Victoria Mine Trail | ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT | Hiking to an Old Abandoned Mine
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2020
- While the Victoria Mine Trail fails to provide an abundance of organ pipe cacti, it makes up for it with a glimpse into late 19th century/early 20th-century mining and prospecting.
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Today we're hitting another trail at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and showing all you need to know about this excellent hike. We start at the Victoria Mine Trailhead, view incredibly tall saguaro cacti that dwarf our size, take in the sights of a few organ pipe cactus, and end at the old remains of the prospecting camp of Victoria Mine.
The Victoria Mine Trail is one of several hiking trails at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. At 4.5 miles round trip, it is an easy out and back trail that cuts through the desert of southern Arizona. The trail is relatively flat with little elevation and is open to the elements.
From the trailhead at the south side of the Twin Peaks Campground, you will walk through gentle slopes of land and a few washes. Flora that can be viewed includes Palo Verde, tall saguaro, ocotillo, and the organ pipes the park is named for. Despite the land being rather open, there is no shortage of plants here!
As you continue along, you will have excellent views of the foothills of the Sonoyta Mountains ahead. In fact, you can see across the Sonoyta Valley into Mexico! The border is actually only about 4 miles away.
At the end of the trail lies the remains of the Victoria Mine prospecting camp. Victoria Mine is registered as a National Historic Place as it is one of the oldest prospecting sites in southwest Arizona. Victoria Mine was the center for gold and silver excavations between the late 1800s and early 1900s. Since then, mining still occurred sporadically but in 1976 all mining ceased. It is estimated that roughly $120,000 of silver ore was pulled from the mine.
Today, you can view several capped-off mine shafts, a number of rusted artifacts, and the ruins of a stone building. Photographers will surely have an enjoyable time here!
VIDEO FILMED: 03/16/2020
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Welcome to the Cactus Atlas! We are Glenn and Amy and invite you to join us as we visit all sorts of locations across the American West. We tour both natural and man-made attractions.
Our base of operations is in the Phoenix, AZ area. We do a lot of hiking and day trips as well as campground reviews and hope that we will be a great resource if you are planning a trip to the American West. We also hope to delight you with our exciting adventures!
Stunning place
Yeah, it really is. Fortunate to live close by to locations like this!
Just did this hike today. 11/11/23. 75-deg but felt very hot. Bring lots of water. Thanks for posting this excellent video.
Lack of shade can often make things feel warmer. Hope you have enjoyed your time in the park! 😊
I will be visiting there this week, thank you for your channel!
Thank you! Hope you enjoy your visit! 😊
Really enjoyed this video too! Great job and thanks for your work!
Thanks! We enjoy doing it!
Awesome video. I hope to see the bats pollinating the organ pipe cactus
Thank you! Seeing bats around there would be quite awesome. 😊
Thanks for the trip and it's interesting that they let you get so close to the stuff around the mine
I only wish I could’ve seen deeper into the mines. I was hoping for a little more and enjoy a little bit of danger!
Thank you for this! I took a fairly short hike on Thursday (45 mins in) because it got so blasted hot. I headed over from LA bc the temp said 83 but it was 95, so I had to abort the solo mission, and thank god I brought an umbrella. I'll be back when it's cooler out and will enjoy the campsite. What I noticed while there was the sublime quiet. Nothing but birds, a breeze (and an occasional roar of a navy jet way high up), and the crunching of my hiking boots against the gravel.
Yeah, those open desert areas can be deceptively hotter than you'd think. 😅 Hope you can make it back out when it's cooler. It's a fantastic park!
@@CactusAtlas Most definitely. When it's a little cooler I can sit and enjoy the quiet for longer.
Love this! I've only seen places like this in the movies. Would love to explore some desert climates in the future but for now I'll have to live vicariously through your adventures :)
Oh you definitely should explore some deserts! We have four in Arizona! 😂 But that's what is so fantastic about CZcams. We all get to live and explore vicariously through others. Especially now.
Beautiful looking hike my friend! I've always wanted to hike in the desert, I need to get use to that heat though haha. Nice looking trail my friend!
Yeah, it was pretty cool! The heat is something that can take getting used to, that is for sure!
What are the tall cactus that are a single stalk? Very pretty place to visit with all the brush, mountains and cactus.
I'm guessing you're referring to the saguaro? Despite the images of them with numerous arms, it actually takes anywhere from 50-100 years before they start to grow their first. Pretty crazy!
Haven't come across Sunset Bat dwelling vid yet. Has Glenn done any bat vids?
Nope. No bats videos yet.
Another idea for the bucket list @@CactusAtlas