Cathedral Rock

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View to the North from Airport Loop Trail / Overlook Point Parking Lot

View to the east from Overlook Point
   
This website is not designed to provide directions or navigation of the trails but solely intended to give you an idea what you may see and experience on the hikes.
  


 
Trail To Top of Baby (Northern) Bell Rock
 

 
Baby Bell Rock - Trail To The Top

The next leg of the trip follows Baby Bell Trail for a very short distance around the Norther side of Baby Bell Rock. Here the trail meets with a path leading to the top of Baby Bell Rock.

 
Baby Bell Trailhead
    
 

Follow Baby Bell Trail for a short distance.

 
Baby Bell Trail

To the right is a trail leading south, to the top of Baby Bell. Note Courthouse Butte in the background.

 
Trail to the Top of Baby Bell

The trail is mainly stairsteping but there are many loose rocks. 

  
Many loose rocks.

The upper part of the trek up to the top of Baby Bell. The rock steps get more vertical but still easy to manage.  

 
Final Ascent of Baby Bell Rock

View to the West of Cathedral Rock. 

  View to the West

On the eastern side of Baby Bell the trail leads to a small rock plateau.   There are good views to the East but you cannot easily reach the top by going this way.

 
Eastern Side

From the rock plateau the Rabbit Ear Rock formation can be seen to the Southeast.

 
  
Rock Plateau - Rabbit Ears

The best way to the top of Baby Bell Rock is from its North side where there are stepping stones leading to the top.

 
Path to top of Baby Bell Rock 

 

 
 
To the top of Baby Bell
 
To the top of Baby Bell - 2

 

 
To the Top of Baby Bell - 3

As you stairstep to the top you can again see the Rabbit Ear Rock formation to the southeast.

  To the top - Rabbit Ears

The final part of the trek to the top. 

 

 
   
The final leg

View to the Southwest 

 
 
View to the West

View to the West.

  
View to the West

View of top of Baby Bell Rock. Note Courthouse Butte seen behind the top of Baby Bell Rock.

 
 
View of the Top of Baby Bell

  
View of the highest point of Baby Bell Rock.

 view of the top of Baby Bell Rock

  
Views from the top of Baby Bell Rock.  

View to the West of Cathedral Rock.

 
 
View to the West 

  
View to the North of the Two Buttes.  

View to the North

View to the South of Bell Rock.

 
 
View of Bell Rock

View to the South of Courthouse Butte.

 
  
Courthouse Butte

 
Heading back to Courthouse Vista Parking Lot can be done using two trails. One can backtrack the way you came along the Bell Rock Pathway on take Phone Trail.

 

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 Go To Third Leg of Trail -- Phone Trail