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Living the human experience is a beautiful, complex journey. It's filled with peaks and valleys of pleasure and pain, both physical and emotional. It seems so simple when we're children, but things change as we grow: we begin to form our own opinions, develop romantic relationships, build a career, and work our way through life. With age comes maturity and personal development, but all too often, we grow older without learning how to manage and accept our emotions, thoughts, and relationships. This causes us to get stuck, and for some, they then stay stuck - trapped in a vicious cycle of self-doubt, judgement and negativity.

Sound familiar? If so, ask yourself if you are suffering from any of the following:

Unresolved childhood trauma
Grief, loss, and betrayals in life that you can't get past
Harmful patterns that keep you stuck in a rut, with no hope of moving forward
Anxiety about your personal or work life
Anger, insecurity, and stress that gets the best of you
Codependency and people pleasing-problems that leave you emotionally bankrupt
Family or romantic relationship issues that you can't handle or resolve
Negative thoughts and self-criticizing problems equating to "I'm not good enough" and "I can't succeed."
Overthinking and racing thoughts that distract you during the day and keep you up at night
Lack of motivation or purpose in your life
Low self-worth, self-love, and lack of personal development

If you're struggling because you aren't sure what to do next or how to change your life for the better, know that you aren't alone. Millions of people just like you aren't where they want to be in life. Fortunately, your personal growth life coach in Gold Canyon, AZ, is here to help you reimagine, refocus, and rebuild your life for the better.

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We All Suffer at Times. Now, Lets Do Something About It

If you're reading this page, chances are you're not exactly happy with how your life is going. And that's okay. You're in a safe place.

Finding the right person to speak with about the personal growth issues in your life is challenging. Some life coaches in Gold Canyon only see you as a transaction - a means to make money and provide unhelpful, mediocre services. Christy Maxey is the anthesis of uneducated, fly-by-night life coaches. She has worked with thousands of people just like you and has built a reputation of helping people as their life coach in Gold Canyon and throughout Arizona, as well as with clients all over the world.

As a former therapist, Christy uses an effective system of evidenced-based concepts, tools, and exercises like trauma-informed coaching, inner child healing and EMDR to uncover true self-worth. Christy's signature system, the Maxx Method, helps develop emotional intelligence and provides life-long skills that will help guide you in relationships with yourself and others.

Remember: you are not broken YOU ARE NOT BROKEN. There is nothing wrong with you. And, it doesn't have to take years of therapy to get the results you are hoping for

The Maxx Method Difference

Many people use go to therapy but see few results. They've tried reading books, listening to podcasts, and maybe even hired a life coach. But at the end of the day, they're still struggling with root issues that cause stress, anxiety, and feelings of helplessness.

Christy Maxey has developed The Maxx Method, an evidenced-based path to Personal Development, Healing and Emotional Intelligence. When you work with Christy Maxey as your life coach, you will spend your time together getting to the root cause of your problems. You'll answer questions like:

How are you holding yourself back?
What limiting beliefs do you have?
What are you resisting?
How are self-doubt and judgment keeping you stuck?
How is your past STILL affecting you now?
Where is your anxiety coming from?

Often, we don't know the answers to these questions without help. Unfortunately, many therapists and life coaches in Gold Canyon, AZ lack focus. They encourage you to talk about your day, week, and month. They get a general sense of what is bothering you, but before any real work is done, your therapy session is over. In the end, you see few results and you're left reeling with more anxiety and stress than before.

Clients choose Christy Maxey as their personal development life coach because she gets right to the issues without wasting your time. She pulls on her vast experience to heal men and women of all ages, using traditional techniques from psychology and psychotherapy combined with results-oriented coaching. Christy always emphasizes honesty, compassion, and accountability, so you get real benefits and real efficiency with her coaching.

If you're ready to be re-introduced to your authentic self, your journey starts here.

Men's Personal Development Growth Coaching in Gold Canyon, AZ

Men in today's society often fight against strong feelings of stress, anger, and self-defeating patterns that keep them stuck in a rut. Unfortunately, many men are socialized to ignore their feelings and inner experiences. As a men's therapist and life coach for more than 20 years, Christy Maxey has the techniques and experience to break down the barriers keeping men from living the life they want.

