Yeager Canyon Trail - Hiking trail near Prescott, Arizona, United States - Description

This trail on the west slope of Mingus Mountain offers fine views of Lonesome Valley, the Prescott Valley area, and the Bradshaw Mountains. The trail starts in ponderosa pine but at lower elevations below the rim stays mostly in pinyon pine and juniper. There is a nice riparian bottom and deciduous hardwoods along the portion of the trail that parallels Highway 89A for about 0.7 miles in Yeager Canyon. This trail is in good condition, having been maintained during 1990.

For about 0.5 miles the trail gradually descends to the west. It then turns southwest and descends rapidly through a series of switchbacks into Yeager Canyon. Once in the canyon bottom, it is then only about 0.6 miles to where the trail ends on Highway 89A.

Traveling either east from Prescott or west from Jerome on Highway 89A, at the summit north of Mingus Mountain, take Forest Road 104 south form approximately 1.3 miles to where it intersects with Forest Road 413. Take Forest Road 413 west for 0.8 miles to the trailhead near the fenced wildlife watering device.