| Facilities: There are no facilities. Best Time To Visit: The Juniper Mesa Trail is open year round, but please do not bring horses if the soil is wet. Fees: No fees are charged to use the Juniper Mesa Trail. Accessibility: The Juniper Mesa Trail is not handicap accessible. Rules: Mechanized travel is prohibited within the Wilderness area. Directions: The east trailhead is at Juniper Springs at the intersection of Forest Road 9867A and Trail #2. The approach on foot to this trailhead is by way of the Juniper Springs Trail #2 starting from its trailhead on Forest Road 95. To access the trailhead for Trail #2 from Prescott, take the Williamson Valley Road north from Prescott. Stay on this road for 38 miles to the junction with Forest Road 95. Proceed west on Forest Road 95 for about 1.5 miles to the common trailheads for the Juniper Springs #2 and the Old Military Trail #1, just east of the Walnut Creek Work Center.To travel by vehicle to the east trailhead, continue on Forest Road 6 for about 15 miles, turning north at the junction with Forest Road 95 instead of going straight to Walnut Creek and then reach a junction with Forest Road 9867A.The junction with Forest Road 7 is about 1.5 miles past the Forest Road 9867A turnoff. Take Forest Road 9867A southwest for about 5.5 miles to Juniper Spring. Forest Road 9867A, however, is suitable for four wheel drive vehicles only; the climb to the spring is steep and rough. The west access is on top of Juniper Mesa where Trail #20 intersects with Trail #3.Map: Click here for a map to Juniper Mesa Trail Reservations: Reservations are not needed or accepted. | |
