Directions to the Honaker Trailhead

Under the SilGro home page for Alan Silverstein and Cathie Grow
Last update: July 2, 2017 -- Email me at ajs@frii.com

I created this brief webpage because of frustration in May 2017 trying to follow poor directions I found here in this otherwise useful webpage. And because despite offering corrections by email to "The Outbound Collective", they have not corrected their information, insisting the proper way is for me to join their tribe as a member first (no thanks).

Directions to the trailhead:

• Go south on paved road 261 toward Mexican Hat. Turn right (west) on the well-signed paved road toward Goosenecks State Park.

• After 0.5 miles take the unmarked, but obvious, right fork on unpaved but good road CR244.

• Follow CR244 for 2.6 miles watching for a large water tank lying left of the road (visible on Google Earth). Take the lesser left fork at this point. Start watching for any signs of impassible mud or sand, although the road is pretty good when dry.

• Continue 1.0 mile further (3.6 total from CR244 junction) to a prominent hilltop (37.195845 -109.944968 WGS83) that's a good place to camp. If sufficient clearance and comfortable, continue downhill over a short, steep rocky stretch, after which the road improves, another 0.8 miles west, south, west, south to a T intersection marked with 1-2 large cairns.

• Turn right (west) here on the major fork another 0.2 miles (or less) indirectly west to the canyon rim and prominent large cairn at the true trailhead. The trail begins down a cut through the uppermost cliff band.

As of this writing, Google Earth knows the phrase "Honaker Trailhead", but not "Honaker Trail", beware.