Men deserve compassion, but they also deserve high expectations and positive confrontation when necessary. Unlike some life coaches in Gold Canyon, Christy's approach doesn't allow men to hide behind insecurity and grandiosity. Male clients choose Christy because she pushes them to live to their true potential without wasting time.

Coaching Men with Relationship Issues

Relationships don't always come easily and we are not taught how to have healthy, secure relationships. Challenges can be hard to overcome without help. If any of the following problems sound familiar, life coaching with Christy Maxey could be the solution:

Difficult Relating to Partner
Repeating Negative Patterns in Relationships
Feelings of Loneliness
Feeling Misunderstood

Coaching Men with Stress

Stress is the leading root cause of disease. Although men are taught to "just deal with it," that's not the best answer. With Christy Maxey as your life coach, you can address issues with:

No Appreciation for Hard Work
Pleasing Everyone Except Yourself
Exhaustion without Physical Activity
Feelings of Unhappiness and Lack of Motivation

Coaching Men with Anger

It's no wonder that men suffer from aggression and anger when we tell them to turn off their emotions. Life coaching can help you overcome:

Aggressive Behavior
Outbursts of Anger
Career Issues
Relationship Issues
Verbal Aggression and Abuse

If you're a man open to working through your problems to better yourself, there's good news. Christy Maxey's proven, efficient life coaching system can help you be the father, husband, friend, and self that you truly want to be. With the right tools and guidance, you can live life with less anger and stress. And with the right tools, you can focus on finding your voice without resorting to aggression.

Women's Personal Development Growth Coaching in Gold Canyon, AZ

Women are beautiful, unique individuals. But many seem to suffer from the same universal theme - an inner critic that hinders true growth and sabotages them from a fulfilling, happy life.

As a therapist, Christy Maxey spent much of her time working directly with women just like you. Christy combines an incredible depth of knowledge and guidance with life coaching energy, uncovering your true potential as a woman, free of dysfunction.

Unfortunately, no matter what women do as mothers and employees, many believe that they're never good enough. They feel like they're not worthy, not lovable, and not strong.

If you feel like you're unworthy of success and happiness, it's time for a change. It's time to look in the mirror and take care of yourself, not someone else.

If you're ready to reclaim the life you deserve, your journey to success starts with women's life coaching in Gold Canyon. Here are just a few areas that Christy Maxey helps women break free of the chains that keep them down:

Coaching Women Suffering from Pleasing & Codependency

Many women today do everything for everybody else but don't take time to heal or explore personal development. Personal development growth coaching from Christy Maxey can help you address these common issues:

Self-Medicating to Cover Up Feelings of Inadequacy
Feeling like You've Lost Yourself
People Taking Advantage of Your Kindness
Over-Providing for Others

Coaching Women with Unpleasant Emotions

Many women are unsure of how to untangle the mess of emotions they go through. Life coaching in Gold Canyon can help you manage your emotions and find the clarity and love you need in your life. Does this sound like you?

Feelings of Shame and Guilt
Issues with Your Career or Job
Unhappiness with Others' Behaviors
Bouts of Sobbing That Lead to Anxiety and Depression

Coaching Women with Self-Confidence Issues

Though every life is valuable, society triggers many women to de-value themselves as they grow older. One of the core components of Christy's life coaching is to help women value who they are. Self-confidence can help by:

Highlighting Positive Attributes Over Shortcomings
Finding Solutions to Confidence Issues
Teaching You How to Love Yourself, Flaws and All
Giving You the Tools to Assert Yourself Without Guilt

If you're a woman and you're ready for change, we've got great news. Women's coaching with Christy is all about change and focus. It's active and experiential coaching that will keep you engaged and accountable to yourself. The result? A life bursting with happiness, fulfillment, and joy.

EMDR Coaching in Gold Canyon, AZ

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing, is a powerful technique used to heal people from distressing and disturbing life experiences. EMDR Coaching with Christy Maxey allows the mind to heal from psychological trauma much quicker than traditional therapy methods.

