North Metro Phoenix

Anthem Community Park
A large 63-acre urban park with good accessibility to larger trees and water where desert favorite species can be found.

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Badger Springs Wash
This 71,000-acre monument encompasses two mesas and the canyon of the Agua Fria River with amazing diversity of vegetative communities.

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Black Canyon City Heritage Park
A 30-acre park located in the heart of Black Canyon City, providing significant natural resources, birds, butterflies and interpretative signage.

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Black Canyon Trail
The trail traverses nearly 80 miles of upland Sonoran desert landscape and is popular with hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders.

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Hassayampa Rest Area
The mesquites around this rest area 2 miles south of the Hassayampa River Preserve are excellent for viewing Vermilion Flycatcher and many riparian species.

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Hassayampa River Preserve
Consisting of nearly 770-acres along the Hassayampa River, it is one of the few undammed rivers in Arizona which flows above ground creating an oasis in the Sonoran Desert.

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Lake Pleasant Regional Park
An excellent place to view water and desert birds throughout the year. Look for migrating loons, ducks, gulls, terns, grebes, shorebirds, and pelicans.

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Hassayampa Rest Area

The mesquites around this rest area 2 miles south of the Hassayampa River Preserve are excellent for viewing Vermilion Flycatcher and many riparian species.

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Hassayampa River Preserve

Consisting of nearly 770-acres along the Hassayampa River, it is one of the few undammed rivers in Arizona which flows above ground creating an oasis in the Sonoran Desert.

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