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Take a Hike-Freeman Homestead Trail
1/1/2025 2:58:33 PM | By Dawn Sutherland | Comment on this
The Freeman Family moved to the land on the northwest side of the Rincon Mountains in 1933, taking advantage of The Homestead Act which allotted 640 acres for farming, ranching, or mining. A three-room adobe home was built to house the large Freeman family. We'll hike this loop trail and find the site where the home once stood. For now, enjoy walking along this easy trail and observing the very thirsty desert plants.
Many of the prickly pear cacti look desiccated.
A palo verde shelters some of the prickly pear.
The Park Service has certainly made this an easy trail with steps installed. This portion of the trail is lined with creosote bush. Pinch the leaves and enjoy the desert fragrance!
.Colors of the desert are subtle. This scene may well become a painting.
We are on a gentle descent to the homestead and eventually the creek bed. That distance range is the Santa Ritas.
Mount Wrightson dominates the range
And here is the site of the adobe home of the Freeman family. There is nothing left but a small mound of clay and gravel.
Follow Stan down onto the wash.
There is an immediate temperature change when we get into the shade. We'll stay in the wash for a while.
A mesquite will sink its roots more than 100 feet in order to find water!
The trail is well signed and soon we'll be heading out of the creek bed and up the hill back to the car.
Take a moment to listen for the curve-billed thrashers calling to one another. The parking lot is just over that rise.
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