The White Tank Mountain Regional Park, which is the largest regional park in Maricopa County, spans across 30,000 acres of hills featuring prime Sonoran Desert landscapes with towering saguaros, barrel cactus and a mix of wildlife.
On about 120 acres tucked away just half a mile north of the park's entrance sits a private corral and vacant desert land that's currently owned by former Maricopa County supervisor Andy Kunasek, anwho was also a driver in the creation of the 315-mile Maricopa Trail, which connects all of the major parks in the Valley.
"I want everyone to feel a sense of ownership here," Kunasek told the Business Journal."There's really two places, and one is very obscure, that when I first went, I felt like I had discovered something and it was my special place. One was Greasewood, and the other was the Greer Lodge. ... Those to me were just such uniquely special places.