| Hike to Apache Springs- Cave Creek Park |
| Cave Creek Regional Park |
| Water in the desert? You bet. Join the ranger as we discover a magical area where there is water all year round. These areas become watering holes for all species of desert wildlife throughout the year. This will be a 6 mile moderate hike that will bring you to one of the often unseen areas that are few and far between in this harsh landscape.
Bring plenty of water, snacks and sturdy shoes. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Duration: 4 hours |
| Speaker: Park Ranger Jim Terrell |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per vehicle park entry fee |
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| Contact: Jim Terrell, Park Ranger (623)465-0431 jamesterrell@mail.maricopa.gov |
| Location: Meet at the Go John Trailhead |
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Cave Creek, AZ 85331 |
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| Yoga – Connect In Nature! – All Levels Class - Usery Park |
| Usery Mountain Regional Park |
| In the cool of the Usery Park’s new Nature Center connect with nature by exploring your breath before a desert hike. Improve your balance for a bike ride through easy-to-learn fundamental yoga postures. This all-levels class, for both beginners and experienced yogis sets the tone for your day of hiking, riding or…yes, even your workday! Please join Inner Vision Yoga and their certified instructors for inspiring yoga every Tuesday and Thursday at 9 am and Saturday at 8 am! Sign up for these fee-based classes at www.innervisionyoga.com or drop into the park. For more information see websites or call 480-632-7899 or 480-984-0032. Location: Nature Center |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: Fee-based program |
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| Location: Nature Center |
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Address:
3939 N. Usery Pass Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85207 |
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| Cottonwood Wash Petroglyph Hike - Lake Pleasant |
| Lake Pleasant Regional Park |
| Let's hike where the Native American's hiked years ago. We will see evidence of the rock art they left behind. This hike is a moderate to strenuous 4 mile hike. We will be hiking on an old trail and in a wash bottom. Wear good hiking shoes and bring water and a snack on this hike. Water and bathrooms are available at the trailhead. We will meet at the north end of Lake Pleasant Park, in the Cottonwood Picnic Area. Look for the "Cottonwood Hike" signs. Just show up, no need to call, unless you have questions. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Duration: 3 hours (4 miles) |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $5 per vehicle park entry fee |
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| Contact: Terry Gerber, Interpretive Ranger 602-372-7460 ext. 202 |
| Location: Cottonwood picnic area - north end of Lake Pleasant (look for "Cottonwood Hike" signs) |
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Address:
Take Hwy 74 to the Castle Hot Springs Rd. turnoff, toward Lake Pleasant Regional Park north gate.
Peoria, AZ |
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| Find the Ranger - Wind Cave Trail - Usery Park |
| Usery Mountain Regional Park |
| This open-house style program features the ranger hiking along the Wind Cave Trail and stopping to talk to park visitors. The ranger will show off the “Backpack of Knowledge”, and be available to answer questions about the park, discuss park history, identify desert plants, or even explain which animals call Usery Mountain Regional Park home. Carry ample water. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per car |
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| Pleasant Paddlers Program - Mid Morning Madness Paddle |
| Lake Pleasant Regional Park |
| Come try the Mid Morning Madness on Saturday, November 28th. We will be paddle around a bunch of islands to the north of Scorpion Bay. Look for the "Pleasant Paddlers" signs from the contact station to the gate of the marina. Someone will be at the first Scorpion Bay Marina gate to let you through from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM (no entry after 9:00 AM), and just follow the road down to the launch site. Bring your own kayak or canoe and a sense of adventure. If you need a kayak, Scorpion Bay Marina has rental kayaks, call them at 928-501-7368 to reserve your kayak. We will be launching not too far from the rental area, so it will be easy to join the group. No registration needed, just show up before 9:00 AM. Stick around afterwards and eat at the new Scorpion Bay Marina Dillions! |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Duration: 3 hours |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $5 per vehicle + $2 per watercraft park entry |
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| Contact: Terry Gerber, Interpretive Ranger 602-372-7460 ext. 202 |
| Location: Lake Pleasant Regional Park - Scorpion Bay Marina (first gate) |
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Address:
Take Hwy 74 to Castle Hot Springs Rd., turn right into park, follow signs to program.
Peoria, AZ |
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| Pleasant Paddlers Program - Mid Morning Madness Paddle |
| Green Government |
| Lake Pleasant Regional Park
Come try the Mid Morning Madness on Saturday, November 28th. We will be paddle around a bunch of islands to the north of Scorpion Bay. Look for the "Pleasant Paddlers" signs from the contact station to the gate of the marina. Someone will be at the first Scorpion Bay Marina gate to let you through from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM (no entry after 9:00 AM), and just follow the road down to the launch site. Bring your own kayak or canoe and a sense of adventure. If you need a kayak, Scorpion Bay Marina has rental kayaks, call them at 928-501-7368 to reserve your kayak. We will be launching not too far from the rental area, so it will be easy to join the group. No registration needed, just show up before 9:00 AM. Stick around afterwards and eat at the new Scorpion Bay Marina Dillions! |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Speaker: Terry Gerber, Interpretive Ranger 602-372-7460 ext. 202 |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $5 per vehicle + $2 per watercraft park entry |
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| Contact: Terry Gerber, Interpretive Ranger 602-372-7460 ext. 202 |
| Location: Lake Pleasant Regional Park - Scorpion Bay Marina (first gate) |
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Address:
Take Hwy 74 to Castle Hot Springs Rd., turn right into park, follow signs to program.
