16 March 2010, 12:12 pm
Glendale, Arizona offers one of the best free public parks America has to offer. Thunderbird Park located off state loop 101 and 59th street is Glendale's only mountain preserve park. The 1,185 acres were leased by the city of Glendale in 1956. The park offers a 9-hole golf course, horseback riding area, miles of hiking, amphitheater and pristine desert beauty.
Thunderbird Park is located in the Hedgepeth Hills named for Robert Hedgepeth a World War II plot. The city of Glendale adopted a Master Plan in 1985 placed TCP in the conservation category. This plan laid the ground work which kept the park a place with little development allowing the natural beauty of the earth to be the drawing point of the park.
Thunderbird Park offers over 27 species of birds to view, 12 types of reptiles and and 23 types of mammals. There are handicap accessible viewing blinds located in the park. The park offers over 15 miles of constructed hiking and biking paths leading to breath taking views of Phoenix. The park is dedicated to the conservation of the vegetation growing in the hills. The cactus one will see in the park are some of the oldest living vegetation growing in the southwest and with an abundance of wild flowers growing all about one can truly have a mood altering family friendly experience.
In a day and age when Americans are caught up in the hussle and bussel of daily life Thunderbird Park offers an escape to tranquility. The people of Glendale and anyone passing through should take time out to stop and enjoy the natural beauty God has created for us to enjoy in Thunderbird Park.
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