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Sedona Travelog #8
Sedona, AZ - Sun, 29 May 2022, 11:30am
In reading trail guide-blogs for Sedona we learned that a recently famous destination in Boynton Canyon in the Subway Cave. It's not marked on forest service maps or included in official trail descriptions. Google Maps shows the location but not the trail to it. Yet, "Many people hike this trail solely to visit it," one guide advised. Basically it's Instagram famous.
On our hike into the canyon this morning we kept our eyes peeled for side trails branching off around 2 miles in from the trailhead. We didn't really see any. Various people on the trail asked us where it was. We told them we don't know. At the end of the trail a few people we were chatting with told us they'd heard from other people that it's where there's a side trail next to a big, fallen tree.
Well, guess what we saw about 1 mile back on the route out....
A big, fallen log. And there was an unmarked foot trail next to it! It was even almost in the location where there'd be a trail to get to the location marked in Google Maps. Almost.
Hint: almost means not quite. Not quite means no. So no, we didn't find the Subway Cave. But it was a worthwhile side trek anyway because we saw butterflies and nice vistas.
On one shrub we saw a pair of butterflies going at it. ...Going at the flowers, I mean. This butterfly (above) had wings about 2" across when opened. Such butterflies are relatively common. But we also saw a butterfly with wings about 5" across.
In beauty I walk. Even if it's a false trail to the Subway Cave.
Update: Minutes later we found the real trail to the Subway Cave, and it's amazing!
Sedona, AZ - Sun, 29 May 2022, 11:30am
In reading trail guide-blogs for Sedona we learned that a recently famous destination in Boynton Canyon in the Subway Cave. It's not marked on forest service maps or included in official trail descriptions. Google Maps shows the location but not the trail to it. Yet, "Many people hike this trail solely to visit it," one guide advised. Basically it's Instagram famous.
On our hike into the canyon this morning we kept our eyes peeled for side trails branching off around 2 miles in from the trailhead. We didn't really see any. Various people on the trail asked us where it was. We told them we don't know. At the end of the trail a few people we were chatting with told us they'd heard from other people that it's where there's a side trail next to a big, fallen tree.
Well, guess what we saw about 1 mile back on the route out....
A big, fallen log. And there was an unmarked foot trail next to it! It was even almost in the location where there'd be a trail to get to the location marked in Google Maps. Almost.
Hint: almost means not quite. Not quite means no. So no, we didn't find the Subway Cave. But it was a worthwhile side trek anyway because we saw butterflies and nice vistas.
On one shrub we saw a pair of butterflies going at it. ...Going at the flowers, I mean. This butterfly (above) had wings about 2" across when opened. Such butterflies are relatively common. But we also saw a butterfly with wings about 5" across.
In beauty I walk. Even if it's a false trail to the Subway Cave.
Update: Minutes later we found the real trail to the Subway Cave, and it's amazing!
