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189881 Resource 164807 165387 165387 1195272859494 1195272961659 Controlled Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, AZ

Two prestigious areas, Paradise Valley & Arcadia, one spectacular sandstone mountain.

Camelback Mountain Camelback mountain is a Greater Phoenix monument, an exquisite sandstone mountain with extraordinary vertical cliffs and spectacular views of the Phoenix valley.<img style="WIDTH: 297px; HEIGHT: 226px" height="226" alt="Camelback Mountain" hspace="0" src="http://www.arturciesielski.com/property_pictures/633265983652426314_md.jpg" width="297" align="baseline" border="0" /> North Face of Camelback Mountain, a View From <a title="paradise valley, az" href="item/186433">Paradise Valley</a>.  Photo by Artur Ciesielski, CCIMCamelback mountain is located between <a title="paradise valley, az" href="item/186433">Paradise Valley</a> in the north and Phoenix Arcadia in the South with Scottsdale in the East.  Along with Piestewa Peak, (formerly Squaw Peak) its one of the prime sanctuaries to hike.  although on the weekend you won't be alone, as hundreds of other hikers will be there along side to enjoy the hike, during the weekdays you can enjoy some serene peace in the center of this metro city.<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> Some facts about Camelback Mountain: 1. The elevation of Camelback Mountain is 2,704 feet. 2. Barry Goldwater spearheaded an effort to preserve Camelback mountain form development.  Until the mid 1960's it was mostly in private hands.</blockquote>Though nestled in the middle of one of the largest metropolitan cities in the U.S.A, the Echo Canyon Recreation Area is preserved.  There are no large animals but you can see many small animals like rabbits, snakes, lizards, rattle snakes and a variety of birds.  Plant species include the pincushion, jumping cholla, staghorn prickly pear cactoir, palo verde, mesquite and ironwood trees along with many more quiet enjoyable plants.  It's a real pleasure to hike Camelback Mountain after a rain; the fragrant desert smell, a mixture of desert plants and the wed dust is very unique and alluring. Email us and we can email back a map of the hiking trails on Camelback Mountain. 9 application/xml false Arcadia in Phoenix Barry Goldwater Camelback Mountain Echo Canyon Recreation Area Hiking trails in Phoenix Paradise Valley Arizona Recreation in Phoenix View Homes in Paradise Valley and Arcadia Homes in Greater Phoenix http://www.searchvalleyhomes.com The homes you want delivered to your email inbox. automated email update of homes in you criteria. http://www.homesemailed.com Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 aciesielski 68.108.200.249 false true false false true 176502 false false true false false false true 164807 blog blogsite/ArturCiesielski/web