Beginners ** ONLY ** Santa Rita Mts: Madera Canyon Nature Trail

Beginners ONLY

Length: 4.00 mi Out and Back
El Gain 500'

• Rated "D"- Beginner (http://files.meetup.com/372195/Hike%20Rating%20Scale.pdf)
  ** No dogs please

Duration: 2-3 hours hiking time.

If you are new to hiking or new to the Tucson/Sonoran Desert area or have limited ability this is a hike for you.

=>>DO NOT sign up unless you fit this description!!!

DEPART Boot Barn at 10:00
Hike STARTS at 11:00ish at Madera Canyon

If you wish to car pool a convenient location to meet is at the Boot Barn on 16th and Ajo Way. Park near the Subway. Click here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=3776+S+16th+Ave,+Tucson,+AZ+85713,+Tucson,+AZ&hnear=3776+S+16th+Ave,+Tucson,+Arizona+85713-6078&t=m&z=16) for the location in Google Maps.

Or, you can meet us at the Proctor trail head for an 11:00ish hike start.
The Proctor parking lot is the very first one on the right when you enter Madera Canyon. It is the first right past the fee/info station entrance. Rest rooms and maps are available here.

The trail head is approximately 1 hour/40 miles south of Tucson.
There is a Google location map here. (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=31.741357,+-110.886890&hl=en&ll=31.741015,-110.886394&spn=0.003043,0.005622&sll=32.15591,-110.883805&sspn=0.387736,0.719604&t=h&z=18)

A Madera Canyon Trail Map is here (http://files.meetup.com/372195/Madera%20Canyon%20Trail%20Map.pdf). It is a printable PDF

Madera Canyon is a fee area - $5.00 per car or Federal pass
These fees for recreational use will hopefully allow
the Forest Service to continue to subsidize grazing
leases and timber sales at their present generous levels.

Click here for more about fees on our public landsd (http://www.westernslopenofee.org/)