Phoenix has no shortage of glorious hiking trails within its city limits ... of the endless layers of rock and saguaro of the Superstition Mountains, one of the most beautiful ranges in Arizona ...

The trail leads up the dry bed of Peralta Canyon, named for a wealthy Mexican family ... bath and bed are much more achievable. On the map The Superstition Mountains lie northeast of Apache Junction ...

I pulled into the Superstition Mountain ... deaths that occurred in the mountain range. Another famous legend about the Apache has to do with the famous Peralta Mine. According to this story ...