When we go through traumatic experiences, we often associate those events with negative beliefs and emotions like feelings of shame, anger, and inadequacy. EMDR helps the mind reprocess the life-changing event, allowing the client to heal and live a life they love.

Is EMDR Right for You?

Many people are reluctant to try EMDR because of poor results from previous attempts. Christy Maxey's EMDR Coaching includes guided visualization and inner child healing for a more robust approach. This tactic is part of Christy's Maxx Method - a life-changing framework for personal development.

What is the Maxx Method?

You may have received help from a therapist or life coach in Gold Canyon, AZ, in the past, only to fall back into bad habits and self-destruction. If that sounds like you, chances are you never addressed the underlying cause of your problems. You cut the weed but never removed the root.

The Maxx Method is a six-part holistic system of evidenced-based tools, exercises, and concepts, developed to help you achieve maximized personal development.

EMDR and the Maxx Method are not only used for extreme traumas. They can be very helpful for common memories and events that foster feelings of low self-esteem and powerlessness, too. These methods were developed to help manage unpleasant emotions, show you how to find deep love, and heal old wounds that keep you stuck.

EMDR and the Maxx Method could be right for you if you have experienced:

Social Anxiety
Loss, Betrayal, and Grief
Negative Core Beliefs
Hurt, Anger, and Sadness
Overthinking
Low Self-Esteem
Lack of Confidence

Break Out of Your Comfort Zone and Be Proud of Your True Self

The world is changing. People are finally learning how to manage their own human experiences. But we can't do it alone. Christy Maxey is here to guide you on the path to a positive, guilt-free life. If you're ready to look inward, find peace, and develop the skills to love your true self, you're in the right place. After all, you've been suffering long enough.

When you work with Christy, you'll be on a fast track to the truth - no beating around the bush or wasting time. Christy's methods are gentle but firm, compassionate yet driven. You will learn, you will transform, and you will be happy because it's you who did the work. It's time to face your fears head-on, so you can't play the victim card anymore. You're capable of great relationships, healthy self-confidence, and of doing something with your life. If you're sick and tired of being stuck, this is your chance to get out of that rut.

Ready to learn to value yourself and live the life that you deserve? Contact Christy Maxey today for your free 15-minute consultation.

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The Arizona Renaissance Festival is coming to Gold Canyon

By Timothy Rawles / NewsBreak Pinal County, AZFrom ladies dressed in their royal finery and the tavern wenches who serve them, to the chivalrous knights plated in armor atop their trusty steeds, the Arizona Renaissance Festival, starting on February 4, is like stepping back through England’s history and into the prosperity and exuberance of the Elizabethan age.Although Arizona’s mild lingering chill might be in the air, this cosplay event isn’t letting something like the weather take control. Rain or shine the...

By Timothy Rawles / NewsBreak Pinal County, AZ

From ladies dressed in their royal finery and the tavern wenches who serve them, to the chivalrous knights plated in armor atop their trusty steeds, the Arizona Renaissance Festival, starting on February 4, is like stepping back through England’s history and into the prosperity and exuberance of the Elizabethan age.

Although Arizona’s mild lingering chill might be in the air, this cosplay event isn’t letting something like the weather take control. Rain or shine the show will go on.

Almost any avid reveler, or "playtron" as they are called, will tell you a ren faire is more than just a weekend excursion, it’s a party for the senses. From colorful costumes and flowers to the aroma of artisanal foods and drinks to the blaring screams and cheers of the people watching a jousting tournament, this 50-acre festival is an immersive fever dream.

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, The Arizona Renaissance Festival is one of the largest festivals of its kind in America. The fun is non-stop. This year they will feature falconry, sea fairies, pirates, performances of music, dance, acrobatics, and comedy.

Jousting tournaments will occur three times a day on Saturdays and Sundays in February and March.

With over 2,000 cast members dressed in period costumes, attendees will be absorbed into a simulation of a 16th-century European village. Many historians consider this time in history as England’s golden age. Poverty was low and artistic creativity was high.

