Park at a small parking area along the road (west side) across from the entrance to the Bog Springs campground. Elevation here is just under 5100 feet. Cross the road -- there is an outhouse here -- and locate the trailhead. Follow the trail until it joins a road. If you go left, the road drops steeply to a stream crossing and then goes to the Bog Springs Campground. Go right.
About 0.2 miles along this road you can locate an old trail to Bog Springs. It is unmarked, seldom used, and you can ignore it. Not too much farther along is a giant steel sign that gives various mileages. On you go until you have hiked about 0.6 miles on this rocky road and you encounter a signed juntion with the trail to the left going to Bog Springs.
This is a nice trail that climbs rather steeply for 0.8 miles to Bog Springs. This is a nice spot, but the spring "box" is in need of repair. You can continue on from here at about 5800 feet for another 1.2 miles of hiking (and 700 feet of climbing) to Kent Spring at 6500 feet. Kent Spring has a nice circular "box" that usually has plenty of water, but I would filter it before using it.
A trail continues up from Kent Spring, continuing on to Armour Spring, and even to Florida Saddle if you are ambitious. If you are really ambitious, you could continue on the crest trail to Baldy Saddle and Mt. Wrightson.
From Kent Spring, you could return the way you came, but I would recommend finding the trail (actually an old road) that continues down the canyon below nice big old trees. This will bring you to Sylvester Spring which is perhaps the nicest of the three springs.
Continue on down to a stream crossing and junction. This is actually the pipeline trail, and you can turn left here and go briefly uphill and then around the nose of the ridge to reach the super trail. But we won't and we continue down on the old road/trail. A turn to the left and down could take us to "Kent cabin", but we continue straight and soon find ourselves at the signed turn to Bog Springs. From here you know the way to return to your car.
On June 11, 2013 I hiked to Bog, Kent, and Sylvester Springs. It was a hot day (107 degrees in Tucson), but there was water flowing at all three springs.
On August 29, 2026 I did this hike and there was plenty of water in all three springs. There was plenty of water coming out of the sky also (and thunder) given that this was the middle of monsoon season.
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