Soft winter light graces Isis Temple as a storm clears from the Canyon. This view is from the Rim Trail, a mostly paved, 13-mile route that runs...

Editor’s Note: This essay is the first contribution to Arizona Highways by Tom Zoellner, whom The New York Times calls “a beautiful writer, a superb...

On a scouting expedition in 2007, Jason Ballensky spotted a cave entrance in a remote area of Grand Canyon National Park. It looked big. An...

Kelkiyana Yazzie was in fourth grade when her teacher took her class on a field trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. No one mentioned that this...

I decided to visit Canyon de Chelly after my first weaving workshop on the Navajo Reservation. Our workshop facilitator scheduled a trip to the...

Tufty and Co. That’s the trail name for Sarah; her husband, Derek; and their dog. They do not take hiking lightly. If Sarah says it’s a moderate hike...
Hiking

In sociology, the dichotomy of East and West is a polarization of ideology, culture and religion. In Saguaro National Park, it’s an alluring cliche:...
Scenic Drives

A drive on Painted Rock Dam Road includes attractions that span more than a thousand years of human history, but for those more interested in...