The Doe Mountain Trail offers an expansive and colorful view of the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness. | Laurence Parent
Hiking

Doe Mountain Trail

A doe is a deer. A female deer. And there are many in the wilderness surrounding Sedona, silently tiptoeing through the drops of golden sun. At some...
State Route 77 curves through a landscape of tall saguaros and jagged peaks. | A.O. Tucker
Scenic Drives

Copper Corridor Scenic Road

Copper mining has fueled Arizona’s economy since the 1800s, and the state is full of towns rooted in the ongoing search for that precious mineral....
A new aspen shoot rises from earth charred by the Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This photo was made just south of Cape Royal Road on October 1, the day the road reopened to the public. By Amy S. Martin
Latest Feature

Listening to the Land: Reflections on the North Rim

A week or two after the summer solstice, mirage-inducing heat across the desert Southwest creates a low-pressure vacuum. Winds, weighted with...
Stars and the Milky Way fill the night sky over Wotans Throne in a view from Cape Royal, on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. The Canyon’s world-renowned dark skies have made it a haven for stargazers — and, since 2021, the home of an astronomer-in-residence program sponsored by Grand Canyon Conservancy. | Sean Parker
Latest Feature

Making a Night of it

So, here I am, gazing more than 2 million light-years into the universe from a spot a mile deep and a billion years inside the Earth. I’m at the...
Grand Canyon wrangler Remy Kelbel prepares one of the mules at the South Rim for a morning ride. Kelbel is one of up to nine wranglers employed at the Canyon by Xanterra Travel Collection. By John Burcham
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Riding High

‌Remy Kelbel was 4 years old when she rode a horse for the first time. She didn’t come from a riding or ranching family; it was pure chance that her...
The setting sun colors the sky over the layered buttes of the Grand Canyon, as seen from the South Rim. Frequent visitors recommend arriving at the rim an hour before sundown to fully experience a sunset at the Canyon. By Adam Schallau
Latest Feature

The Canyon

Editor’s Note: As we begin a new year, we continue the celebration of our centennial with another classic from our archive. This month’s piece was...
The Barbie dome photograph by Seven Meckler
Lodging

Tirrito Farm

Tirrito Farm was meant to be a getaway. Dr. Salvatore Tirrito and his wife, Yuri, bought land in Willcox with the idea that it was close enough for a drive from their Tucson home, but far enough away...
Storm clouds whip up waves on Lake Mohave. By Joel Hazelton
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Joel Hazelton: This Is My Story

It’s good to have an excuse to leave the house, even if you aren’t that optimistic about what you’re going to find out there. Last March, my wife,...