William Shakespeare was the celebrity playwright of the time. Authors such as Edmund Spenser and John Lyly wrote what some may consider literary masterpieces.

The era also saw the blossoming of new music, especially folk tunes and ballads performed by traveling bands that visited villages for fairs or other events.

For festival visitors who want a more leisurely pace through the folly, listening to live period music is almost hypnotic. They can do this while shopping in over 200 storybook shops, studios, and galleries filled with unique arts and crafts, handmade wares, kitchens and pubs, games, and people-powered rides.

Hungry playtrons wanting to gorge themselves are in for a treat at the Pleasure Feast event. They will be served five courses of fine food, and drinks, with 90 minutes of boisterous Renaissance entertainment.

This year, a friendly fairy named Primrose will make her debut, greeting guests throughout the park. Also making his first appearance is Professor Wrench and his comedy show.

And The Renaissance Men offer spectators a hilarious show filled with sword-fighting, excitement, and laughs as the two men strive to attain the ultimate prize: your validation and the title of The Renaissance Man!

On average The Arizona Renaissance Festival welcomes about 250,000 people through its castle gates annually, that’s more than the attendance of any year at San Diego Comic-Con. Both events are dedicated to the pop culture of their times. But while one celebrates the movies that depict medieval life, the other transports you inside it.

The Arizona Renaissance Festival takes place on Saturdays and Sundays and on President’s Day (Feb. 20) from 10 am to 6 pm beginning on February 4 and goes until April 2. Parking is free.

It is located at 12601 East US Highway 60, Gold Canyon.

For more information including tickets and pricing visit their website.

Gold Canyon man fighting $48K medical transport bill

GOLD CANYON, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Joe Leduc says while walking into his kitchen last summer to get another cup of coffee, he felt a little strange. What he didn’t know at the time was that he was having a stroke and he had to be transported to the nearest hospital. But once there, he didn’t stay long. “After being there for only about 20 minutes, the doctor says, ‘We’re not a stroke hospital,’” Leduc told 3 On Your Side.The decision was made to airlift Leduc to another hospital where ...

GOLD CANYON, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Joe Leduc says while walking into his kitchen last summer to get another cup of coffee, he felt a little strange. What he didn’t know at the time was that he was having a stroke and he had to be transported to the nearest hospital. But once there, he didn’t stay long. “After being there for only about 20 minutes, the doctor says, ‘We’re not a stroke hospital,’” Leduc told 3 On Your Side.

The decision was made to airlift Leduc to another hospital where he could be treated. Leduc says before he knew it, he was being whisked into a medical helicopter. “You didn’t have any say so?” 3 On Your Side’s Gary Harper asked. “No,” Leduc replied. “I’m lying there on a gurney and the doctor said, ‘Are you ready?’ I was like, ‘Wait a minute, let me see if this is even covered.’”

Joe was treated at the second hospital and eventually released. But then, he started getting a bill from a company called PHI Air Medical which is the company that owns the transport chopper. “How much is the chopper bill?” Harper asked. “$48,582,” Leduc said.

It’s a bill his insurance company didn’t cover, and Leduc says he certainly can’t pay it. So, 3 On Your Side got a hold of PHI Air Medical. After looking into the issue, a spokesperson wrote me an email asking Leduc to fill out a “... special consideration application, to favorably resolve any billing concern.”

In another email, the spokesperson said, “... when patients cooperate and fill out the necessary paperwork, they have very favorable outcomes.” Leduc says that’s good to know because he’s been extremely stressed. “It’s day to day wondering. Is somebody going to file a suit or turn us into collections, and we’ll have to sell our house. We don’t know,” Leduc said.

3 On Your Side asked Leduc to fill out all the necessary forms and he sent them back to PHI Air Medical. Once they review it and make a decision, Harper will let you know in a follow-up news report.

InvestmentPitch Media Video Discusses Sitka Gold’s Drill Results Expanding Extent of Gold Mineralization in Strong Carlin-Type Alteration to 2.5 km at its Alpha Gold Project in Nevada

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sitka Gold (CSE:SIG) (FSE:1RF) (OTCQB:SITKF) has released results from the final two drill holes of the 2022 drill program, expanding extent of gold mineralization in strong Carlin-Type alteration to 2.5 km at its Alpha Gold Project in Nevada....

