Urban Wilderness: The Official Turkey Mountain Podcast · RSU Radio

Choose Your Own Adventure

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A new parking lot near 61st and 75 could add 120 to 150 spaces for Turkey Mountain.

1. Urban Wilderness: The Official Turkey Mountain Podcast uses “Choose Your Own Adventure” to map Turkey Mountain’s next year of trail, parking, and habitat changes. 2. Tip Crowley hosts with Ryan Howell, who speaks as the park planner describing Phase 1, Phase 3 follow-ups, signage, and fundraising. 3. The episode asks what comes after Phase 3 and how Turkey Mountain will handle new users, new trail names, and more visible access points. 4. Ryan says crews will add about four more miles of single-track style trail to the Phase 1 area after Phase 3 ends. 5. He names Tiger Muffin on the west side of Powerline and says the disconnected section there will become one connected line. 6. He says a new mid-crossing will link Tiger Muffin near Powerline to the Eastern Old Millennium and Newstake Old Trails. 7. Ryan adds a low route from Pepsi Lake through the YMCA property to the north end of the B-line loop. 8. He says those trail builds should start in mid July or early August, when the crew count may drop to one or two building teams. 9. Tip says the new trail names are hard to keep straight, which leads into the new map and sign plan. 10. Ryan says the new map will keep old named trails like Snake, Treehugger, Ridge, and Hochi while removing the unlabeled spider web from the printed layout. 11. He says the map will expire, include six posts, and use QR codes plus grid references like A17 or B5. 12. Ryan says trail signs are shifting from color names like yellow and blue to difficulty colors: green, blue, and black. 13. He says Yellow Trail becomes Ridge and Hochi, while the blue route gets the name Sawtooth and a loop called Wagon Wheel. 14. Tip and Ryan then discuss the stair naming poll, which drew around 800 submissions. 15. Ryan announces “The Flight” as the winner and says the Creek word for staircase, Yakum Kuteyu, will appear beneath it. 16. He also says Muscogee Creek language will appear on trail signs through a partnership with the Muscogee Creek tribe. 17. Ryan describes “Creekish” examples such as “soda pop cane,” showing how the language adapts borrowed terms. 18. The tone stays practical and update-driven, with Tip asking for navigation help while Ryan answers in project-by-project detail. 19. Listeners who follow Turkey Mountain trail changes and park access will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a story arc or a single focused topic may skip it.

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A grounded Turkey Mountain update where parking, access, and land history share the same map.

Turkey Mountain's next stretch is treated as a real plan, not a vague promise. Ryan Howell walks through what comes after Phase 3, where the parking lot may end up near 61st and 75th, and why a tree lined site with no utilities still matters.

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You want the next Turkey Mountain changes without losing the land's backstory.

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