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CERBAT FOOTHILLS RECREATION AREA TRAIL SYSTEM
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The
City of Kingman and Kingman Field Office of the Bureau
of Land Management, with funding from the Trails
Heritage Fund, have completed a trail system within the
Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area (CFRA). The trails
include: (
See Map
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Camp Beale Loop
- 3.26 miles
Badger Trail – 3.20 miles
Castle Rock Trail – 4.45 miles
Cook Canyon Trail – 8.10 miles
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CFRA HISTORY AND PURPOSE
The 11,300 acre
CFRA is a mixture of Federal, State, County, City, and private
lands. A management plan for the area was approved in 1995 by the
City of Kingman and BLM. The plan sets a framework for long-term
cooperative management of City and BLM controlled lands for
recreational purposes.
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Human
occupations in the CFRA date back at least 4,000 years. Late
Archaic, Cerbat, Cohonina, and Hualapai people lived here. In 1871
the Army built a military post at Camp Beale Springs and established
a temporary reservation for the Hualapai Tribe in this area.
WILDLIFE
The CFRA
provides habitat for mule deer, Sonoran desert tortoise, coyotes,
foxes, Gambel’s quail, mourning dove, several types of raptors, and
many smaller mammals, birds, and reptiles.
VEGETATION
The CFRA is in
an area of Mohave Desert scrub/semi-desert grassland, with yucca,
beavertail, prickly pear, creosote, and mesquite.
MULTIPLE USE TRAIL GUIDELINES
GENERAL
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Please stay
on the designated trail
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Avoid wet
or muddy trails.
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Keep to the
right of the trail, save the left for passing.
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Always
announce your intentions when passing.
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All
downhill traffic yields to uphill traffic.
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Approach
each turn as if someone were around the corner.
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Keep pets
under control and/or on a leash when on the trail.
EQUESTRIANS/TRAIL STOCK
HIKERS/JOGGERS
BICYCLISTS
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Bicyclists
yield to all other trail users.
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When
approaching trail stock, announce your presence, stop, and ask
if it’s safe to pass. If not, dismount and stand to the side of
the trail. Never spook an animal.
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Control
your bicycle, at a reasonable speed.
LEAVE NO TRACE
- Plan
ahead and prepare
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Travel
and camp on durable surfaces.
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Dispose
of waste properly.
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Leave
what you find.
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Minimize
campfire impacts.
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Respect
wildlife.
- Be
considerate of other
visitors
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