A sandstone cave near Schnebly Hill Road frames a panorama of Red Rock Country. By Chirag Patel

Everyday Arizona: Red Rocks

I don’t believe in the idea of an “everyday thing.” Each night, the moon offers a new face. Each day, the sun burns with a different intensity....
Sonoran Desert National Monument, east of Gila Bend in Southern Arizona, is home to an extensive forest of saguaros. | Paul Gill
In Depth

Something to Call Our Own

They are legendary beings, part plant, part human, part god. On their coldest nights, sometimes the great arms of saguaros will sag and sway, and...
Geno D’Ambrose (pictured) grew up around horses and worked for a saddle maker in Payson before opening his own business in Tombstone in the 1980s. By Steven Meckler

The Arizona Highways Tack Shop

Ben’s Saddlery 174 N. Tegner Street, Wickenburg, benssaddlery.com When it opened on North Tegner Street in 1955, this celebrated Wickenburg...
Photograph of Bill Anton holding paint brushes in his studio by Joel Grimes
Latest Feature

Painting From Life

Bill Anton is unsettled. On the first Saturday in August, a wildfire is burning near Kirkland. The Dragon Bravo Fire continues to rage on the...
Vinson Picozzi, Keaton Jasso and Kaden Summer are shown at the X Diamond’s Voigt Allotment in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. By Scott Baxter
Latest Feature

The Young’Uns

Ella Smith 10 X Ranch, northeast of Douglas Ella, her three siblings and their parents live on a Southeastern Arizona ranch. Here, Ella is...
Black and white illustration by Ross Santee of a cattle drive with sparse vegetation.
Latest Feature

Lost Pony Tracks

Editor’s Note: The celebration of our 100th anniversary continues with another wonderful piece from another wonderful writer. This month, it’s Ross...
Fall foliage anchors a sunset view of the Huachuca Mountains and the distant Santa Rita Mountains from the summit of Carr Peak. By Laurence Parent
Hiking

Carr Peak Trail

“Switchback” rhymes with “six-pack.” They’re not interdependent words, but, like mashed potatoes and gravy at Thanksgiving, they’re an important...
A historic bridge on Wagoner Road spans the cottonwood-lined Hassayampa River. By Rebecca Wilks
Scenic Drives

Wagoner Road

In the desert, life happens where the water is. In the mountains of Central Arizona, that reality is on full display — and not just when it comes to...