Kick Off The New Year With Arizona State Parks

My favorite thing about Arizona isn't the people, food, or cities. It's the parks! I love hiking, and the Grand Canyon State may be the best state for that activity.

As the technological age keeps creeping in, Arizona State Parks wants to remind us to get out and about, and they've got a great incentive for it headed into 2025.

Arizona First Day Hikes

Since 2012, state parks across America have taken part in the "First Day Hikes" initiative in order to get people out to their local parks, and hopefully keep them coming back. These take place on January 1st, as a way to ring in the new year. Parks across the nation offer guided tours with rangers, volunteers, and hiking enthusiasts all coming together to marvel at the beauty of our natural world.

Arizona State Parks and Trails wants to make a point that this is about connections, the one you have with the earth, and the people around you.

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Which Parks are Participating?

In Arizona, there are 16 parks participating in this year's First Day Hikes:

• Buckskin Mountain State Park (Parker)
• Catalina State Park (Tucson)
• Cattail Cove State Park (Lake Havasu City)
• Dead Horse Ranch State Park (Cottonwood)
• Homolovi State Park (Winslow)
• Kartchner Caverns State Park (Benson)
• Lake Havasu State Park (Lake Havasu)
• Lost Dutchman State Park (Apache Junction)
• Lyman Lake State Park (St. John's)
• Oracle State Park (Oracle)
• Patagonia Lake State Park (Patagonia)
• Picacho Peak State Park (Eloy)
• Red Rock State Park (Sedona)
• Riordan Mansion State Historic Park (Flagstaff)
• Rockin' River Ranch State Park (Camp Verde)
• Slide Rock State Park (Sedona)

Visit the Arizona State Parks Website for information on each specific park! Start this New Year off on the "right foot" ;)

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