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"Summertime is always the best of what might be," our friend and contributor Charles Bowden said. In Arizona, summertime is best in the high country.

Featured in the June 2026 Issue of Arizona Highways

BY: Jeff Kida and Keith Whitney (Portfolio Editors)

Afternoon light casts a glowing reflection of foliage on the surface of a pool in the Wet Beaver Wilderness.
JOEL HAZELTON
CANON EOS 5DS R, 1.3 SEC, F/16, ISO 100, 16-35 MM LENS

 

A Steller’s jay perches on a tree branch at the BuggeIn Picnic Area, on the Grand Canyon’s South Rim.
A.O. TUCKER
SONY ALPHA 77 II, 1/80 SEC, F/8, ISO 400, 500 MM LENS

 

Grasses and “deer’s ears” blanket a meadow on Mount Graham, in the Pinaleño Mountains of Southeastern Arizona.
JACK DYKINGA
WISTA CHERRYWOOD FIELD CAMERA, 6 SEC, F/45, ISO 50, 120 MM LENS

 

Maple trees frame a jumble of lichen-covered boulders in Bear Canyon, in the West Clear Creek Wilderness.
JOEL HAZELTON
CANON EOS 5DS R, 1/10 SEC, F/14, ISO 200, 24-70 MM LENS

 

A tree casts long shadows over a meadow at Empire Ranch, in Southeastern Arizona’s Las Cienegas National Conservation Area.
JACK DYKINGA
FUJI GFX1005, 1/80 SEC, F/20, ISO 400, 20-35 MM LENS

 

Eastern Arizona’s Lee Valley Lake mirrors evergreens and the warm colors of sunset.
DEREK VON BRIESEN
CANON EOS 5DS R, 0.6 SEC, F/14, ISO 200, 24-70 MM LENS

 

Evening sun punctuates a scene along the Centella Trail, near Centella Point in the Chiricahua Wilderness.
JOEL HAZELTON
CANON EOS 6D, 1/6 SEC, F/16, ISO 100, 16-35 MM LENS

 

Aspen trees line a meadow along the Aspen Loop Trail in the San Francisco Peaks, north of Flagstaff.
TOM BEAN
CANON EOS 5D MARK III, 1/15 SEC, F/14, ISO 200, 24-105 MM LENS

 

A field of sunflowers (Helianthus annus) bloom in the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks, near Flagstaff.
PAUL GILL
CANON EOS 5D MARK III, 1/50 SEC, F/22, ISO 100, 16-35 MM LENS