To break up our drive we stopped a few nights in Wickenburg, AZ which is northeast of Phoenix. There is some great boondocking out by Vulture Peak and a maze of gravel roads that go forever. I pedaled around for a couple hours one day just exploring the area.
The Vulture Mountain Range is a 29-mile long, arid, low-elevation mountain range making up the northern perimeter of the Sonoran Range. True to it’s name, I saw a lot of vultures flying around. It’s possible that Henry Wickenburg, the man who discovered the Vulture Mine in 1863, named the area after the native birds that nested on quartz ledges and in crevices of the mountain and soared high overhead searching for dead and dying animals.
The gravel is a bit rough in sections and I wound around in the wash for a small amount so was happy that I was on my mountain bike. I don’t think I’d recommend gravel bikes for the loop I did. Also, be prepared because I didn’t see anyone else out there.
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