Crown King Arizona
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Welcome to Historic Crown King, Arizona. This segment is found on the award winning DVD series: “FREE Camping In Arizona” Crown King is located in the Bradshaw Mountains of the Prescott National Forest. This town flourished in the early 1900’s as a mining hot spot. These days tourism pays out as native Phoenicians flock here to escape the scorching desert heat during the summer. At over 6000 feet in elevation Crown King is a cool choice just one hour north of the Valley. CK has a Saloon, General Store that serves delicious home made fudge, as well as numerous restaurants and plenty of shopping stores.
Guitar music is courtesy of Greg Flores who is an award winning glass sculpter, and alongside his wife Aimee are proprietors of “The Prospector Mall” loaded with souvenirs sure to please. There is plenty of tent camping possibilities around Horsethief Basin and a beautiful lake. We like hiking up to the fire lookout via the Kentuck Trail. Since the road in is rugged and has plenty of switchbacks it is not recommended to pull any trailers up here.
This segment is taken from our second DVD: “FREE Camping In Central Arizona – Part 2.” Each limited edition DVD is packed with over 70 minutes of scenic wonders, fantastic hiking trails, wholesome family activities, delicious places to eat at, stunning photography, historical treasures, and best of all, hundreds of FREE CAMPING locations, or as the RV crowd would say; “Boondockin’ sites” sure to please the entire family while keeping costs low!
“FREE Camping in Central Arizona” – Part II, starts off running where the first disk left off with an exciting adventure beginning north of Phoenix at Bumble Bee to the historic mining town of Crown King high atop the cool Bradshaw Mountains inside the Prescott National Forest near Horsethief Basin Recreation area. Scouters will enjoy earning their merit badges around Prescott’s numerous fishing and canoeing lakes centered around Courthouse Square as well as, hiking Mingus Mountain and the hillside artists’ community of Jerome. Train enthusiasts will love an excursion along the Verde Canyon Railway in Clarkdale and rock hounds will be in heaven with Sedona’s famous Red Rocks. From the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff and touring Route 66 to Williams, we hit the open road and explore ancient Indian Ruins, as well as hike off the beaten path trails, and travel those backroads “Less Traveled” leading to impressive overlooks with unforgettable vistas stretching for miles.
Our Boondocking In Arizona DVD’s have been developed especially for RV’rs who have large rigs and wonder if they can get them into these fun places, and all those who love exploring the great outdoors.
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