McDowell Mountain Regional Park – Kingsnake's Home Den

The Lousley Hills highpoint viewed from Escondido Trail. Clouds and "chasing the sun" clockwise, made for challenging photography.

Shallmo Wash, Pemberton & Escondido

2023-11-27 Hiking 0

McDowell Mountain Regional Park is a 21,099 acre Maricopa County park north of Fountain Hills, nestled between the McDowell Mountains to the west and the […]

Pemberton Trail

2022-01-12 Bike Riding 0

McDowell Mountain Regional Park is a 21,099 acre Maricopa County park north of Fountain Hills and east of the McDowell Mountains. MMRP is immediately adjacent to […]

Balanced "mushroom" at Mushroom Rock Scenic Point. Tom's Thumb Trailhead visible on the left. It is an easy one mile roundtrip to Mushroom Rock Scenic Point.

Marcus Landslide

2021-12-23 Hiking 0

Marcus Landslide was “discovered” in 2002 by two ASU geography post-grads. Surely, many people had looked at the rocks before, but the students were the […]

Dixie Mine Loop

2020-11-18 Hiking 0

After two weeks of minimal physical activity, including seven days sitting in my car, driving to & from Maryland, I needed to do some real […]