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Sitka Gold holds a 100% interest in the 4,780-acre Alpha Gold Project, located along the southeast projection of the prolific Cortez Gold Trend in Eureka County, approximately 40 kilometres southeast of the Nevada Gold Mines Cortez Complex in Nevada. The project, approximately 2 km west of Nevada State Highway 278, is easily accessible via a dirt road.

A total of 1,374.7 metres in four holes, AG22-09 to 12, were completed in 2022. In October, the company released the first two holes, with Hole AG22-09 returning 10.7 metres of 0.51 g/t gold and Hole AG22-10 returning 21.3 metres of 1.21 g/t gold starting at 212 metres, including 13.7 metres of 1.52 g/t gold and 1.5 metres of 4.62 g/t gold. AG22-11 intersected 12.2 metres of 0.50 g/t gold including 1.5 metres of 2.32 g/t gold within strong Carlin-type alteration. This was a 940 metre step-out south-southeast of AG22-10, expanding the extent of gold mineralization in strong Carlin-type mineralization intersected in drilling to 2.5 km within the 8 km north-northwest trending target zone.

AG22-12 was drilled 5.6 km south of AG22-10 at the southern extent of the target zone in the Frazier Creek area. Gold was more anomalous in AG22-12 than it was in AG22-11 in the shale cap rock above the host horizon. Progress on the hole was plagued by mechanical breakdowns and challenging hole conditions and as severe winter weather set into the area, the hole was abandoned at 416 metres, before reaching the critical Horse Canyon Equivalent host rock horizon, its targeted objective.

Surface alteration at Frazier Creek is visually the strongest on the Alpha Gold property with a 2 km strike length of continuous alteration interpreted as leakage from a potential Carlin-type gold system at depth. Valuable information obtained from this first drill hole and the extensive alteration on surface confirms Frazier Creek as a high priority target. Peak gold grades in Carlin-type systems generally occur where ore fluids, optimal host rock, and highly fractured or brecciated zones intersect.

Moving north, the company’s flagship RC Gold Project is a contiguous district-scale land package, consisting of 376 square kilometres, in the heart of Yukon's highly prospective Tombstone Gold Belt. It is strategically positioned mid-way between Victoria Gold's Eagle Gold Mine, which is Yukon's newest gold mine having reached commercial production in the summer of 2020, and Sabre Gold Mine's Brewery Creek Gold Mine. Sitka has received all assay results from its 2022 diamond drill program at its RC Gold Project and recently announced a 43-101 compliant Initial Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 1,340,000 ounces of gold beginning at surface and grading 0.68 g/t.

The company is well funded with its shares trading at $0.115. For more information about this project and the company’s projects in the Yukon, Arizona, Nunavut, and Nevada, please visit the company’s website at www.SitkaGoldCorp.com, contact Donald Penner, President, at 778-212-1950 or by email at dpenner@SitkaGoldCorp.com, or Cor Coe, CEO, at 604-817-4753, or email ccoe@SitkaGoldCorp.com.

For more information about this project and the company’s other projects in the Yukon, Arizona, Nunavut, and Nevada, please visit the company’s website at www.SitkaGoldCorp.com, contact Donald Penner, President, at 778-212-1950 or by email at dpenner@SitkaGoldCorp.com, or Cor Coe, CEO, at 604-817-4753, or email ccoe@SitkaGoldCorp.com.

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Cal Celebrates Homecoming Against Arizona

BERKELEY – California rugby is set to play a PAC conference match with Arizona on Saturday at Witter Rugby Field. Cal welcomes back all rugby alumni to Strawberry Canyon for homecoming and will celebrate the anniversaries of its national championship teams in five-year increments. The teams being honored this season are the Golden Bears from 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2008 and the national sevens champions from 2013.Cal (8-0) is coming off a conference win over Utah last weekend. The Bears scored 19 tries by 11 di...

