Central Scenic Drives

Salt Mine Road

Prescott National Forest, Camp Verde Everything you need to know about Camp Verde can be learned by driving Salt Mine Road. It highlights the town’s…
Eastern Scenic Drives

Point of Pines Road

San Carlos Apache Tribe, Globe The road to Point of Pines Lake (Indian Road 8) plucks travelers from brushy desert and leads into a countryside that…
Southern Scenic Drives

Kentucky Camp

Santa Rita Mountains, Coronado National Forest A former mining camp on the eastern flanks of the Santa Rita Mountains, Kentucky Camp makes a…
Central Scenic Drives

Queen Valley Road

Superstition Mountains, Tonto National Forest Relationships are funny things. To make them work, you have to compromise. The same rule can be…
Southern Scenic Drives

Green Valley to Vail

Madera Canyon, Coronado National Forest The drive from Green Valley to Vail, with a side trip into Madera Canyon, winds into and around the Santa…
Southern Hiking

Hamburg Trail

Miller Peak Wilderness, Coronado National Forest Don’t let the name fool you. This trail has nothing to do with sauerkraut, strudel or Sergeant…
Southern Scenic Drives

Ruby Road

Coronado National Forest, Nogales If you’ve never driven down Interstate 19, which runs from Tucson to Nogales, you might not know that the…
Southern Scenic Drives

Saguaro National Park East

Saguaro National Park, Tucson For tourists and locals alike, the word “forest” usually conjures trees, not a stand of saguaro cactuses covered in…