Marshall Lake’s calm water mirrors nearby ponderosa pines beneath the San Francisco Peaks. | Tom Bean
Northern Hiking

Marshall Lake to Fisher Point

One thousand, nine hundred and thirteen. That’s how many miles separate Flagstaff, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. With that kind of distance, and all…
Photograph by Phillip Noll
Northern Scenic Drives

Point Sublime

When the payoff on a scenic drive is something called Point Sublime, it’s reasonable to think that the drive itself might fall short. In this case,…
Photograph by Laurence Parent
Central Hiking

Peavine Trail

Like so many small-town businessmen in the Wild West, the founding fathers of Prescott figured the road to success was a railroad. The first was the…
Photograph by A O Tucker
Eastern Scenic Drives

State Route 78

State Route 78 is Scarlett Johansson before Lost in Translation. Or, if you prefer, Ryan Gosling before The Notebook. That tortured metaphor is a…
Photograph by Laurence Parent
Central Hiking

Woods Canyon Lake Loop

Hiking isn’t usually something that’s done on the spur of the moment. Gear, maps, vehicle requirements, trailhead directions, physical conditioning…
Photograph by Jeff Kida
Central Scenic Drives

Forest Road 202

When I’m looking for routes that are worthy of being featured in Arizona Highways, I spend a lot of time on the internet. Most of the time, what I…
Photograph by Rebecca Wilks
Central Hiking

See Canyon Trail

There are two ways to hike this trail. You can start at the bottom and work your way up, or you can do it the other way around — there are two-wheel-…
Photograph by Joel Hazelton
Central Scenic Drives

Forest Road 414

There’s a reason they call State Route 87 the Beeline Highway: This well-traveled route is basically a straight shot from the Phoenix area to the…