Castle Dome
Castle Dome is located in Arizona, United States. It has an elevation of 1611 meters above sea level. It is located at the following coordinates: (33.5298, -111.194)Write a Hike Report
Castle Dome Mar 31, 2007
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Superstition Mountains
Castle Dome
Reavis Ranch Trail #109
11 ??? 13 December 2006
Our journey began on a typical Phoenix December morning, 55 degrees bright sunshine with mixed pollution haze all about. Passing Apache Junction and taking Idaho Road to the Route 88 turn, we left any semblance of modern civilization and entered the 1870???s mining and prospector mind set. This is reinforced somewhat by the Goldfield mining town to the left, a nice place to bring the kids. A bit beyond you are faced with the first of many anachronisms of Superstition Mountains, Canyon Lake. Imagine a man-made freshwater lake twisting through a 10 mile gorge of the Salt River in the middle of a desert. Attribute this phenomenon to the early followers of the Church of Latter Day Saints in their 1870 infancy.
Tortilla Flats is the next way stop at the head of the Canyon Lake, more on this place later. You???ll cruise along a paved two lane circuitous road through the (more...)
Castle Dome
Reavis Ranch Trail #109
11 ??? 13 December 2006
Our journey began on a typical Phoenix December morning, 55 degrees bright sunshine with mixed pollution haze all about. Passing Apache Junction and taking Idaho Road to the Route 88 turn, we left any semblance of modern civilization and entered the 1870???s mining and prospector mind set. This is reinforced somewhat by the Goldfield mining town to the left, a nice place to bring the kids. A bit beyond you are faced with the first of many anachronisms of Superstition Mountains, Canyon Lake. Imagine a man-made freshwater lake twisting through a 10 mile gorge of the Salt River in the middle of a desert. Attribute this phenomenon to the early followers of the Church of Latter Day Saints in their 1870 infancy.
Tortilla Flats is the next way stop at the head of the Canyon Lake, more on this place later. You???ll cruise along a paved two lane circuitous road through the (more...)
