Prescott Circle Trail Segments 11 and 1

This is our last leg of the Prescott Circle Trail! You wil have completed over 60 miles of hiking around the entire mountains, valleys, and lakes that beautiful Prescott has to offer.

We will begin hiking from the Pioneer Park Trailhead onto Legacy Trail, to Circle Trail, and onto Longview Trail. From here we will have to hike alongside Williamson Valley Road, and into a residential neighborhood to bridge the gap between sections 11 and 1. (A trail has not yet been made to bridge the gap.) We will hike west on Yampa Drive, south on Hozoni, and west on Katahn to the Ho-Kay-Gan Trailhead. We will continue hiking on Willow Trail 347, to Hoykaygan Trail 341, back onto Willow Trail 347, to Willow Connector Trail 346 for a very short distance, and finally finishing on Javalina Trail 332 for a total of 10.6 miles.

The first part of the hike is very easy. Once we bridge the gap, the first 1.5 miles will be steady climbing and rocky. Hiking poles are recommended if you use them. The trail will then even out until the last mile on Javalina Trail, where we will continue climbing again. This part of the trail is so beautiful once we reach the tree line.

This hike has no shade, until the last 1.5 miles, so please remembered to wear hats and sunscreen.

Attached are photos and maps of the hike. My dog chewed the bottom of my map book so I am sorry if parts of the pages are missing. 😂

You can now submit your Prescott Circle Trail challenge paperwork on the yavapai-trails.org website to receive a PCT patch or bumper sticker and a certificate of completion.

We will meet at the Iron Springs Trailhead, where we will park and carpool. Directions to the trailhead:

From the intersection of Williamson Valley Road and Iron Springs Road, travel west on Iron Springs Road for approximately 3 miles. Pass mile marker 4. Shortly thereafter you will see a brown hiking sign on your right. The dirt, trailhead parking lot is directly across from the brown hiking sign on the left side of road. There is not a trailhead sign clearly indicating Iron Springs Trailhead in sight, so please drive slow and pay attention or you will miss the trailhead.