Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic

April 6, 2024

Presented By: Cordelia Rose
2024 is the 100-year anniversary of the Gila Wilderness, the first designated Wilderness area in the United States.

Celebrate with us on Saturday 6th April by flying a kite against the backdrop of these time-honored mountains. Since time immemorial, the Greater Gila has been the homeland of the Chiricahua Apache people, who call it Nde Benah.

Gather up your family and friends and come to Glenwood and join us for the 18th Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic. In 2023 we were joined by189 people and many smiles as the pandemic eased. This is an outdoor event in plenty of wind. There is plenty of space to celebrate the wind without fences to tangle your kite strings, and room to park for your tailgate picnic. While you are here and for a completely different experience, walk one or all six of the labyrinths and a maze across the road at Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths. For the fifth time we are sanctioned by the American Kitefliers Association so have joined the international world of kitefliers.

PLACE: Across the road from Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths located at 355 Bursum Road. Second house on the left after mile marker 3 on NM 159 off Hwy 180, between Glenwood and Alma, NM 88039. GPS 33.3765, -108.852 NB: If using MapQuest, Google Maps or Apple Maps be sure to enter Glenwood NM not Datil, NM after 355 Bursum Road or you will end up 35 miles away on a trail up the mountain in the Gila Wilderness!

ADMISSION: Free. There will be a free raffle drawing for a kite at 2.30pm, so be sure to pick up your free raffle ticket on arrival at the gate with the labyrinth sign.

WE PROVIDE: Water, kite mending supplies, loaner kites, a Johnny on the Spot porta-potty.

YOU BRING: your picnic, your kite, your laughter, the whole family and all your friends, your sunhat and something to sit on.

FOR PLACES TO STAY & MORE INFORMATION: www.wmlabyrinths.com/visit

Or contact Cordelia Rose 575 313-1002 call or text.

Photo credit: David Thornburg and Cheryl Thornburg