Trails
Meers Point Trail
- Open Season: Year-round
- Length: 0.8 miles
- Location of trail: The trail is accessible from the headquarters/visitor center or Meers point.
- Surface: Gravel
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Information: This one-way trail travels between the visitor center and Meers Point Recreation Area. There are opportunities to see desert plants and wildlife including birds, coyotes, and mule deer. An observation platform is located at the trail head. A comfort station, picnic tables, boat launch, and trash receptacle are located at Meers Point.
Painted Desert Trail
- Open Season: Year-round
- Length: 1.3 miles
- Location of trail: The trail head is located approximately 3 miles north of the headquarters/visitor center via Red Cloud Mine Road.
- Surface: gravel
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Information: This trail offers an amazing panoramic view of the Colorado River valley and a rainbow of colors produced by 30,000 year-old volcanic ash formations. Explore and enjoy the desert鈥檚 uniquely adapted landscape and the plants and wildlife that thrive here.
Open Season: Year-round聽Location of trail:聽The trail is accessible from the headquarters/visitor center or聽Meers聽point.聽Surface: Gravel聽Information: This one-way trail travels between the visitor center and聽Meers聽Point Recreation Area. There are opportunities to see desert plants and wildlife including birds, coyotes, and mule deer. An observation platform is located at the trail head.聽A comfort station, picnic tables, boat launch, and trash receptacle are located at聽Meers聽Point.聽
Trail Length (mi)
0.85
Trail Difficulty
Moderate
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Open Season: Year-round聽Location of trail:聽The trail head is located approximately 3 miles north of the headquarters/visitor center via Red Cloud Mine Road.聽聽Surface: Gravel聽Information: This trail offers an amazing panoramic view of the Colorado River valley and a rainbow of colors produced by聽30,000 year-old聽volcanic ash formations. Explore and enjoy the desert鈥檚 uniquely adapted landscape and the plants and wildlife that thrive here.聽
Trail Length (mi)
1.26
Trail Difficulty
Moderate
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