May 20 2024
Butte Peak Butte Peak is a prominent desert-mountain summit rising north of Scottsdale and Carefree in central Arizona. Reaching approximately 4,876 feet (1,486 meters) according to modern lidar measurements, the mountain forms part of the rugged highlands separating the upper Cave Creek country from the Verde River drainage. Although Butte Peak receives relatively little attention …
May 18 2024
Gold Hill Gold Hill is a small but distinctive summit tucked into the rugged highlands of far northern Scottsdale, Arizona. Rising to approximately 4,585 feet (1,397 meters), the hill lies immediately south of Butte Peak in a surprisingly wild landscape of chaparral, granite, rocky ridges, springs, old roads, and desert-mountain terrain. Gold Hill does not …
