Northern Scenic Drives

House Rock Valley Road

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona Strip If you’ve driven to the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, you’ve seen the house. Just before you climb…
Central Hiking

Fred Haught Trail

Coconino National Forest, Payson Fred Haught was a relative of Anderson Lee Haught, who was better known as “Babe,” a longtime hunting guide for…
Northern Scenic Drives

SP Crater

San Francisco Volcanic Field, Flagstaff The story of SP Crater’s name begins with Northern Arizona rancher C.J. Babbitt. Sometime in the late 19th…
Eastern Scenic Drives

Wildcat Crossing

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Alpine When you head out on a wildlife-watching trip, you expect to see wildlife. If you don’t, it’s…
Northern Hiking

Keet Seel Trail

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

White House Ruins Trail

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…
Central Scenic Drives

Big Black Mesa

Prescott National Forest, Prescott While Prescott and Jerome were legendary a century ago for the metal deposits that drew fortune seekers from…
Central Hiking

Winter Cabin Trail

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