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Smith Spring


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 11 attractions in Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Traveller Description: Getting to this scenic area is a popular day hike.
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Attraction type: Pond

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4 of 5 stars
Minnesota
8 Jun 2009

On a group roadtrip, we sent the men on the Guadalupe Peak Trail, while the women checked out the trails around the Frijoles Ranch. The hike is pretty easy. It took three women about 3 hours to do the 5 plus mile loop from the ranch to the springs and around west near the visitor's center and back to the... more

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3 of 5 stars
Ardmore, Oklahoma
16 May 2009

If you accept Smith Spring for what it is - a small spring - it is a nice hike. Most of the trail is through open desert with small brush and a few small trees. The mountains are huge and rise up straight in front of you. It is best to not do this hike in the middle of the... more

25 May 2008

This is a 2.3 mile hike up through scrub, to a moment or two by a spring with trees, and then returning back through the scrub. There is no shade on this hike except at the spring. THe scrub is unexceptional from start to finish. I felt that the reason for this trail was probably that the NPS must have... more

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