BERKELEY – California rugby is set to play a PAC conference match with Arizona on Saturday at Witter Rugby Field. Cal welcomes back all rugby alumni to Strawberry Canyon for homecoming and will celebrate the anniversaries of its national championship teams in five-year increments. The teams being honored this season are the Golden Bears from 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2008 and the national sevens champions from 2013.

Cal (8-0) is coming off a conference win over Utah last weekend. The Bears scored 19 tries by 11 different players, including three apiece from senior Alex Brundage and sophomores Mack Fell and Joe Kirsten. Junior Charlie Walsh scored a try in his first match of the season after being out with injury for the beginning of 2023, and sophomore Kealan O'Connell went 11-for-15 on conversion attempts.

The Bears and the Wildcats last met for 15-a-side competition last February in Tucson. The Bears won the contest 94-10, putting up 14 tries, including scores from Walsh, Luke Freeman and Nate Salter. Max Schumacher logged a try and went 12-for-14 on the extras to contribute 29 points. Most recently, the two programs faced off in the fall at the PAC Rugby 7s Championships hosted at Stanford. Cal and Arizona met in the finals, with the Bears coming out on top 31-5 to win the tournament title.

This weekend, Schumacher will return to the first 15 as the fullback and captain of the squad. With his co-captain and starting flanker Nathan Zylstra out with injury, senior Cal Liebowitz will wear the No. 6 following his strong performance in the same position and as captain of the match last weekend against the Utes. The Bears will also continue to be without Max Clark and Will Shankland in the backline and lock Mats Dodd due to injury.

Senior Alex Aguero will be the No. 8, a position he has made six starts in this season for the Bears. Aguero has logged three tries this spring, including one last weekend when he had a big breakaway run, charging into the try zone from the 50-yard line to touch down a score. Making their returns to the lineup after a week off are experienced Bears Emilio Shea, who plays prop, and flanker Luke Freeman.

Freshmen duo Rand Santos and Max Threlkeld will pair as the centers in the starting lineup. It will be Threlkeld's fifth start and the sixth for Santos this season. Threlkeld is one of Cal's leading scorers in 2023 with six tries, and Santos has contributed four tries to mark impressive debut campaigns for the young Bears.

The Wildcats visit Berkeley with a 1-1 record in spring XVs, most recently coming off a 38-13 loss to BYU on Feb. 11. The week prior, Arizona hosted Utah for a conference contest where the Wildcats handed the Utes a 95-5 loss. Arizona traveled to Cal State Long Beach for a preseason friendly in January and took a 74-7 win. The team checked in at No. 11 in the February national D1A rankings.

A reserve-grade curtain-raiser match between the Bears and the Wildcats will be played at 11 a.m. PT, with the varsity match to kick off immediately after at 1 p.m. PT. A special recognition for the teams celebrating national championship anniversaries will take place at halftime during the varsity match. The gates at Witter Rugby Field will open at 10 a.m. and fans can purchase tickets here. Those unable attend in person can watch the live stream of the varsity match.

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This new Arizona park will delight hikers and campers. Here's when it opens

Special for The RepublicThe footprint of Peralta Regional Park isn’t visible from the access road. That was the idea.The master plan for the Pinal County Park that’s scheduled to open on Jan. 12, 2023, leaned heavily into shareholder input that advocated for a minimally disruptive footprint and preservation of the natural landscape.“The less development, the better,” Kent Taylor, director of Pinal County Open Space and Trails, said of the input received from stakeholders.Prec...

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The footprint of Peralta Regional Park isn’t visible from the access road. That was the idea.

The master plan for the Pinal County Park that’s scheduled to open on Jan. 12, 2023, leaned heavily into shareholder input that advocated for a minimally disruptive footprint and preservation of the natural landscape.

“The less development, the better,” Kent Taylor, director of Pinal County Open Space and Trails, said of the input received from stakeholders.

Preconstruction feedback from government agencies and trail users including bikers, hikers and equestrians helped ensure that park planners thought of everything.

“A couple of things that we never considered came out of our conversations with stakeholders,” Taylor said. “First was an idea for stargazing which we incorporated into the plans with a trail and stargazing node.

