The Smith Ravine Trail offers hikers a moderate stroll through a forest of mixed conifers and hardwoods. | Laurence Parent
Central Hiking

Smith Ravine Trail

Edward Abbey had a lot to say. And much of what he said ended up in quotation marks. Here’s what he said about walking in his book The Journey Home…
Flanked at times by stone buttes, Klondyke Road begins northwest of Safford and passes through the ghost town of Klondyke. | Jeff Maltzman
Southern Scenic Drives

Klondyke Road

In the 1890s, miners returning from Canada's Klondike Gold Rush set up shop in and around remote Aravaipa Canyon. They founded a town there and…
The West Baldy Trail winds through a meadow in the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona | Laurence Parent
Eastern Hiking

West Baldy Trail

West Baldy Trail Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests West Baldy Trail Nearly two-thirds of Japan is covered by forest. Therefore, it’s the perfect…
A solitary bird punctuates a view of Mount Hope from the jumble of volcanic boulders known as Anvil Rock. | SHANE McDERMOTT
Northern Scenic Drives

Anvil Rock Road

Anvil Rock Road Northwestern Arizona Seligman is known for its role in preserving Historic Route 66, and that focus purportedly made the tiny town…
A building thunderstorm looms over the Kendrick Trail, in the Kaibab National Forest. | Laurence Parent
Northern Hiking

Kendrick Trail

Kaibab National Forest On May 24, 2000, Mother Nature tossed a bolt of lightning at a ponderosa pine on the southwest side of Kendrick Peak. That…
Sunrise paints a meadow along Forest Road 249, or Three Forks Road, which is part of the Nutrioso Loop drive in the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona. | Rusty Childress
Eastern Scenic Drives

Nutrioso Loop

Nutrioso LoopWhite Mountains Nutria and oso are Spanish for “otter” and “bear,” respectively. But there aren’t any otters around the community of…
Wildflowers and grasses line the banks of the West Fork of the Black River along Eastern Arizona’s Thompson Trail. By Laurence Parent
Eastern Hiking

Thompson Trail

In most cases, the combination of black and white makes gray. In Eastern Arizona, it’s different. When you combine the Black River with the White…
Lichen-covered boulders anchor a view of the San Francisco Peaks near Forest Road 514. By Shane McDermott
Northern Scenic Drives

Forest Road 514

There’s no bad way to see the San Francisco Peaks, which are the state’s highest mountains and the eroded remains of a massive stratovolcano. But…