garden canyon
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This is a great place to see mountain scenery, and also to see some rare birds. Watch your speed when driving through Ft. Hauchaca, though. They enforce the limits.
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You will defiantly need a off road car. Went back to see the photogliphs, painted on the side of the rocks by ancient Indians. Saw several different birds, hummingbirds, deer, antelope on the way. Just a lot of neat, different scenery than I am use to seeing.
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I don't understand most of these reviews - they must be written by spoiled, lazy Americans that don't want to get out of their car and walk. First of all, this area is truly meant for the military and their families but it is currently open to the public - it is not a national or state park, thus the lack of signage. Second, it's meant for walking and hiking, not driving. If you really want to enjoy the canyon and nature, drive to one of the picnic areas, park your car and WALK. An hour walk will take you past the wonderful native american pictographs and up to the top of the mountain, it's not that far and it is truly beautiful. Just before you reach the pictographs there is a side trail into another canyon - great for birding. Past the pictographs there are more side trails. Get out of your cars, take your time, enjoy the beautiful sights. Summer is nice because it's cooler. Fall is wonderful in the canyon, the higher you go in elevation the more beautiful as the leaves change.
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Totally away from the military on a good dirt road we managed inOur sedan. Just need time, a pair of binoculars, and lots of bottledWater at this high altitude. You are over 4500 ft. In elevation.Acorn woodpeckers were close by. Later hummingbirds of manyVarieties. Hawks sat on light posts. The little creek that ran along side the road held many other birds. Good morning outdoors.
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Just show your driver's license to the guard, and you have free range on a military base. Visited on a Sunday. Drove by training grounds for all sorts of munitions. Surreal. Drove all the way up Garden Canyon with my Jeep Liberty. Not many birds to watch, but petrogliphs were cool. Very few people in the canyon.
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My hubby & I are birders so we rented an SUV since we knew that the Garden Canyon road is not in the best shape. Well worth the extra expense. The views are great and there is a really nice picnic area at the top (end). And the birding is great!
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My wife & I spent five nights in Sierra Vista with the primary goal being birding sites. On the day we visited Garden Canyon we also did the museums earlier in the day. We were exceedingly disappointed with Garden Canyon and found it to be very unlike the excellent reviews others have posted. When you reach the lower canyon area, a sign will direct you to a visitors' information area which will be a couple of billboard like sign postings with information. The trail map was so faded by the sun that we absolutely couldn't read it. There were no trail brochures available. A baseball field had the appearance of not having been used for years. Several tents were in a back area with nobody around. We could not find trailhead signs. We drove further into the canyon and saw areas for "middle" and "upper" that were just as uninviting and gave the impression of very little use. Deeper in the canyon, the road becomes very rough. Finally, we came to a sign for the Scheelite Canyon Trail. We were the only car. The trail lacked use and was very rough requiring careful stepping and strenuous striding; spent about an hour on the trail and turned back. We were sure we had missed something and kept our eyes open on the way out. We even did a retake on the area when we got back to the lower canyon area and found nothing that would have added to our enjoyment. On the following day, we explained our experience to a volunteer guide at another birding spot and was responded to with a negative head shake without a more tactful explanation. The message was, there are better places. We agree. If you're travelling to the Sierra Vista area for birding, make other places your primary visits before doing Garden Canyon.
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A beautiful canyon which Fort Huachuaca maintains. We were surprised as we drove through at the main gate at the polite manners of the guard. He requested only one ID and when my friend the driver said her ID was in her backpack, he said he only needed one. The drive on post is somewhat confusing so keep your speed down. Once on the right road it is a well maintained paved road with several picnic areas. After the last picnic area, the road changes to dirt and is not recommended for cars. We parked and walked which is most of the fun. Beautiful vistas, waterfalls, and several trailheads for the nature enthusiast.
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We started at park area where there is an information bulletin, crossed stream, went straight, right at T, up hill until path merged left and back down. Total mileage was 2.43 with elevation gain of 813 ft, and took a leisure hour to do it. Came back the next day at same park, crossed creek, went left at T, followed electric poles to end, went right and up, then down and around, turned left at gate til it ended, right on gravel road, bringing us to Garden Canyon road, and walked back to park. This day took an hour and a half, total of 4.32 miles,and 732 in elevation gain. We saw lots ofdeer, turkey, flowers, birds and amazing views.
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This canyon is on Fort Huachaca. There are no signs to direct you there…so, it is hunt, drive, hunt, drive. We asked a woman walker…she didn't know. We drove more..finally, using our nav. system we located it. Gets a bit rough near the top, but our Ford Edge made it just fine. We saw flycatchers, woodpeckers, summer tanagers. We heard the elegant trogan, but could not spot it…very elusive bird. Take water, food, binoculars.