"Second, the potential for rock climbing came up and that will be addressed in the park’s future phase 2 planning.”

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What to expect at Peralta Regional Park

Occupying a natural pocket of upper Sonoran Desert at the edge of the Superstition Mountains and Tonto National Forest a few miles north of U.S. 60 near Gold Canyon, the site is a unique outdoor recreation hub that straddles the gap between an amenity-rich park and a bare-bones backcountry experience.

Roads are dirt, and picnic and camping sites are simple and designed with profiles and colors that blend into the landscape. There’s no electricity or water.

“The park is 500 acres, but only 22 acres were disturbed for construction,” Taylor said. “We used existing dirt roads where possible and didn’t want to overdevelop.”

Extra care was taken to preserve native vegetation and soils as well.

“We harvested 100 saguaros during construction. Eighty of those were replanted in the park and another 20 were given to Tonto National Forest to use in forest restoration projects. Disturbed ground was restored and planted with native seeds," Taylor said.

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Right on the edge of the Superstition Mountains and Tonto National Forest

The surrounding desert has long been a popular destination for outdoor recreation. The new park sits just a few clicks down Peralta Road (Forest Road 77) from the Lost Goldmine Trail, Carney Springs trailhead and Peralta trailhead — a busy jumping-off point for the Peralta Canyon, Dutchmans and Bluff Spring trails in the Superstition Mountains.

Camping in Peralta Regional Park embraces the low-impact theme. “Glamping” it’s not. There are no RV accommodations or cabins. Only tents are allowed. There are two types of tent camping opportunities to appeal to those in search of a roughing-it experience with the comfort of being within a managed space with a nearby site host and rangers in case of an emergency.

The choices are simple or primitive. Traditional car-camping sites are drive-up clearings with a picnic table and fire pit. Hike-in backpacking sites are accessed from nonmotorized trails and are no more than small clearings where pack-hanger posts are the only luxury afforded. There is no electricity, water or trash service, so campers must pack in what they need and pack out all waste.

All camp and picnic sites have easy access to 9 miles of nonmotorized trails and a quarter-mile barrier-free interpretive walking path.

“Even in a compact space we were able to build trails with good diversity from easy to difficult,” Taylor said.

Except for the Desperado and North Star trails, which have some difficult sections, park trails are rated moderate and link up nicely for creating loop options.

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Stargazing will be a big draw at Peralta Regional Park

The park’s shiny penny is its stargazing node. Equal parts vortex, sanctuary and educational launch pad, the tiny gathering place is tucked into a natural bowl-like amphitheater with big sky views. The science-centered node features a circular sitting area with directional posts and room for telescopes.

A short trail leads to the cliff-bound site that flanks a tree-cluttered wash. It’s a beautiful little spot that oozes as much spirituality as it does science.

While it's not yet designated an official International Dark-Sky Association location, certification work is on the agenda. Taylor, who has camped in the area, says nights here are free of light pollution and extraneous sound, so stars, planets and galaxies will really pop against the inky darkness.

“We anticipate a lot of interest in night sky viewing here as well as requests for weddings, which can be arranged by permit,” Taylor said.

When asked if there’s going to be a prize for the first person to site a UFO, Taylor laughed.

“We hadn’t thought of that.”

Peralta Regional Park

When: The park is expected to open on Jan. 12, 2023. Day-use hours will be dawn to 10 p.m.

Getting there: From U.S. 60 in Gold Canyon, turn left at the Peralta Road (Forest Road 77) stoplight just past mile marker 204. Follow Peralta Road 5 miles to the park entrance on the right. Peralta Road is maintained dirt suitable for all vehicles.

Admission: Day-use fee is $7 per vehicle. Pay in advance online, or at the park entrance by scanning a QR code or with exact change at the self-serve kiosk.

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Camping and picnicking: Camping and picnic sites can be reserved online. Unreserved sites are first come, first served. Camping reservations are $10 per night. Picnic ramada reservations are $10 per day ($35 for group ramadas).

Details: Peralta Regional Park, https://parks-trails.pinal.gov. Note: A new website and online reservation system are in the works. Users will be redirected when those are available.

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