Wonderland of Rocks and Garrett's Arch - 3.26.2024
We parked at the unpaved parking lot located a quarter-mile NE of the popular paved parking lot for Barker Dam... and started hiking on the trail for the Wall Street Mill.
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After hiking three-quarters of a mile we arrived at the Wall Street Stamp Mill... operated by William Keys from 1930 until 1966.
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From the Wall Street Mill we continued to hike along the eastern border of the Wonderland of Rocks.
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Hiking along the eastern border of the Wonderland of Rocks.
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There was a little bit of rock work while hiking north along the eastern border of the Wonderland of Rocks.
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Continuing to hike north along the eastern border of the wonderland.
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Getting ready to definitely leave the Wonderland of Rocks and move onto the western side of Queen Mountain.
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A pano taken from the west side of Queen Mountain... looking south to Ryan Mountain on the extreme far left horizon... and looking west and north into the Wonderland of Rocks... and on the far right we will continue hiking north along the border of the wonderland and Queen Mountain.
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Long Shadow and Denali Girl decided to come up and join me on this rock formation.
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Star Dancer took this photo of Long Shadow, Denali Girl and me on our little side trip up to this lookout point... the snow covered San Gorgonio Mountain is on the horizon in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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A pano shot from the lookout in the previous photo... in a few minutes we will be in the Wonderland of Rocks down below in that flatish area.
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Continuing to hike north on the border of the wonderland and Queen Mountain.
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After hiking a total of 1.9 miles we are getting ready to enter the Wonderland of Rocks.
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We are now hiking west as we enter the Wonderland of Rocks... here watching cruzman and Long Shadow do the scramble down from the Wonderland/Queen border.
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Having lunch in the Wonderland of Rocks in the flatish area that I mentioned several photos ago.
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Continuing to hike west in the wonderland... we will go into the vegetation area in the left-center of the photo.
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Star Dancer leads us in the Wonderland of Rocks... getting ready to head south for a quarter-mile before heading west again.
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Hiking south in that quarter-mile section of vegetation in the loop hike.
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Now hiking west again.
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After hiking a total of 2.7 miles we are hiking underneath Garrett's Arch.
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Continuing to hike west beyond Garrett's Arch... and we can see the Red Obelisk out there in the center of the photo.
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Continuing to hike west... and nearing the Red Obelisk after hiking a total of 3 miles.
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Now hiking south and passing by the Freak Brothers Dome after hiking a total of 3.3 miles.
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Continuing to hike south in the Wonderland of Rocks.
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After hiking a total of 4.4 miles we have left the Wonderland of Rocks and reached the 'Pink House'... another quarter mile will get us to our cars... the total hike was 4.6 miles, gaining 363 feet of elevation.
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