Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center – Phoenix Arizona

March 17, 2017

There was really good handicap parking. This was a 95° day so their air-conditioning was quite nice. The building had a rather large door and inside was very spacious and easy to get through. The bathroom was nice and very accessible. The trails around were okay although I almost got stuck in one place and it wasn't as exactly the most scenic place. 

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Address: 3131 S Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85040

Riparian preserve at water ranch – Gilbert Arizona

March 10, 2017

There was very good handicap parking, there were a few handicap spots at each end of the parking lot. They have very nice trails that are mostly wheelchair accessible and a sidewalk path around the lake and a boardwalk across part of it.

 

 

 





 

Address: 2757 E Guadalupe Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234

 

 



 

 

 

Estrella Mountain Park – Goodyear Arizona

March 11, 2016

There was a nice visitor center with a very nice handicap restroom. From there we drove to the accessible trail. This had an okay parking lot and had a porta potty at the trailhead. This was a good accessible trail, but was not very exciting and there was limited shade. In the middle of the trail there was a shelter and a bench with a little bit if shade.

 

 

 

 

14805 West Vineyard Avenue, Goodyear, AZ 85338

The Riparian Preserve At Water Ranch – Gilbert Arizona

March 8, 2016

There was good handicap parking and a decent bathroom. There is a trail and Boardwalk path around and over one of the lakes.  The rest of the lakes have trails around them most places were easy for me to drive my chair through, but there were a few places that were difficult. There were also benches every so often.

 

 

Address: 2757 E Guadalupe Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234

South Mountain Park Judith tunnel trail Phoenix Arizona

March 10, 2015

This had good parking and plenty of it since the building was closed due to budget cuts. So since the building was closed there were no restrooms.  There was a pretty nice trail there with two loops; the regular loop and the challenge loop.  The challenge loop was a little bit steeper but not too noticeable in a power wheelchair. I really liked this trail the only problem was he was way too hot for me that day.

Highlands Nature Ctr., Prescott, AZ

March 6, 2015

The main building was locked because we got here after they closed. There is pretty good handicap parking. The building was locked but the restrooms were still open they were very dark and cold inside but it was pretty accessible. The area around the building was nice with sidewalks around. The first trail was very accessible and very nice.

 

 

1375 Walker Rd, Prescott, AZ 86303

White tank mountains visitor center and trails

March 5, 2015

There is a very nice visitor center with handicap parking and handicap restrooms.  They had two handicap/barrier free trails.  The first one was the Black Rock Short Loop which was 0.5 miles long, I really liked this one and thought it was a very nice trail. The waterfall trail was Barrier-free for the first 0.5 mile, this one was a bit rough and worn in places and at the end I couldn’t even get to the waterfall.

 

 

 

Usery Park Mesa Arizona

March 11, 2014  

I had read about an accessible trail at Usery Park.  We stopped at the visitor center to begin with, which had good handicap parking and inside was decently accessible.  The restroom here was good.  Once we had directions to the accessible trail we drove there.  At the beginning of the trail there was a small parking lot with just spots not handicapped spots or anything. 

 

 

 

To get on the trail and out of the parking lot, you have to go over a rather large bump to get on the trail and to get back out was worse, but with help going over I made it.  There was also a non accessible restroom.  After I got to the trail, it was easy to use.  We had a very enjoyable walk on this trail.

3939 Usery Pass Road, Mesa, AZ 85207


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Blue Heron trail Colorado River – Grand Junction Colorado

August 22, 2013

 

There was a small parking lot with two handicap spots and there was good loading areas and in accessible porta potty. There was a paved trail which was nice but there was limited shade, there were a few benches along the way. This day it got a little hot. There was also in accessible fishing pier.

 

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Reach 11 recreational area barrier free trail - Phoenix AZ

March 11, 2012

This trail was nice and pretty accessible but it was just not marked very well and could kind of be a pain for some people. There was a little bit of a parking lot right off the side of the road so we thought it has to be close to here. So we parked and had enough room to unload and get out.   Then I had to try to get through the gate but if you have somebody push the gate one way and then you can get in there and then have them push it back the other way and you can get through to the other side. There was still no sign about the barrier free trail so we followed a sidewalk that’s next to a dirt road.  Which other people were walking on the sidewalk but it wasn't very wide so everyone else had to get off because there was no way I could.

So we continued for about a half a mile and then finally we see a sign about the barrier free trail. Also there is a sign that says no bicycles which I'll get to.  So we go around the loop, it was a pretty nice trail and we're just enjoying the open space and walking when a family of bicycles passes and then the little sister runs into the brother who was slowing down because it looked like he was about to get stuck if he didn't slow down in a kind of a loose gravel spot in the path.  This was kind of annoying to have to worry about bicycles, especially since they weren't supposed to be on the trail anyways. This was a nice trail for a nice hike, but would have been better without bicyclists because then you don't have to worry about them passing you and/or possibly running into you.

This Trail was not marked well

It was also about a half mile from the parking lot

North Mountain Park Barrier free trail - Phoenix, AZ

March 11, 2012

We read about this place since it had barrier free trail. When we get there in the parking lot there were a handful of handicap spots that worked okay.  Since we were at a barrier free trail I thought there would be an accessible bathroom and I had to go. So we get out and I see a building that looks like it might be a bathroom so we head that way, but some of path was kind of almost like sand, and I almost got stuck a couple times and then I finally got to the sidewalk that leads to the bathroom, but when I got there the door was not wide enough to get through. So we headed back down and my dad went and talked to the park rangers at their table in the parking lot

They said that the handicapped bathroom was up the road but the road was closed because it was silent Sunday.  Where they didn't want cars going up the road. They said that they've never run into this situation before, so I guess they didn’t expect wheelchair users to use the barrier free trail on Sundays and need the bathroom.  So they said they would open the gate for us so we could drive up there to get to the bathroom.  As we drove up everyone that was walking down the road and knew there weren’t supposed to be cars there kept giving us dirty looks which was actually kind of funny. So we get up there and get to the bathroom and I could get in, thank God because I really had to go by this time. This wasn't the most accessible bathroom but at least I got to go.

So we come back down after still not finding accessible barrier free trail, but when we got back to the parking lot we found the start of the trail at the other end of the parking lot and finally when we got to the trail the trail was a very accessible. 

The trail was basically a sidewalk that was easy to drive on, but there wasn't much to see and it was rather short. 

Then we found a bathroom by that trail. This bathroom looked accessible (the door anyways) but I couldn't get into it because it was locked.  Which if this one was usable it would have helped the previous problem.

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Oak leaf trail Milwukee WI

This trail was along Lake Michigan. It was a good paved trail to drive my chair on. There were some restrooms that were okay and some that were hard to get into. There were quite a few places to sit every so often. The parking lot was a good, but I don't think there were too many handicapped spots but that day at least it wasn't very full so we had room to park.