated and the cool air smells like a mix of wet concrete and sand. That, however, is to be expected through this segment being that it’s a drainage basin. People may tend to feel a bit claustrophobic while travelling through the underpass. After clearing the underpass and moving west, you are greeted by a housing development to the south and rolling prairies to the north. But don’t fret, the feeling of being free of the city is fast …show more content…
As the trail continues west over a bridge or two, the granite dells become the dominating feature of the landscape. Within the dells, nature is more secluded and has to adjust to the presence of people. The rabbits scamper to safety and the birds stop singing simultaneously when they are disturbed but before long they continue their day-to-day routine. The excess of plants, trees, and wildflowers provide a variety of different scents. The dells begin to mix more with the deciduous cottonwood trees that grow near all of the little stagnant murky ponds throughout the low-lying areas of the granite. The pinion pine evergreens seem to grow out of the rock itself and the yucca plants and various cacti stand guard with their sharp spines. When the wildflowers, yucca, and various cacti are in bloom it makes the scenery even more picturesque. This is the part of the trail that bird watchers need to be alert as many types of birds can be