Sedona’s iconic Cathedral Rock formed the backdrop for a set used in Copper Canyon, a 1950 film that starred Ray Milland and Hedy Lamarr. By Bob Bradshaw
Culture

Quiet on the Set

Nineteen seventy-three. That was the unofficial end of the movie business in Sedona. There were a few other flicks in subsequent years — The Quick...
Daniel Bulletts, a member of the Kaibab-Paiute Tribe, serves as its Cultural Resource Director. | John Burcham
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As Different as Night and Day

When members of the Kaibab-Paiute Tribe look up at the night sky above their homeland in one of the darkest places in the Lower 48, a bighorn sheep...
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...