Arizona Hiking Gallery
Telegraph Pass / National Trail Hike
South Mountain Park, Phoenix, AZ
March 27, 2005
Gallery contains 48 photos
Gallery last updated: 4/17/2005
A looking back toward Ahwatukee Foothills near the lower end of Telegraph Pass Trail.
A brillant display of color from the bloom of a Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii).
Hohokam Petroglyphs along side Telegraph Pass Trail.
Hohokam Petroglyphs along side Telegraph Pass Trail.
Hohokam Petroglyphs along side Telegraph Pass Trail.
Purple flowers of Scorpionweed (Phacelia crenulata).
The orange blossoms of Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and the yellow of Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) add a splash of color to the unusually green desert in this view toward Telegraph Pass.
A view toward a ridge of South Mountain from Telegraph Pass Trail.
Wild Heliotrope (Phacelia distans) .
A closeup of the Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) flower.
A closeup of the Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) flower.
Painted Lady butterfly sipping nector from the Brittlebush.
A closeup of the Ocotillo blossom.
Coulter's Lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus).
Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) and Brittlebush at Telegraph Pass.
The winding road at Telegaph Pass with a view north toward Phoenix from the western portion of the National Trail.
Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermedia).
Hillside of Coulter's Lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus) and Mexican Gold Poppies (Eschscholtzia mexicana).
Coulter's Lupine and Mexican Gold Poppies.
Lupine with Brittlebush in the foreground.
Brittlebush with Lupine in the background.
The onion Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma pulchellum) also known as Desert Hyacinth is a member of the lily family seems like an unlikely desert wildflower.
Brittlebush with Lupine and Owl's Clover.
Owl's Clover (Orthocarpus purpurascens).
Lupine share the hillside with Teddybear Cholla, Hedgehog Cactus and Ocotillo.
Ocotillo frames the stone house on the National Trail in this view overlooking a southern portion of South Mountain Park.
Orange blossom of Buckhorn Cholla (Opuntia acanthocarpa).
Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii).
Ocotillo in a field of Lupine with the Gila River Valley in the backgound.
A view looking north toward downtown Phoenix from the National Trail.
Buckhorn Cholla (Opuntia acanthocarpa).
Lupine, Ocotillo, chollas.
Looking east from the National Trail over a field of lupine across Telegraph Pass to the towers on top of South Mountain.
Looking west from the National Trail with the Estrella Mountain in the far background.
Looking down toward Ahwatukee Foothills. The trail you see below is Telegraph Pass Trail.
Strawberry Hedgehog Catus on a rock outcropping with yellow Brittlebush and orange Globemallow below.
Mexican Gold Poppies (Eschscholtzia mexicana).
Mexican Gold Poppies and Ocotillo along side the trail.
Strawberry Hedgehog, Coulter's Lupine, and Mexican Gold Poppies.
Ocotillo and Mexican Gold Poppies.
Is this a white variety of Coulter's Lupine?
The stone house on the National Trail.
Whoa Betsy ... What's this blocking the trail?
...A huge swarm of bees. Let's not get too close now!
I'm now making my way back down Telegraph Pass Trail.
It's not often that you see the desert hillsides of South Mountain Park so green. But it won't last long!
All images Copyright ©2005 Terry Wright. All rights reserved.
