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The White Tank Mountain Regional Park is a large regional park located in west-central Maricopa County, Arizona. Encompassing 29,271 acres (45.736 sq mi; 118.456 km 2) of desert and mountain landscape, it is the largest regional park in the county. [1] The bulk of the White Tank Mountains range is located within the park's boundaries.
Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation: Yaqui: Pasqua Hiaki 1978 3,484 1.8 (4.6) Pima: Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community: Pima, Maricopa: O'odham/Pima: Onk Akimel O'odham Maricopa: Xalychidom Piipaash 1879 6,289 82.2 (212.9) Maricopa: San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation: Chiricahua Apache, Cibecue Apache, Lipan Apache, San Carlos Apache ...
The reservation was officially created on September 15, 1903, by executive order, on a small parcel carved from the ancestral lands of the Yavapai people, encompassing 24,680 acres (100 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The acreage had been part of the Fort McDowell Military Reserve, which had been an important outpost during the Apache Wars .
The site is operated and maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and includes an improved campground as well as an informative walking trail showcasing the petroglyphs. [3] Prior to 1989, the site was part of Painted Rock State Park, which included camping facilities on the nearby Painted Rock Reservoir, referred to as the "Lake Unit".
Prior to 1974 the Scottsdale Unified School District accepted students from the reservation. In 1965 400 students attended the Mesa school district facilities. In 1974 the Scottsdale district began rejecting residents of the reservation. In 2000, a total of 1,120 students from the reservation attended Mesa schools. [11]
Mount McDowell (O'odham: S-wegĭ Doʼag, Yavapai: Wi:kawatha), more commonly referred to as Red Mountain, is located on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, just north of Mesa, Arizona. It is named after General Irvin McDowell, a Union officer in the Civil War. Its elevation is 2,832 feet (863 m).
A pool of water, a remnant of the last rains, in a dry wash in Tonto National Forest Unofficial trail sign in Pine Canyon. The Tonto National Forest, encompassing 2,873,200 acres (1,162,700 ha; 11,627 km 2), is the largest of the six national forests in Arizona and is the ninth largest national forest in the United States.
The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) (O'odham language: Keli Akimel Oʼotham, meaning "Gila River People", Maricopa language: Pee-Posh) is an Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona, lying adjacent to the south side of the cities of Chandler and Phoenix, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in Pinal and Maricopa counties.