Humbug and Tule Creek directions
Take I-17 north to Carefree Highway. Go west on State Route 74. Take a right after mile marker 19 onto Castle Hot Springs Road into Lake Pleasant regional Park. The road will intersect about 3 miles. Turn left. Set your trip meter to 0.00 when the dirt road starts.
| 2.2 miles | Bridge over Castle creek |
| 2.8 miles | Turn right, the road straight will take you to Castle Hot Springs resort, well worth seeing. |
| 5.4 miles | Right turn. | 5.8 miles | Left turn. N 33* 58' 11.0" W 112* 16' 32.6" Stay to the right at any forks or left turns. |
| 6.6 miles | Stay to the right. Left will take you to Humbug creek but you can no longer get across. Check out the dam downstream a bit if you go this way. |
| 7.8 miles | Humbug creek. Use road to the right and turn left and drive up creek. |
| 8.0 miles | Cross Humbug creek |
| 8.2 miles | Stay right and keep staying right until you come to a good size road coming in from the right. |
| 10.3 miles | Road coming in from the right. I will call this Humbug creek rd. Turn left. N 33* 59" 39.5" W 112* 16' 53.7" |
| Humbug Creek | Tule Creek | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 miles | Reset trip meter to 0.00 continue straight | 10.5 miles | Turn right |
| 0.1 miles | Stay right | 11.6 miles | cross Tule creek |
| 0.6 miles | Stay right | 11.8 miles | Turn left, go through gate. |
| 0.7 miles | Right will take you to West side of Tule creek. | 12.2 miles | Tule Riprian Area N 34* 00' 18.2" W 112* 16' 16.6" |
| 1.2 miles | Turn left N 34* 00' 33.1" W 112* 17' 21.4" | Return to Humbug creek rd.(10.5 miles). Take a right and reset your trip meter to 0.00 to continue to Humbug creek. | |
| 1.4 miles | Turn right follow road down to creek. Cross the creek and turn up creek | ||
| 1.9 miles | Hidden road on the right and just up creek a road on the left. Take the left. | ||
| 2.1 miles | Back in the creek. Drive up creek and turn right when you see an abandonded truck.
N 34* 00' 53.0" W 112* 17' 47.0" |
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