Peoria, AZ, AZ |
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| Sonoran Desert Simplified!- McDowell Park |
| McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
| Bring all your visiting friends and relatives out to the park to walk off some turkey and have a leftover picnic lunch. Come learn how the plants and animals of the desert make this their one and only "home sweet home", and dispel some myths of the desert. We will hike along the Nursery Tank Trail which is a universal access trail designed with wheelchairs and strollers in mind. Meet at Nursery Tank Trailhead. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 9:00 AM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6 per vehicle entry |
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| More Info: http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/mcdowell/ |
| Contact: Interpretive Ranger Jenny Work |
| Location: McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
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Address:
16300 McDowell Mountain Park Dr.
Fountain Hills, AZ 85255 |
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| Backyard Birding - Usery Park |
| Usery Mountain Regional Park |
| Do you drink coffee on your back porch Saturday mornings wondering about the names of the little birds flittering about? Bring your coffee to Usery Park and explore the endless possibilities of backyard birding with Audubon bird expert, Sandy Hornbaker. Learn how to attract different birds to your own backyard and what you must provide to your feathered friends. Ask Sandy what your responsibilities are as a backyard birdwatcher and what you can expect. Please bring binoculars and water. Location: Nature Center. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 10:00 AM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6 per car |
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| Sherlock Holmes The Game Is Afoot! -Estrella |
| Estrella Mountain Park |
| Follow the clues to have an adventure with Sherlock Holmes. It's elementary-you'll need to find various items so bring your deerstalker cap and be ready to entertain us with a mystery tale when you are done. Clue to the start will be given to those who ask when they enter the park. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Duration: 1.5 hours |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per vehicle park entrance fee |
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| More Info: http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/estrella |
| Contact: Park Ranger Patricia Armstrong 623/932-3811 |
| Location: Estrella Mountain Regional Park |
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Address:
14805 W. Vineyard Avenue
Goodyear, AZ 85338 |
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| Discovering Desert Edibles Walk - Usery Park |
| Usery Mountain Regional Park |
| How have people survived off the land for thousands of years? Which desert plants are edible and when are they edible? If you would like to know the answers to these questions, or any questions you may have about desert edibles, then this one-hour walk is for you! Join Ranger B on this one-mile stroll along the Merkle Trail as he shares some useful facts about our edible desert plants. The well-manicured Merkle Trail offers universal access and the hard-smooth surface of this trail will accommodate wheelchairs and strollers. Please bring water. Location: Area 6. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 1:00 PM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per car |
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| Kids Learn To Make A Quail Call-Estrella |
| Estrella Mountain Park |
| After your big turkey day, switch to the little fellas! Join Ranger Pat as she shows you how to make a simple quail call that really works. Bring a wooden clothespin and she will provide the rest. You'll have quails coming to your door asking what you want. Learn about our little friends with coloring pages and a story. Meet at the Nature Center. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Duration: 1 hour |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per vehicle park entrance fee |
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| More Info: http://maricopa.gov/parks/estrella |
| Contact: Park Ranger Patricia Armstrong 623/932-3811 |
| Location: Estrella Mountain Regional Park |
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Address:
14805 W. Vineyard Avenue
Goodyear, AZ 85338 |
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| Awesome Arachnids! |
| McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
| Stop by the Visitor Center after lunch and see what you would’ve eaten if you were a scorpion or tarantula! Come learn about what makes arachnids so special, and possibly a little less fearful! |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 2:00 PM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6 per vehicle entry |
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| More Info: http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/mcdowell/ |
| Contact: Interpretive Ranger Jenny Work |
| Location: McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
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Address:
16300 McDowell Mountain Park Dr.
Fountain Hills, AZ 85255 |
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| GPS & Geocaching at Spur Cross |
| Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area |
| November 28 Saturday 2:00 pm GPS & Geocaching
(easy) Have you bought a new GPS receiver recently and are not sure how to operate it? Join interpretive ranger Kevin Smith and docent Tom McGuire for an introduction to GPS use. Also, we will discuss the fun sport of geocaching and look for a few geocaches that are hidden within the conservation area. |
| Date: 11/28/2009 |
| Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Duration: 2 hours |
| Speaker: Kevin Smith, Interpretive Ranger & Tom McGuire, Park Docent |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $3 per person |
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| Contact: Kevin Smith, Park ranger at 480-488-6623 or e-mail kevinsmith@mail.maricopa.gov |
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