Community Calendar

Every morning, a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include geology, wildlife, history, archeology, and plant life. The naturalists welcome questions during the walk, enhancing the learning experience.

This hike is included with your park entrance fees but are first-come.

Learning more about the native plants and trees in the local area is a great way to enhance any hike. Our Volunteer Naturalist explains how plant life is interconnected with indigenous cultures, pioneer settlers, and people in our contemporary times. This interpretive experience lasts between 1½-2 hours and takes place along easy trails near the Visitor Center. This program is included with your park entry fees. Reservations are strongly recommended and can be made by calling the park at the start of the month.

Every morning, a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include geology, wildlife, history, archeology, and plant life. The naturalists welcome questions during the walk, enhancing the learning experience.

This hike is included with your park entrance fees but are first-come.

Paradise Valley Community College is offering a class in which students will work on actual cold cases under the guidance of a retired police lieutenant. No prerequisites or special knowledge is required to take the class, AJS 198AF: Special Topics in the Administration of Justice (https://tinyurl.com/AJS198). Class meetings are scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30am - 12:10pm, beginning September 16 and going until December 13, at the PVCC Union Hills Campus, 18401 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85032. If you are interested in taking the class, you can register yourself as a PVCC student a thttps://www.paradisevalley.edu.

Join the Natural History Institute and David Gilligan for an extraordinary trip along the San Juan River as it moves through the bent, layered rocks and ribbon-like riparian woods of the Colorado Plateau. While traveling downriver, we will explore the geology, botany, ecology, and human history of the river corridor and adjacent slickrock and desert landscapes. We will bird by morning, interpret geology and vegetation ecology by day, and learn our way across the star-strewn sky at night. We will travel in the spirit of the exploratory naturalists who have gone before us, with qualified river guides, a skilled naturalist, and the camaraderie and collective knowledge of all participants.

This 5 day river trip is a fully guided experience. You can expect professionally guided river travel, facilitated natural history programming throughout each day, and a casual, relaxed, communal environment in the evenings at camp. All meals are provided by the guide crew, and you can look forward to tasty, delicious food with options throughout the trip. All parts of the program are designed for maximum participation and all ability levels: our goal by day is to travel downriver and practice natural history together, and by evening to tell stories about it.

Learn more here: https://naturalhistoryinstitute.org/event/natural-history-of-the-san-juan-river/

Embark on an Adventure Through Natural History on the San Juan River!

This river trip is a fully guided experience. You can expect professionally guided river travel, facilitated natural history programming throughout each day, and a casual, relaxed, communal environment in the evenings at camp. All meals are provided by the guide crew, and you can look forward to tasty, delicious food with options throughout the trip. All parts of the program are designed for maximum participation and all ability levels: our goal by day is to travel downriver and practice natural history together, and by evening to tell stories about it.

Where: San Juan River – Sand Island to Mexican Hat

When: May 27, 2025 through May 31, 2025

Transportation: Vans depart 8 am from the Natural History Institute, Prescott; return 8 pm to the Natural History Institute or provide your own transport to the Sand Island Group Campground, located near Bluff, Utah.

Group Size: Maximum 22

Age Group: Adults and youth 16+

Cost per Person: $1,100

Every morning, a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include geology, wildlife, history, archeology, and plant life. The naturalists welcome questions during the walk, enhancing the learning experience.

This hike is included with your park entrance fees but are first-come.

Every morning, a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include geology, wildlife, history, archeology, and plant life. The naturalists welcome questions during the walk, enhancing the learning experience.

This hike is included with your park entrance fees but are first-come.

Paradise Valley Community College is offering a class in which students will work on actual cold cases under the guidance of a retired police lieutenant. No prerequisites or special knowledge is required to take the class, AJS 198AF: Special Topics in the Administration of Justice (https://tinyurl.com/AJS198). Class meetings are scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30am - 12:10pm, beginning September 16 and going until December 13, at the PVCC Union Hills Campus, 18401 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85032. If you are interested in taking the class, you can register yourself as a PVCC student a thttps://www.paradisevalley.edu.

Every morning, a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include geology, wildlife, history, archeology, and plant life. The naturalists welcome questions during the walk, enhancing the learning experience.

This hike is included with your park entrance fees but are first-come.