Explore Your County Parks Series

Please join us in March and April for our monthly outdoor recreation activities. If you want to propose topics or locations for future "Explore Your County Parks" events, please just let us know!

March 12 - Hike/Snow Shoe Hike

This month's event will explore Harrenburg Wash in Kachina Village. Meet by the Kachina Village Water/Improvement Company on Ancient Trail at 10:00 a.m. and we'll hike or snow shoe (depending on conditions) up the Wash and back. As usual, we'll enjoy hot chocolate and mingling at the end. For more information, please call Jeff at (570) 417-3577.

April 16 - Earth Day Bicycle Ride

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than with a bike ride through the forest! Because Earth Day falls on the third Saturday of the month, we're changing our typical date for the "Explore Your County Park" series to accommodate. The Friends of Coconino County Parks will have a booth at the Earth Day Celebration downtown in the City Hall parking lot. We will meet at 10:00 a.m., look for our banner, we will be setting up the Friends booth for the Earth Day event.

The ride will leave from City Hall through west downtown to Thorpe Park. We will ride up the FUTS trail then out towards A-1 Mountain for lunch on one of the meadows off FS 506 - the peak views are spectacular. The return trip will be down through Curling Smoke and Kinlani Roads where we'll stop briefly to discuss the proposed Loop Trail connections in that vicinity.

Then plan extra time to check out all the Earth Day activities when we're done. Please be sure and bring a mountain bike (in good repair), your helmet, a snack/lunch, and some water. If you have a spare tire tube, bring it along to...just in case. This ride is suitable for novice to intermediate bike riders. For more information, please call Jeff at (570) 417-3577.