Camp Beale Loop

The trail climbs gently up a ridge from 3,640 feet to a well-deserved rest bench 460 hundred feet higher at the top, then returns a different way. Panoramas take in Kingman, the Hualapai Mountains, and surrounding valleys and hills.

If you'd like a longer hike, head northwest on an old road from the ridge-top bench. This is the Castle Rock Trail, which reaches a trail junction at the base of its namesake peak (elev. 4,634 feet) in 4.4 miles one way, where you have the option of ascending it in 1.2 miles roundtrip, or continuing west 3.2 miles one way on the Badger Trail. This trail ends at the Badger Trailhead (elev. 3,400 feet), just off US 93 a short way north of the AZ 68 junction; it's accessible only from the northbound lanes.

There are two ways to get to Camp Beale Loop from Kingman. Go to Camp Beale Springs. on Fort Beale Drive, opposite the sign for Wagon Trail Road. Or follow Fort Beale Dr around till you see Red Ghost Caynon Rd. You will drive past Red Ghost Caynon Rd and shortly after you will see a paved road with a small brown sign that say Camp Beale Loop. Turn Left and drive up over the hill to the trailhead.

TheCamp Beale hike is a loop so you can either start by going right or left. The more difficult hike will be going left. The hike is a 3.2 mile loop with a starting elevation of 3606 ft. and climbs to 4111 ft. (+500 ft.) and then asends back down. At the top of the trail there is a bench and resting area, and you will also see a connecting trail which is Castle Rock Trail.