Childs Mountain
November 8, 2014

Start of the road from Highway AZ-85. The dome atop Childs Mountain is visible way in back

The gate at about 1,700 feet elevation

Rounding a bend, the summit is visible

The "middle flat area" where the old military cantonment was located. I think it was actually ahead, where the road goes up then bends right

The Cabeza Prieta boundary

The summit is getting closer

and closer

The front building is the older military radar that was abandoned about 1970. In back is the FAA radome

On the summit ridge. The highest rock (to me) is abutting the fencing near the dome

Looking north at Snead and Larue summits

Looking west at the Growler Mountains, Charley Bell Pass, and way in back, the Granite Mountains

Walking down the road, my truck is barely visible in the bend ahead. Ajo's buildings can also be seen

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