Swimmers enjoy the Tempe Beach pool in 1943, 20 years after it opened. | TEMPE HISTORY MUSEUM
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Summers at the Beach

As the sun rises over Tempe Town Lake, a goldendoodle pulls a woman wearing spandex along the paved riverwalk, past a flock of tethered swan boats....
Author Noah Austin navigates an electric vehicle through the Tepees, a section of Petrified Forest National Park. While Arizona’s other two national parks, Grand Canyon and Saguaro, have fast charging stations nearby, the Petrified Forest area poses challenges for EV road-trippers. | John Burcham
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Arizona Unplugged

“A national park is not a playground,” the late conservationist Michael Frome wrote. “It’s a sanctuary for nature — and for humans who will accept...
A Sikorsky helicopter lifts the remains of Chindesaurus bryansmalli, a dinosaur popularly known as “Gertie,” from the layered landscape of Petrified Forest National Park on June 6, 1985. The fossilized dinosaur was discovered near what now is called Hózhó Point. | Jeff Kida
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Old News

On a cold, clear December morning, Adam Marsh takes in the panorama from Petrified Forest National Park’s Hózhó Point. Nearby, the Painted Desert Inn...
Amid falling rain from an isolated storm cell, a pair of rainbows appear over the sandstone buttes of Red Rock Country at sunset. In theory, all rainbows are double rainbows, but the secondary rainbow is often too faint to be seen. | Theresa Rose Ditson
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Chasing Rainbows

Byron Neslen Another double rainbow contrasts with late-afternoon clouds near Stoneman Lake, south of Flagstaff. This photo was made during...
The summit of Wahl Knoll, a peak in Eastern Arizona’s White Mountains, offers a view of an expansive meadow and other rounded knolls. Reaching an elevation of more than 9,700 feet, Wahl Knoll is off State Route 261 northeast of Big Lake. | Joel Hazelton
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Summer Wears a Green Gown

Editor’s Note: If you were with us last month, you might have noticed, and maybe even read, Nancy Newhall’s excellent story about Organ Pipe Cactus...
Late-afternoon light illuminates foliage along a placid pool near the Maxwell Trail. | Joel Hazelton
Hiking

Maxwell Trail

It takes anywhere from 80 to 100 years for aluminum cans to disappear on their own. They do decompose, but it takes forever. Cigarette butts last...
Tall ponderosa pines, such as these along Forest Road 130, form much of the scenery on the Pinedale Loop. | Anne Janes
Scenic Drives

Pinedale Loop

“There’s a dedication planned in Pinedale, in southwestern Navajo County, where the town’s menfolk got together and built a covered wooden bridge...
The interior of a room at Trailborn Grand Canyon features a large bed, sitting area and a desk. By John Burcham
Lodging

Trailborn Grand Canyon

As Historic Route 66 nears its centennial in 2026, travelers exploring the Mother Road have a stylish new place to stay (or play): Trailborn Grand Canyon. The fully remodeled hotel is one of five...