Photos of a hike on the Tule Trail in the Superstition Mountain Wilderness

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Tule Trail #122 in the Superstition Wilderness receives little traffic. It is noted for long distance views but on this hike the upper fourth of the hike was in the clouds and drizzle. Parts of the trail are steep and rocky but we had little problem following the path.

There are at least three Tule trails in the Superstitions which causes a lot of confusion:
- This route which the Forest Service sometimes calls the Tule Trail #122 and sometimes calls the Tule Canyon Trail #122.
- A nearby unofficial route which is more properly called the Tule Canyon Trail since it follows Tule Canyon (it can be combined with the Tule Trail as a loop hike).
- An unofficial route outside the Wilderness area through a different "Tule Canyon" near Queen Valley which is several miles northeast of Florence Junction (US-60 and SR-79 ). This hike heads north from a ranch on State Trust Land to the Superstion Wilderness.

Tule Trail #122 has two starting points:
- The Wilderness portion of Tule Trail #122 is 7.8 miles round trip. The start/end is 2940 feet, the high is 4760 feet. This hike starts at the end of FR-1740 which is 4WD-only (due to soft sand).
- The non-Wilderness portion (starting from the official Tule Trailhead) adds a boring 2.6 miles round trip and the start is 160 feet lower. (The non-wilderness portion of the hike is relatively flat through grazing land.)

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