Wickenburg is a small town; its population in 2017 was 7,409 residences.  The town is 8.7 miles from Vulture Peak.

BLM documentation of Vulture Peak states, “The reddish mountain is a composition of 25-million-year-old volcanic tuff, Becca and rhyolite that is soft and easily eroded sculpt the steep cliffs and rugged cuts.”

I guess that explains why there is so much gravel and rocks in this area. In the past, I would have enjoyed hiking Vulture Peak trails because it looks awesome for a distance. However, my lust for hiking ceased after foot surgery.

Meanwhile, this is a great BLM property. I enjoy the quietness and that I only have three neighbors in my section. The evidence that more campers are on this property is based on the low traffic of jeeps, dune buggies and golf-carts passing-by periodically to exit this property.

The darkness in Vulture Peak reminds me of my summers as a youth. When I visited my grandparents, who lived in the country (outside city lines in the woods). During that time, there were no streetlights or home electricity only gas-lamps.

I plan to return to this property in the future; hopefully it will still be under- used by mobile home owners and primitive campers when I do.