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Hiking

Juniper Springs Trail

Prescott National Forest, Prescott The origin of the word “wilderness” is wildeornes, which comes from wild deor (“wild deer” + ness). In a...
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Scenic Drives

Middlemarch Road

Dragoon Mountains, Tombstone The O.K. Corral. The Bird Cage Theatre. Gunfight re-enactments. When it comes to Wild West history, Tombstone has...
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Lodging

The Inn at Castle Rock

Owner Chris Brown jokes that the Inn at Castle Rock is the only hotel in Bisbee with a moat. He’s referring to the cement aqueduct Bisbee residents built to channel the floodwaters that ripped...
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Dining

Big Earl's Greasy Eats

If you roll into Big Earl’s Greasy Eats, Cave Creek’s vintage-style diner, you might be filling up with a mushroom-Swiss burger, some sweet-potato fries and a pesto Caesar salad, or perhaps indulging...
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Hiking

Pumphouse Wash

Coconino National Forest, Sedona Two point nine miles. That’s what separates two of the most disparate hiking experiences in Arizona. On one end...
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Scenic Drives

San Francisco Peaks Loop

Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff By the first or second weekend in October, aspen stands on the San Francisco Peaks are golden and glorious....
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Lodging

Simpson Hotel

A rooster’s staccato proclamation punctuates the murmur of white-winged doves as the Simpson Hotel rouses itself to a new day. Morning here feels a little like Old MacDonald’s Farm meets the Island...
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Dining

La Paloma Restaurant

Ask anyone from Graham or Greenlee counties about good Mexican food, and they’ll likely talk about La Paloma Restaurant.