Santa Rita Mts: Madera Canyon Nature Trail - Beginner Freindly

Total Length: 4.00 mi Out and Back
El Gain 500'

• Rated "D"- Beginner (http://files.meetup.com/372195/Hike%20Rating%20Scale.pdf)

RESTRICTIONS: No dogs, firearms or tobacco

DEPART Home Depot at 10:00

Click here (https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1cihvYoZxc4SaWZFKlAX8Ms4FtKw&ll=32.16210108488228%2C-110.98835259999998&z=18) for the location of the parking area.

I will meet you at the Home Depot. Look for a white van with the hatch up at the NW corner of the parking lot (https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1cihvYoZxc4SaWZFKlAX8Ms4FtKw&ll=32.16210108488228%2C-110.98835259999998&z=18).

Hike STARTS at 11:00ish at Madera Canyon

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/)