It is well-known as a birder's delight, not to mention botanists and zoologists. After getting past the overlook, it is an easy walk, and one of the most-used trails in the mountain. A fter obtaining a permit from the Mile Hi office, the trail can be followed up the road past a log cabin, built in 1903. This was a very popular attraction, and even had a German orchestra to entertain the dancers. These belonged to Dr. Nelson Bledsoe, a pioneer doctor who bought this land bit by bit, and left it to The Nature Conservancy after his death in 1974.
H ere the road ends, and the foot trail takes off to the left.
The overgrown road heading straight up the mountainside was used as a firebreak in 1977, but was originally a toll-road, built by Gardner Ramsay in 1878. The trail follows an old ox trail that switchbacks up a divide, and where it comes out on the old toll-road you enter the Miller Peak Wilderness Area. From here are excellent views both up and down the canyon, and across the San Pedro Valley. T he trail now drops down to the canyon bottom, passing an un-named spring on the way, then crosses the stream and begins ascending the canyon. A fire in Pat Scott Canyon in 1983 resulted in flash flooding here, washing out major portions of the canyon bottom, and much of the trail.