Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park, Memorial state park in Yavapai County, United States.
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park is a memorial park in Yavapai County, Arizona. Nineteen engraved plaques along the trail display portraits and life stories of each firefighter who died.
The park was created after the Yarnell Hill Fire claimed the lives of nineteen firefighters on June 30, 2013. Their final position in the field later became the site of the main memorial.
The trail's 19 granite plaques are set into the rock about every 600 feet and arranged by crew seniority, each bearing a hotshot's photo and a short biography. Benches along the route offer places to pause. The final descent to the memorial circle is named the Journey trail, after the crew's last walk.
The round-trip trail covers about 7 miles (11 km) and climbs over two hundred stone steps. The route rises from around 4318 feet (1316 m) to roughly 5460 feet (1664 m).
The memorial circle is made of 19 rock-filled gabion baskets joined by chains, one for each firefighter. The trail's final stretch from the observation deck down to the circle is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) and is called the Journey trail, after the crew's last walk.
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