The Broken Arrow Trail is 1.7 miles to Chicken Point and has an elevation gain of 300 feet.  The hike is easy to moderate. The trailhead and parking lot is 0.2 miles past the end of Morgan Road. A poorly graded dirt road (as of Oct. 2008) leads to the parking lot.  


Picture on the right shows the end of Morgan Road and the start of the dirt access road to the Broken Arrow parking lot. Photographs of this trail are shown on two pages. 
 

• The first page has views from Broken Arrow Trail, the Devil's Dining Room Sinkhole and the trailhead to Submarine Rock.

• The second page has views from vistas at Mushroom Rock and Chicken Point.  

For more information go the the US Forest Service Website: 
http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/
recreation/hiking/recarea/?recid=55250&
actid=50

 
 
Note:  All trail maps are designed to give the hiker an idea what he/she will encounter.  They are not designed for navigation or to be used as a source of directions for a hike. 

Parking lot Broken Arrow Trail.

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Broken Arrow Trail trailhead.

The view to the west at the start of the Broken Arrow Trail.   Below are some bikers on the Butte's slope.

View to the south.

First part of the trail is an easy hike.

Cairns mark the trail as you traverse flat rocks.  Note Submarine Rock just barely be seen above the lower tree line, to the right of the distant cairn.

View to the northeast.

Trail uses rock steps to ascend around the first rock.

View to the west of the top of the first rock you are passing.

View to the south as the trail continues around the rock into the Devil's Dining Room.

Submarine Rock - Distant view.

View of the eastern butte of the Twin Buttes.  Broken Arrow trail will ascend and pass to the east (left) of this butte as it nears Chicken Point.

View to north from Broken Arrow Trail.

View to the north across Marg's Draw

The trail traverses a rock slide.

Cairns mark the trail as one enters the Devil's Dining Room.

Looking back (northeast) across Marg's Draw
 

Looking east at Submarine Rock.  Munds Mountain can be seen on the horizon. 

At approximately 0.65 miles, the Devil's Dining Room Sinkhole is encountered.  It is approximately 25 feet across and very deep.  The bottom cannot be seen

Signs explaining the Devil's Dining Room Sinkhole.

Looking east at Munds Mountain.

The trail now starts to round the eastern butte of the Twin Buttes. 

At about one mile from the parking lot, the trail divides.  The main trail heads to the left and leads another 1/2 mile to Chicken Point.  The trail straight ahead leads to Submarine Rock.   
   

Continuation of Hike: Go to last half of trail and views from Chicken Point