hiking AZ trails

EVENTS

Guided Hike Sponsored By The Pueblo Grande Museum

On Saturday the 19th of November, 2011 you can take a guided hike on the Kiwanas/Ramadas trail in South Mountain Park in Phoenix.  The hike will be easy to moderate and will give you lots of great photo ops. This will be a 3 hour interpretive hike and will be from 8am to 11am.  Be sure to bring along  plenty of water and your favorite camera.  You should register in advance at the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation site and the fee will be $8.00 per person.  Learn about the petroglyphs in South Mountain and the native Americans who left the oldest drawings on the rocks.

Winter Hike on the Mogollon Rim

Join us for a winter walk in the woods as we hike along the Mogollon Rim near Pine Arizona on February 27th. We’ll be following the Dripping Springs Trail which is an easy hike about three miles long. It will be sponsored by the Rimside Grill and we will gather at 12:30pm at the grill parking lot. We plan to leave at 1:00pm for the trailhead. The cost is $14.00 per person and that includes lunch and microbrew samplings of up to six great microbrews. Pine is just a couple of hours drive northeast of Phoenix and the views of the rim are spectacular. For reservations call the Rimside Grill at 928-476-3349.

Petroglyph Discovery Hike on Javelina Trail

Join us on the 12^th of February for a Petroglyph Discovery hike on the Javelina Trail in Beverly Canyon.  This interpretive hike will be led by an experienced guide from the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix.  The Javelina Trail is described as moderate and the hike will be about three miles long and will last close to three hours.

The hike will be in Phoenix in the South Mountain Park which is the largest urban park in the US.

It consists of approximately 17,000 acres and has many interesting trails and lots of petroglyphs. There will be a lot of great photo ops along the way and you may even some wildlife along the trail.  Directions for the place to join the hikers in Beverly Canyon can be found by calling the Pueblo Grande Museum or by signing up with the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department at their web site: http://phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo/calendar/index.html

The fee for joining the hike on February 12 will be $8.00 and please remember there is no water in Beverly Canyon so be sure to bring water and sun screen. Space is limited so register now and don’t miss out on this Petroglyph Discovery Hike led by an experienced guide.