Took
a hike a few miles up Sycamore Trail
then back out to the Prison Camp trail
head. Here are pictures and a
description of the trail up to the Sycamore
Reservoir area and back to the trailhead,
campground and corals at Prison Camp
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Drive up Mt Lemmon, past the
Fee Area (toll booth) and around
the corner where The Molino Campground
is located. Click
here for more on Molino
Campground Then
up about a mile. Watch for the
Prison Camp turn off on the left
(west) side of the road

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Drive through the campground
and to the trailhead

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The outhouse sits at the end
of the campground with a signboard.
Notices and warnings are posted
here

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Some shots of the trailhead
and coral as the sun came up
over the mountains

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Looking at the tail from the
parking area. There's a fire
ring almost in the path and the
trailhead signs are just visible
behind the trees.

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Signs, and a map for the trails
in the area are just behind some
trees from the parking area.
There is a fire ring almost in
the path, go figure

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Signs show the trails and distances.
We took the Sycamore Trail west
(to the right on this map) from
the parking area (the white circle)
to the sign at Sycamore Reservoir
the blue sign on the map. It
was about 1.8 miles

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Some information on the trail
profiles is included

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Some of the signs that have
been damaged by vandals

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Some shots of the trail headed
up to Sycamore Reservoir

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Sign at Sycamore Reservoir

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Looking down from the draw at
Sycamore Reservoir

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Sign to Sycamore Trail and some
of the purple flowers along the
trail

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Trees line the lower portions
of this trail

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Some of the trail is through
a wash

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Looking back into the parking
lot and coral at the trailhead

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