| Fridays Fitness Hike – Wagner Trail |
| McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
| Fridays Fitness Hike – Various locations in Park- ALL Fridays
Come to one or all of the Fitness Hiking Series, every Friday. We build up to a longer hike at the end of the month. Please wear sturdy shoes & bring plenty of water. This week's hike starts at the Wagner Trail |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM Duration: 2 hours |
| Speaker: Ranger Amy |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6 per vehicle park entry fee |
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| Contact: amyburnett@mail.maricopa.gov 480-471-0173x201 |
| Location: McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
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Address:
16300 McDowell Mountain Park Dr.,Scottsdale, AZ 85269
Photo courtesy of www.visitphoenix.com, AZ |
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| Know Your Knots Park Ranger Program - Lake Pleasant |
| Lake Pleasant Regional Park |
| Join the Park Ranger at the Lake Pleasant Visitor Center, to learn a few helpful knots - It's Crazy Fun! These knots can be used for a variety of task. This program is great fun for kids and adults. You can challenge yourself at any level! |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Duration: 1 hour |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6 per vehicle park entry fee |
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| Contact: Terry Gerber, Interpretive Ranger 602-372-7460 ext. 202 or VC 623-780-9857 |
| Location: Lake Pleasant Regional Park Visitor Center 623-780-9857 |
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Address:
Take Hwy 74 to the Castle Hot Springs Rd. turnoff, toward Lake Pleasant Regional Park Visitor Center
Peoria, AZ |
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| All About Vultures - Evening "Brown-Bag It" with Ranger B - Usery Park |
| Usery Mountain Regional Park |
| What makes vultures so strange and special? Which vulture species live in Arizona? How do they survive and thrive in the wild? If you would like to know the answers to these questions, or any questions you may have about vultures, then this one-hour presentation is for you! Bring your sandwich to the “Brown-Bag It” series inside our Nature Center as Ranger B shares some amazing facts about these bald birds. Location: Nature Center. Watch us feed our snakes after the program at 7pm. Then join our “Animal Hide and Seek Flashlight Walk” at 7:30pm at no extra cost! |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 6:00 PM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per car |
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| Animal "Hide and Seek" Flashlight Walk - Usery Park |
| Usery Mountain Regional Park |
| We are the nocturnal animals of the desert and we like to hide. Help Ranger B find us if you can! If you would like to learn about us and enjoy a night walk in the desert, then join Ranger B as he takes you on this exciting 1-mile/1-hour walk along the Merkle Trail. The Merkle Trail offers universal access and the hard-smooth surface of this trail will accommodate wheelchairs and strollers. Please bring water, a flashlight, and closed-toe shoes. No pets, please. Location: Area 6. Join our “All About Vultures” program inside our Nature Center at 6pm, and our snake feeding at 7pm at no extra cost! |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 7:30 PM |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per car |
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| Bug Theater: The Twilight Collection - Cave Creek Regional Park |
| Cave Creek Regional Park |
| Join Ranger Sarah and a bug expert from ASU, as we light up the night and see what creepy crawlies want to come visit us. This is a hit with the kids and you will be surprised how much you will enjoy it too! First we will start with a presentation on different types of insects and spiders that live in the desert and then we will create our own movie screen of bugs! We will see moths, beetles and even a praying mantis or two. Bring flashlights and go easy on the bug spray!! Bug guides will be on hand. You are more than welcome to enjoy a picnic dinner before hand and then meet with us afterwards. Meet at the Nature Center. |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Duration: 1 hour |
| Speaker: Bug Expert from ASU and Ranger Sarah |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: 6.00 per vehicle park entry fee |
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| Contact: Ranger Sarah sarahsteele@mail.maricopa.gov |
| Location: Meet at the Nature Center |
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Address:
37019 N. Lava Lane85331 |
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| Scorpion Hunt at White Tank Park |
| White Tank Mountains Regional Park |
| Break out the scorpion lights and come search for the elusive creatures on the Black Rock Short Loop. We won’t be catching any to bring home, we will just count and observe. May not be suitable for children under 3 years of age. No dogs please. BUGS |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 7:30 PM Duration: 1.5 hours |
| Speaker: Park Staff |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6.00 per vehicle - Park entry fee |
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| Location: Area 4 |
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| Scorpion Scavenger Hunt! - McDowell Park |
| McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
| Scorpions are a lot more fun to find when you spot them glowing under a blacklight, scavenger-hunt style (outside, rather than in your house)! Learn all about these venomous creatures and what makes them so well-adapted to life in the Sonoran Desert. Did you know that we commonly see three different species? And that all scorpions--even fossils of scorpions--glow under a black light? Bring a flashlight or a blacklight, and wear sturdy shoes. This short walk will be less than a mile in length. Meet at the Trailhead Staging Area. |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Duration: 1 hour |
| Speaker: Ranger Amy Ford |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6 per vehicle park entry fee |
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| More Info: http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/images/balvariusjuvpc708.jpg |
| Contact: amyford@mail.maricopa.gov 480-471-0173x201 |
| Location: McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
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Address:
16300 McDowell Mountain Park Dr.
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 |
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| Scorpion Scavenger Hunt! - McDowell Park |
| McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
| Scorpions are a lot more fun to find when you spot them glowing under a blacklight, scavenger-hunt style (outside, rather than in your house)! Learn all about these venomous creatures and what makes them so well-adapted to life in the Sonoran Desert. Did you know that we commonly see three different species? And that all scorpions--even fossils of scorpions--glow under a black light? Bring a flashlight or a blacklight, and wear sturdy shoes. This short walk will be less than a mile in length. Meet at the Trailhead Staging Area. |
| Date: 8/17/2012 |
| Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Duration: 1 hour |
| Speaker: Ranger Amy Ford |
| Registration Required: No |
| Fee: $6 per vehicle park entry fee |
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| More Info: http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/images/balvariusjuvpc708.jpg |
| Contact: amyford@mail.maricopa.gov 480-471-0173x201 |
| Location: McDowell Mountain Regional Park |
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Address:
16300 McDowell Mountain Park Dr.
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 |
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