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Santa Rita Mountains, Madera Canyon Like jaguars and ocelots, elegant trogons are rare in Arizona. However, they have been spotted. And photographed…

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Winslow It might be hard to imagine when you’re driving 75 mph down a smooth stretch of blacktop, but many north…

Agua Fria River, Black Canyon City Bright Angel, the Peavine, Piestewa Peak ... even casual hikers have heard of those trails. They’re well known…

Tonto National Forest, Globe ‘‘Harquahala” might not look like a four-letter word, but it serves as one in the Austin household. My son, Westley,…

Superstition Mountains, Mesa In the strictest sense, the word “hieroglyphic” refers only to the writing on Egyptian monuments. That’s it. That said…

Santa Rita Mountains, Sonoita Gardner? Or Gardiner? It depends on whom you ask. According to the book Arizona Place Names, Gardner Canyon — which is…

Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Sedona Let’s say you have a friend who lives in the rural Midwest. Let’s call him Tommy Fisher. And let’s say…

You’ve probably seen organ pipe cactuses (Stenocereus thurberi) in the pages of this magazine, and with good reason: They’re among the Sonoran Desert…