HIKE OF THE MONTH

The Most Comprehensive Guidebook on Arizona The Insider's Arizona Guidebook

Author David N. Mitchell, Photographs by Arizona Highways Contributors A comprehensive guide to the entire state, includes maps, directions, local attractions, a lot of history, two dozen always-scenic and usually historic drives, short hikes and sidebars alerting travelers to shopping ops and local curiosities. Author David N. Mitchell reports on valuable tips for planning your own travel. Softcover. 416 pages.

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Arizona Strip Country

This chapter examines both the north and north side of one of the world's great wonders and this state's biggest playground. It's important to realize the biggest reason for travelers, tourists in size, beauty in the grandeur. Punching into this region are three scenic drives-one that follows the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, another meandering west alongside U.S. Route 89A and 98 sends the traveler from near Page Springs and the Vermilion Cliffs in Fredonia. The third follows the north shore lake south on State Route 67 to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon from Fredonia. The third follows the north shore lake south from Flagstaff on the south to Page and much-visited Lake Powell. Lake Powell on the north and to Fredonia on the west. Situated as it is, the Arizona Strip is a gateway to the Grand Canyon. Sooner or later-from north-south-east-west -travelers will find themselves in this area. To say other wise is pretty could hope to expect.

900 Top Attractions 24 Scenic Drives 210 Color Photographs This state is a permanent Fourth of July display of color, character, charisma, charm, and, oh yes, cactus.

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hike of the month Atop Table Top Mountain

A flat, winding path and a rock staircase climb to reveal a windswept vista IN THE CLEAR AIR OF DAWN a mile and a half uptrail, weatherworn ranges and valleys emerge from the shadows, counterpointing a panorama to the far horizon. For uncounted millennia, these ridges and peaks have yielded to the power of gravity and time. Carved by a leisurely exfoliation and buried in their own bajadas, they are unmoved by the huddled lights of two Tohono O'odham villages shining from tucks in the hills. A gathering of friends set Out by starlight from camp, beneath the long scrolling tail of Scorpius, on the trail that crawls across the southwest face of Table Top Mountain. This wilderness lies within a corner of the vast but littleknown Sonoran Desert National Monument, a beautiful desolation of volcanic peaks and serpentine arroyos south of Interstate 8 between Tucson and Phoenix. Toward the end of the 16mile dirt road that leaves Interstate 8 and climbs out of