The colorful, textured “brain rock” of White Pocket, in the Vermilion Cliffs, is one of many geological wonders on the Colorado Plateau. By Claire Curran
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Our Land of Colorful Rocks

THIS IS A LOVE STORY OF SORTS. Not a love story among people — although readers of this magazine will be familiar with most of the subjects involved...
Flowering yuccas catch the last light of the day beneath the sandstone buttes of the Navajo Nation, which makes up much of Arizona’s northeast corner. Covering more than 27,000 square miles in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, the Navajo Nation is the largest tribal land in the United States. By Bernhard Michaelis
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Our Photographers Really Click

Wildflowers bloom around a fallen aspen along the Kachina Trail, part of the Flagstaff area’s Kachina Peaks Wilderness, in afternoon light....
Evergreens surround one of the Kaibab Plateau’s many expansive meadows as monsoon clouds gather in the sky. Such meadows are ideal for spotting the plateau’s wildlife, which includes mule deer, pronghorns and a non-native herd of bison. By Shane McDermott
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The Green Roof of the Kaibab

Editor’s Note: The celebration of our 100th anniversary continues with another wonderful piece from another wonderful writer. This month, it’s Joyce...
Photographer with tripod standing on rock cliff looking toward sunset.
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Best Picture 2025

GRAND PRIZE WINNER Tam Ryan It’s rare that a wildlife photo takes the top prize in our contest, but this image, of a great blue heron...
The Inner Basin Trail curls through a stand of aspens in late-afternoon light. By Joel Hazelton
Hiking

Inner Basin Trail

Like Papillon’s narrow escape from Devil’s Island, the Inner Basin of the San Francisco Peaks barely survived the catastrophic effects of the...
Sky-Hi Road winds through a stand of healthy ponderosa pines in the Pinetop-Lakeside area. By Rusty Childress
Scenic Drives

Porter Mountain Loop

In the late 1800s, the Porter family ran sheep and cattle near what now is the thriving White Mountains community of Pinetop-Lakeside. Along with...
The interior of a room at Calumet & Arizona Guest House features with eclectic antique furnishings. By Steven Meckler
Lodging

Calumet & Arizona Guest House

The Calumet & Arizona Guest House was already a Bisbee landmark when Joy and John Timbers bought it in 1977. But nearly a half-century of ownership, along with four decades of hosting guests, has...
Immediately surrounded by green vegetation, Tassi Ranch sits on a rugged and remote stretch of northwest Arizona. By John Burhcam
Around Arizona

Tassi Ranch and Pakoon Springs

Since 2000, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument has protected a vast, diverse landscape on the Canyon’s North Rim — and almost no one has seen...