Phoenix has decided to restrict parking access to trailheads in the city’s desert parks and mountain preserves at 3 p.m. July 4 to reduce fire danger, officials said.
All trails will …
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Phoenix restricts trailhead parking on July 4
(City of Phoenix/James Ritter)
Parking at Phoenix parks and preserves trailheads will close early on July 4.
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Phoenix has decided to restrict parking access at trailheads in the city’s desert parks and mountain preserves at 3 p.m. July 4 to reduce fire danger, officials said.
All trails will remain open, and trailheads will reopen on schedule on July 5, according to the city.
Officials remind hikers that the annual ban on open fires in those areas, which began May 1, remain in effect.
The following areas are affect by the early parking closure on July 4: Camelback Mountain, Deem Hills Recreation Area, Lookout Mountain, Papago Park, Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area, Phoenix Mountains Preserve, Phoenix Sonoran Preserve, North Mountain Park, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area and South Mountain Park/Preserve.
In addition, the upper lookouts in South Mountain Park/Preserve will be emptied and closed at 1 p.m.
The following list of regulations will apply on July 4 in those areas:
Fireworks are prohibited.
Open wood and charcoal fires are prohibited (part of annual fire ban already in effect).
Propane or gas grills may be used but only in established picnic areas.
Smoking outside enclosed vehicles is prohibited.
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited as are glass beverage containers.
