San Tan Mountain Regional Park is a large rural/suburban park located in Pinal County. Although the park is administered by Maricopa County Parks, it is located within Pinal County. It encompasses over 10,000 acres and preserves a portion of the San Tan Mountains, south of Queen Creek.
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San Tan Trail to Hedgehog and reconnecting to San Tan is just under six miles. Elevation change is not terribly drastic. I would call this a moderate trail. You can hike, mountain bike, jog, and horseback ride. Don't have your own horse? Schedule a guided ride! There are a few steepish slopes but easily manageable. The desert floral, Saguaro cactus, and mountains are beautiful! Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Wear protective hiking boots or appropriate gear for your activity. A camel pack is recommended, along with sunglasses and a hat. Restrooms available at entrance and $6 to park or you can purchase an annual pass to all parks. Wildlife I've seen are foxes, coyotes, snakes, roadrunners, owls, eagles, hawks, ground squirrels, lizards, and cactus wrens. If you take a dog, it must be on a leash and bag its poop. Makes for friendly and clean trails and respects the other trail users. There are various other trails with shorter or longer distances. Grab a free map inside the station before you hit the trail. It's helpful. Don't recommend Yunmai Trail unless you like walking in deep sandy wash. Overall, San Tan Regional is a beautiful place to explore our gorgeous...
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This is one of the more unusual parks in the area. ⛰️ First because it has hosts who live in their RVs on the property. There is a daily admission charge per vehicle regardless of residency.
And secondly because it's multi-purpose. The trails may have horses 🐎or bicycles 🚴🏻♂️ or hikers 🚶🏻♂️🥾 or all at the same time. This lends itself to some inherent hazards.💩 I don't really have a problem with horses or wild animals. But I cannot understand how someone can go hiking with their dog, bag up the poop, 💩 and then just leave the bag there on the side of the trail?🤷🏻♂️ If you don't want to carry dog poop on your hike then don't bring your damn dog! Or if you're that lazy and entitled then don't put it in a bag! 🤦🏻♂️ At least let it dry out and deteriorate 🤷🏻♂️. And if you are responsible enough to carry the poop after your 🐕 dog does its thing, there is a place to deposit it as you leave the trail! ☑️
The trails are very nice.😎 There's a choice of several. All the trails will circle around and end up back where you started. And they are well marked.❌ There's even a bicycle maintenance...
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I hike this park once a week when it's under 100 - and sometimes when it's over - and I haven't tired of it yet. Each trail here is different from the others and offer a lot more diversity in scenery than some other Maricopa County parks. Watch out for speeding mountain bike bros and long trains of city folk on horses for the first time on the weekends.
The hike up San Tan Trail from the main entrance is moderate and offers a fantastic view of Rock Peak at the top of a decent climb. Malpais is a long, lonely trail with fantastic views of the Malpais range and some good, thigh-burning wash runs. If you're feeling adventurous or just need some alone time, try the 14 mile outer perimeter ring. You'll pass a petroglyph and a crested saguaro. On the north side of the park you can also visit the graves of the guys who used to mine the San Tans and then whittle animal figurines from cactus bones for visitors...
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