Harquahala Mtn.
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As the sign says the road goes to the Harquahala Mountain and the BLM has
made it a scenic Back Country Byway. Harquahala Mountain is the highest
point in Southwest Arizona.
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The road starts off pretty smooth and not much gain in elevation. The
round trip is 21 miles.
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But after 5 or 6 miles it starts to get a bit more rugged. The day we went
it was 104 degrees. In fact the road got so steep the Subaru temperature gage
started going up fast. It was going up so quickly I had to stop and turn
around. We never made the summit. It didn't make sense to push it and
breakdown in this kind of heat this far away from civilization.
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We stopped here for lunch. There were picnic tables along the road that were actually
camp sites. The view from this little spot was very pretty.
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The scenery was definitely Sonoran Desert. At the top of the Mountain is a solar
observatory build in the 1920's by the Smithsonian. We'll have to try this
again in cooler weather.
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