Activities

Navajo National Monument, Navajo Nation With the possible exception of the Thunder River Trail in Grand Canyon National Park, there aren’t any hikes…

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo Nation The easiest way to go back in time might be along the White House Ruins Trail. In just over a mile…

Sycamore Canyon, Flagstaff The phrase “old cabin in the woods” typically conjures something idyllic. The kind of place where Robert Frost might have…

Mazatzal Wilderness, Payson If you’ve ever headed north to Payson, Pine or Christopher Creek, you’ve been past the brown road sign for the Barnhardt…

Superstition Mountains, Tonto National Forest In the 1930s, you might have seen Arthur Weber wandering around Peralta Canyon. He’d go out there…

Coronado National Forest, Tucson As backyard playgrounds go, Tucson might have every other city beat. To the east and west are the two districts of…

Prescott National Forest, Prescott The origin of the word “wilderness” is wildeornes, which comes from wild deor (“wild deer” + ness). In a broader…

Coconino National Forest, Sedona Two point nine miles. That’s what separates two of the most disparate hiking experiences in Arizona. On one end is…