Courthouse Butte is a very intriguing chunk of sandstone. If you visit the Big Park / Village of Oak Creek area, begin on the "Bell Rock Loop Trail" and take the trail that heads east around the Courthouse.

When you come to an intermittent wash on the southeast side, you are 1.2
miles from the wilderness boundary.

You can bet I'll be doing some further investigation of this huge landform
in weeks to come; TR will most certainly follow.

January 7, 2009