McDowell Mountain Month - October 2005

The month starts with the McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission's
Open House on Sunday, October 2 from 1:00 - 3:30 PM in the Fountain
Hills Community Center.  During the Open House you can speak with the
Commissioners, view submissions from the past year for the monthly photo
contest, listen to talks on many items of interest and visit booths
sponsored by organizations such as Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona,
Scottsdale's Sonoran Conservancy, the Sonoran Conservancy of Fountain
Hills and the Fountain Hills Fire Department.  All this and free ice
cream too!

Several guided hikes are also scheduled:

    1. Sat., Oct. 8: Dixie Mine Trail - Meet at the new Golden Eagle
Trailhead at 8:30 AM*
    2. Sun., Oct. 9: FH Preserve, Town Overlook Trail - Meet at the end
of Eagle Ridge Dr. at 8:30AM**
    3. Sat., Oct. 15: Family Walk - Meet at the northeast parking lot in
Fountain Park at 10:00AM***
    4. Sun., Oct. 16: Dixie Mine Trail - meet at the new Golden Eagle
Trailhead at 8:30AM*
    5. Sat., Oct. 22: State Land Overview - meet in the Middle School
parking lot at 8:30AM
    6. Sun., Oct. 23: FH Preserve, Promenade Trail - meet at the end of
Eagle Ridge Dr. at 8:30AM**
    7. Sat., Oct., 29: FH Preserve, Western Loop Trail - meet at the end
of Eagle Ridge Dr. at 8:30AM**

* The parking lot and trailhead for entrance into McDowell Mountain Park
is just before the gate house at Eagle Nest at the end of Golden Eagle Dr.
** The end of Eagle Ridge Dr. is just beyond the Copperwynd Resort entrance.
*** The parking lot is on Panorama Dr. in the northeast section of
Fountain Park.

We hope to see many of you at the Open House or on one or more of the
scheduled October hikes.