Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Found: Skull Rock and Spiral Labyrinth

I am not sure what was going on with the voice directions within Google maps as I tried to find Skull Rock yesterday.  It took me to the wrong spot and the pictures I posted before with a classic example of pareidolia... where one sees shapes and rocks and such that don't exist.

Anyways, Skull Rock is actually 2 mi further into Kofa Queen Canyon than where the voice directions took me yesterday.

Enroute to Kofa Queen Canyon Rd

Look for this balancing rock...

Skull Rock




Looking back down to the valley



Rock formations along the way


View of the valley traversed by Palm Canyon Road

A brief stop at the Spiral Labyrinth depicted on Google Maps.  It's alongside Palm Canyon Road, not far from my campsite.



Stuff left behind, a bit of it is just trash...some people
Just can't help sucking....

I was sitting inside the RV in the afternoon just watching the skyline, and noticed what looked like a small square opening on the side of Signal Peak:

I am sure it's another case of pareidolia.  However, the pillars structure behind the portion containing the "opening" also drew my curiosity.  To the point where I was beginning to plan a hike, no roads, to a location to get a closer look at it. Or even, to do the 3 and 1/2 mi hike to the top of Signal Peak to get a look at it from above.

Luckily, I found a usable image of it on alltrails.com:

Source: alltrails.com

Now, with the need to get a better view fulfilled, it saved me some hiking!

Evening light at the campsite 

A wind advisory is forecasted for tomorrow, Wednesday, February 18.  Depending on weather and sunshine availability, it'll decide for me whether to check out Palm Canyon.

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