Help keep Maricopa County’s trails safe, scenic, and sustainable. The Trail Ambassador Program is now recruiting volunteers for fall training sessions! Ambassadors serve as friendly, knowledgeable trail stewards; guiding visitors, sharing Leave No Trace practices, monitoring trail conditions, and assisting…
Maricopa Trail + Park Foundation Day
Welcome Maricopa Trail + Park Community Partners! Join us at State Farm Stadium this November when the Arizona Cardinals take on the Jacksonville Jaguars to help support and raise awareness for the Maricopa Trail + Park Foundation. Your participation will…
Trust for Public Land helps secure land for Arizona’s newest state park
The planned new Arizona State Park that will connect to Yavapai County and to our northern segments of the Maricopa Trail that connect with the Prescott Circle Trail on the Sun Corridor Trail. Read more about this exciting new project…
See a hidden waterfall on this off-the-beaten path Arizona hike. Here’s how to do it
Desert waterfalls are rare enough, but this one in its tiny grotto fringed by cottonwoods and willows is a gem. The Maricopa Trail takes you to it.
Meet the San Tan Shredders Mountain Bike Club
Raised as an active Midwestern farm boy, Jim Jensen didn’t let the challenges of a demanding job and a health scare derail his love of the outdoors. “I accepted a job promotion with my company and moved to Arizona in 2006,”…
Hike of the Week: Maricopa Trail – Bronco Trailhead to Spur Cross Ranch
Start exploring the 315-mile, Valley-circling Maricopa Trail with a trek through its northmost reaches. This 13.6 mile segment runs from the Bronco trailhead in Tonto National Forest to Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area in Cave Creek. LENGTH: 13.6 miles one way…
Volunteers Rebuild Part of Maricopa Trail Damaged by Wildfire
Trails don’t fix themselves after wildfires. Rehabilitating trails is often a cooperative effort of many organizations, non-profits, volunteers and professional trail engineers. In October 2020, the Sears Fire scorched 14,476 acres of land a few miles northeast of Cave Creek…
If hiking the entire Maricopa Trail sounds like your kind of challenge, here’s how to start
The 315-mile Maricopa Trail circles metro Phoenix and links towns, parks and national forests. This stretch might inspire you to hike the whole thing.
Hiking the 315-mile Maricopa Trail: This stretch is a great place to start
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Maricopa Trail COVID-19 Guidelines Announcement
The Maricopa Trail and Park Foundation’s many partners including communities, sponsors, agencies, organizations, and volunteers are foremost in our thoughts as we have and will continue to take steps in response to COVID-19 state and national health emergency guidelines. To…