Stay a safe distance away while observing animals. Do not feed or pet the burros. Feeding burros encourages these animals to congregate on roadways where many have been killed and injured by vehicles. Staying in your car is the safest way to photograph and observe the burros. About 65 million years ago, it is believed that two of the Earth's crustal plates collided with such force that part of one plate of grey limestone was thrust up and over the younger red sandstone.
Easy trails are short and mostly level.
Moderately strenuous and strenuous trails require hiking long distances, often uphill. Extreme summer heat makes any hike more difficult and exhausting. Early morning and late afternoon are best for hiking, unless you come in spring or fall when it is much cooler. A privately owned -enterprise featuring a reproduction of an 1880 western mining town movies, saloons, restaurants, museums and gunfights, hangings, melodramas, silent displays. Work Outdoors at GORP Jobs Click Here.