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Expert Review of Caruthers Canyon

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Parks and Outdoors Review of Caruthers Canyon

Away Travel Expert: Ann Marie Brown

ParksExpert Rating Recommended for:
Birding,Camping,Off-Roading

Parks and OutdoorsExpert Tips & Helpful Hints

• Caruthers Canyon is located in the New York Mountains in a pinyon pine and juniper forest dotted with chaparral plants. It's an isolated community of botanically diverse vegetation not typically seen in the desert. The trail through the canyon is a continuation of the road that accesses it, traveling for two miles along a seasonal stream. Primitive roadside camping is permitted.
• At the back of Caruthers Canyon, where the trail peters out, is the remains of the Giant Ledge Mine. A few bits and pieces of this late 19th century copper mine remain, including a rickety wooden ore chute, shafts, and piles of tailings.
• When water is flowing in the canyon, you have a good chance of spotting western tanagers, gray-headed juncos, and assorted hummingbirds. Red-tailed hawks soar the sky.