Burro Mountain
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Kingman Field Office BLM (map link) I decided I would head up the peak south of my most excellent camp, thus needing no driving at all. I decided on a long, winding route following what I suspect is the old version of Signal Road, then wandering through mining areas, past a dip and up a long ridge until the final steep climb to the top. I picked out a more direct return route that had a bit more walking on the current road. Along the way, I had a variety of benchmarks I might find: section corners, road markers, and a triangulation station at the top. The Sonoran Desert certainly is taller than the Great Basin Desert. The view out over a couple section corners to where the sunsets happen from my camp. The day's ultimate goal, Burro Mountain, rises to the south past a ridge. The old road heads down from my camp area. The first hidden spot is the impassible spot for my little car. The first benchmark was within a quarter mile of my start and turned out to be quite ea