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Trying to find a new place to do some hiking I chose the Washington Point trail head from my Arizona recreational map. The trail head is located just north of Payson off of control road. Control road runs along the base of the Mollogon rim and is accessible from either hwy 260 or hwy 87 and the trail head is in the middle of control road. This wilderness area contains flora and fauna of both the high sierra desert and the tall pines of the mollogon rim and was extremely beautiful at this time of year (Oct. 2007). One of the bonuses about the Washington Point trail head was the beginning of the East Verde River (creek) and its always fun to hike along a bit of flowing water.

Since this was one of our first hikes after the scorching hot summer in the valley of the sun, we did take it easy and enjoyed our stroll. There are probably miles and miles of trails in this area we chose a marked trail of about 3 miles round trip, which was good enough for the day. We did get a late start and wanted to do some fishing afterwards, but we all had a great time and plan to head back to that area for some more discovery of the beautiful terrain that Arizona has to offer.

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