点评:I visited Organ Pipe Cactus NM in early November on a quick solo visit. I thought the park was great and it's well worth a visit, even though I was only there for a roughly 24 hour visit.
I would say that if you head out there, the Ajo Mountain Loop drive was definitely the highlight of my visit. I rented an SUV specifically for the purpose of driving that road, and I think it made it a much smoother drive as the road in certain parts is wash boarded and a bit bumpy. I think it would be doable in a sedan, but I wouldn't want to risk voiding the rental car contract.
Halfway along the Ajo Mountain Loop is where the one must-do trail in the park is IMO: the Estes Canyon/Bull Pasture Loop. It's about 4 mi. RT and the 0.5 mi. spur up to Bull Pasture is steep, but not terrible. If you make it up to Bull Pasture, certainly try to climb a bit higher on the many social trails about several hundred feet to the south as you will get even more sweeping views of the park.
If you wanted to not be rushed visiting Organ Pipe Cactus NM, I would highly recommend staying in Ajo for a night. That way you could include a sunset hike on Desert View Trail (1.2 mi. RT) which was the other highlight of my short visit. The other short easy trails I enjoyed were: Alamo Canyon (1.8 mi. RT), Arch Canyon (1.2 mi. RT), Visitor Center Trail (0.2 mi. RT) and Victoria Mine (4.4 mi. RT).
I should note when I hiked many of these trails I saw no one else. And when I did see others it was no more than 5 people over the entire hike. Yes, the park may not have the "wow-factor" of Yosemite or Bryce Canyon, but the solitude is so refreshing in a day when our parks are being loved to death.
翻译:我在 11 月初独自快速游览了新墨西哥州风琴管仙人掌。我认为这个公园很棒,非常值得一游,尽管我只在那里游览了大约 24 小时。
我想说,如果你去那里,阿霍山环路绝对是我此行的亮点。我专门为这条路租了一辆 SUV,我认为它让驾驶变得更加平稳,因为某些路段的道路像搓板一样,有点颠簸。我认为开轿车也可以,但我不想冒险取消租车合同。
在我看来,阿霍山环路的中途是公园里一条必游的小径:埃斯蒂斯峡谷/公牛牧场环路。它大约 4 英里。RT 和 0.5 英里。通往公牛牧场的支线很陡,但并不可怕。如果您到达 Bull Pasture,一定要尝试在数百英尺以南的许多社交小径上爬得更高一些,因为您将获得更广阔的公园景观。
如果您不想匆忙参观新墨西哥州的 Organ Pipe Cactus,我强烈建议您在 Ajo 住一晚。这样,您就可以在 Desert View Trail(1.2 英里 RT)上进行日落徒步旅行,这是我短暂旅行的另一个亮点。我喜欢的其他短途轻松小径是:阿拉莫峡谷(1.8 英里 RT)、拱门峡谷(1.2 英里 RT)、游客中心小径(0.2 英里 RT)和维多利亚矿山(4.4 英里 RT)。
我应该注意到,当我徒步走过这些小径中的许多时,我没有看到其他人。当我看到其他人时,整个徒步旅行中不超过 5 个人。是的,这个公园可能没有优胜美地或布莱斯峡谷那样的“令人惊叹的因素”,但在我们的公园被人们爱得死去活来的今天,这种孤独是如此令人耳目一新。