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| In honor of Arizona’s Centennial Celebration, Maricopa County’s park system is asking you to lace up your hiking boots, grab your friends and backpacks and join us for “100 Miles of Hiking.” To help make things easier, we’ve identified a course of action for you (County park trail substitutions will be accepted).
Once you have completed your 100 Miles of Hiking, complete the form on the back page and return it to a park to be eligible to win a great prize!
Happy Trails! |
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Download 100 Miles of Hiking Entry Form here...
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| Sample trail guide: |
| Cave Creek Regional Park |
| Trail(s) |
Go John and Overton |
| Description |
• Start at Go John trailhead.
• Circle the Go John loop back to the trailhead (5.8 miles).
• From Go John trailhead, take Go John north to Overton and return
to Go John trailhead (6.5 miles). |
| Total |
12.3 miles |
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Estrella Mountain Regional Park |
| Trail(s) |
Rainbow Valley, Toothaker, Coldwater, Dysart, Gadsden and Rainbow |
| Description |
• Take Rainbow Valley from trailhead to
Toothaker and then back
to trailhead (5.6 miles).
• From Coldwater trailhead take trail north to Gadsden and then to
Butterfield connect with Coldwater back to trailhead (6.1 miles).
• From Rainbow trailhead take trail to Dysart and cross over to
Butterfield and then connect with Coldwater back to Rainbow
trailhead parking lot (5.3 miles). |
| Total |
17.0 miles |
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Lake Pleasant Regional Park |
| Trail(s) |
Pipeline Canyon |
| Description |
• From Pipeline trailhead north end take trail
out to the end and back
(4.0 miles). |
| Total |
4.0 miles |
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McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
| Trail(s) |
Scenic, Pemberton and Tonto Tank |
| Description |
• Start at Scenic trailhead take trail loop (3.7
miles).
• From trailhead, take Pemberton to Tonto
Tank and then back to
the Pemberton trail (east) back to the trailhead (8.2 miles).
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| Total |
11.9 miles |
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San Tan Mountain Regional Park |
| Trail(s) |
Goldmine, San Tan, Hedgehog and Moonlight |
| Description |
• From trailhead take Gold Mine trail north to
top of Saddle and
back (3.5 miles).
• Begin at the San Tan trailhead and take the
trail to Hedgehog.
Connect back to San Tan and finish off on the Moonlight trail (4.4
miles).
• Start at the Littleleaf trailhead and continue
to Goldmine. Link into
the San Tan and finish off on Moonlight (4.0 miles).
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| Total |
11.9 miles |
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Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area |
| Trail(s) |
Spur Cross, Tortuga and Matate |
| Description |
• From trailhead, go north to Spur Cross then
take Tortuga around
to Spur Cross back to trailhead (3.6 miles).
• From trailhead, go north to Spur Cross to the
Matate then head
south to the Tortuga trail and back on Spur Cross Trail to trailhead
(5.0 miles).
• From trailhead, take Spur Cross west to park
boundary and return
to trailhead on same trail (8.4 miles).
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| Total |
17 miles |
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Usery Mountain Regional Park |
| Trail(s) |
Wind Cave, Blevins, Meridian and Cat Peaks |
| Description |
• From Wind Cave trailhead take trail up and
back (3.0 miles).
• From Blevins trailhead take trail south to Meridian and cross over
to Cat Peaks back to Blevins and return (4.1 miles).
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| Total |
7.1 miles |
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White Tank Mountain Regional Park |
| Trail(s) |
Waterfall, Mule Deer, South, Goat Camp,
Mesquite, Willow Canyon, Ford and Waddell |
| Description |
• Start at Waterfall trailhead. Take trail up and
back (2.0 miles).
• Start trail west of the library and go to the Mule Deer. Go to South
Trail and then to Goat Camp. Follow Bajada to Mule Deer and
back to the library (4.1 miles).
• From Area 7, take Mesquite to Willow Canyon and return on
Mesquite (8.3 miles).
• From Ford Canyon trailhead go west to Waddell and then take
Mesquite Canyon back to trailhead (3.7 miles). |
| Total |
18.1 miles |
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| NOTE: |
Remember, the Maricopa Trail contains many miles of trails and may be used as a substitute. |
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Rules and Regulations:
The program begins at 8 a.m. on Monday, November 1, 2011 and closes at 5 p.m. on Monday, January 30, 2012. This completed form must be received by 5:00 p.m., no exceptions, and may be turned into any participating County park.* To be eligible for the grand prize drawing of an Annual Pass ($75 value) and $25 Nature Center retail voucher (total value not to exceed $100), participants must visit a minimum of three parks, have park staff initial and date route(s) hiked and attach receipts (provide annual pass number above, if applicable). If the selected winner currently holds an Annual Pass, the Annual Pass will be renewed for one year upon date of expiration.
All participants who complete the 100-Miles of Hiking will receive a limited edition tee-shirt at the park Centennial Celebration on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 9 a.m. Tee-shirts must be picked up at the park. Participants may make arrangements to pick-up a shirt from the park at a later date. Tee-shirts will NOT be shipped to customers and park(s) will not be responsible for product not picked up after Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
*The following parks will not be hosting the final Centennial Celebration on February 14, 2012 - Buckeye Hills Regional Park, Adobe Dam Regional Park, Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant and the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area. |
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