Outdoor & Adventure · desert park

South Mountain Park & Preserve

$ · Phoenix, Arizona

One of the largest municipal parks in the country — 16,000-plus acres of Sonoran ridgeline on the city's south edge, laced with 50-odd miles of trail for hikers, bikers, and horses. The move for first-timers is the drive (or hard pedal) up Summit Road to Dobbins Lookout at 2,330 feet, where a WPA-er

Try: Sunset from the Dobbins Lookout stone ramada, city lights flickering on below
📍 10919 S Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85042 🕐 Trailheads 5 a.m.-7 p.m. (gates close 7); trails open until 11 p.m. 📞 602-262-7393 🔗 www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/parks/activities-facilities/trails/south-mountain-parkpreserve.html
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