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Bell Trail
Trail
on
Roundup Basin Tank
,
Trail Tank
,
Wet Beaver Creek
in
Mogollon Rim
,
Coconino NF
,
Wet Beaver Wilderness
near
Lake Montezuma
,
AZ
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Length
7.8mi
Surface
Two-track Road
(5¼mi)
Dirt
(2½mi)
Trail Number
#13
Allows Hiking
Yes
Allows Horses
Yes
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This trail is the only developed route into Wet Beaver Creek Canyon and the Wilderness Area it shelters. It is a very popular trail with hikers and anglers who come to enjoy the solitude and other rewards offered by a clear cool stream flowing through a scenic desert canyon. For the most part, the trail follows a route along a bench well above the streambed. A number of side trails, however, lead down to the waterside and indicate the location of good swimming holes or popular fishing spots. If you take advantage of these well-used detours, you'll find a number of places along the stream where deepwater holes alternate with bubbling riffles to invite you to take a dip or wet your line. At one point the trail leaves the canyon bottom to wind high along an escarpment of red sandstone and offer scenic views of the riparian area, the canyon and the surrounding mountains and valleys. Most people who come to this trail hike only the first 3.3 miles to Bell Crossing, taking advantage of any one of several access paths that branch off the main trail and lead down to the stream. After crossing the Wet Beaver Creek, the Bell Trail climbs the canyon's south wall to a high, grassy plateau where it winds through pinyon juniper stands and open grasslands offering views that stretch all the way to the Sedona Red Rocks Country and the San Francisco Peaks. Eleven miles from the trailhead at Beaver Creek, Bell Trail ends at Forest Road 214.
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Roundup Basin Tank
Lake
Trail Tank
Lake
Wet Beaver Creek
Creek
Ecology
Arizona Mountains Forests
Ecoregion
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains
Ecoregion
Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands
Ecoregion
Lower Mogollon Transition
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