On the fifth day of the trip, author Kevin Fedarko (left) and photographer Pete McBride traverse a stretch of terrain across from 29 Mile Canyon. | RICH RUDOW
A Walk in the Park
In September 2015, Flagstaff writer Kevin Fedarko and his best friend, photographer Pete McBride, set off from Lees Ferry in a quixotic quest to walk the length of the Grand Canyon — something only…
The remnants of Ruby and Sherry Bowen’s desert home are preserved in Tucson Mountain Park. | Jeff Maltzman
Out in the Desert
MORE THAN ONE TRAIL will take you to the old stone house in the hills west of Tucson. I like to begin at the Camino de Oeste Trailhead and follow the winding path of the arroyo. It’s a 2-mile hike to…
A sunlit slope in the Mount Logan Wilderness is awash with desert vegetation. The 14,650-acre wilderness area was designated in 1984. | JONATHAN BUFORD
The Outside World
Yellow wildflowers surround a prickly pear cactus in this late-afternoon scene from the Coyote Mountains Wilderness, which stretches for 5,080 acres, 40 miles southwest of Tucson.  JONATHAN BUFORD…
Writer Tyler Williams surveys a significant rainstorm from the Mogollon Rim, east of Baker Butte. There, the Rim and the Arizona Divide make a sharp turn toward the east. | John Burcham
There’s A Fine Line
THERE IS A LONE BRISTLECONE PINE that grows above timberline, on a slope of cinders. In winter, the tree emerges and hides with the passing of storm fogs, appearing like a mirage out of the white. My…
This 12-shot stitched panoramic image of the Wave in North Coyote Buttes, near the Arizona state line with Utah, was captured by Shane McDermott
This Is My Story … By Shane McDermott
This is a 12-shot stitched panoramic image of the Wave in North Coyote Buttes, near the Arizona state line with Utah. I captured the image during a photo workshop last August, during the summer…
Margaret Vail, whose husband purchased the property in 1876, works cattle in the historic upper corral. | Empire Ranch Foundation
Empire Ranch
In the grasslands near Sonoita, a windmill rises from the desert landscape, marking the entrance to the historic Empire Ranch. Beyond it, old corrals, wooden barns and single-level houses rest…
Chiricahua Apache warrior Geronimo (right) with Cochise’s son, Naiche, at Fort Bowie on September 15, 1886. The location of Geronimo’s surrender is commemorated at the Geronimo Surrender Monument in Cochise County. | Arizona Historical Society
Roadside Historical Markers
SNYDER-CAVANAUGH SHOOTOUT In 1878, the Snyder-Cavanaugh Gang, led by Bill Cavanaugh, came to this spot in present-day Eagar after robbing a man of $12,000 in gold and killing him. As the story goes…
Rays of sunlight burst through dark and gloomy storm clouds at Parker Canyon. | Claire Curran
Places to Make a Photo
Whether you're using a Nikon Z8, a Sony Alpha 7R V or an old iPhone 6, photography still comes down to where you're standing. There are a lot of options in Arizona. To find some of the best places,…