Thursday, July 31, 2025

• Reptile Walk (Registration Required, Limit 15 Participants)

  July 31, 2025 - (06:00 AM - 08:00 AM)

  White Tank Mountain Regional Park
  20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road
  Waddell, AZ , 85355

  (602) 506-2930 ext. 5

  Learn about reptiles and amphibians on this guided hike with Ranger Eric. Click on program title for more details.
• Beginning Birders Hike (Registration Required, Limit 12 Participants) 

  July 31, 2025 - (07:15 AM - 09:15 AM)

  Hassayampa River Preserve
  49614 U.S. Hwy. 60 89
  Wickenburg, AZ , 85390

  (602) 506-2930 ext. 9

  Join Ranger Kevin for an introduction to birding in one of Arizona’s premiere birding locations. Click program title for more details.
• Discovery Station: Ask a Ranger! (World Ranger Day)

  July 31, 2025 - (09:00 AM - 11:00 AM)

  San Tan Mountain Regional Park
  6533 W. Phillips Road
  Queen Creek, AZ , 85144

  (602) 506-2930 ext 7

  Celebrate World Ranger Day on July 31 and stop by the Nature Center to chat with Ranger Nikki and ask questions about the park, the critters and our beautiful Sonoran Desert. Click program title for more details.
• Discovery Station: Ask a Ranger!

  July 31, 2025 - (09:00 AM - 11:00 AM)

  White Tank Mountain Regional Park
  20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road
  Waddell, AZ , 85355

  (602) 506-2930 ext. 5

  Stop by to chat with Ranger Eric and ask your nature-related questions or show your nature photos! Click on program title for more details.
• Discovery Station: Desert Critters

  July 31, 2025 - (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM)

  Cave Creek Regional Park
  37019 N. Lava Lane
  Cave Creek, AZ , 85331

  (602) 506-2930 ext 8

  Come by and visit Ranger Kevin to learn about some of the animals native to the Sonoran Desert. Click program title for more details. 
• Lunch and Learn: World Ranger Day (Registration required. Limit 30 Participants)  

  July 31, 2025 - (12:00 PM - 01:00 PM)

  Cave Creek Regional Park
  37019 N. Lava Lane
  Cave Creek, AZ , 85331

  (602) 506-2930 ext 8

  Today is World Ranger Day, and we’re celebrating by sharing some of our favorite places, pictures and experiences of the fabulous Maricopa County parks system with you. Click program title for more details.
• Ask A Ranger (World Ranger Day)

  July 31, 2025 - (12:00 PM - 02:00 PM)

  Lake Pleasant Regional Park
  41835 N. Castle Hot Springs Rd.
  Morristown, AZ , 85342

  (602) 506-2930 ext. 2

  : We’re celebrating our Rangers for World Ranger Day! Come talk to Ranger Shaun
  about what it’s like to be a Ranger! Click program title for more details.
• Creatures of the Night Hike (Registration Required, Limit 25 Participants)

  CANCELLED

  July 31, 2025 - (07:00 PM - 09:00 PM)

  McDowell Mountain Regional Park
  16300 McDowell Mountain Park Dr.
  Fountain Hills, AZ , 85268

  (602) 506-2930 ext 3

  Join Ranger Derik in the park as the sun sets and desert comes alive with the
  nocturnal creatures. Click program title for more details.