Hiking

Four Peaks, Tonto National Forest Most people in metropolitan Phoenix can point out the Four Peaks — it’s the most prominent landmark looking east...
Hiking

South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park You could spend a lifetime hiking the Grand Canyon and never see it all. Most people don’t have that kind of...
Camping

Tonto National Forest, Apache Junction Just 6 miles south of the spectacular Roosevelt Dam and along the waters of Apache Lake, Burnt Corral...
Dining

There are many reasons to visit Sonoita Mercantile in Southern Arizona, but don’t go there thinking you’ll figure out Toni Enriquez’s secret fried chicken recipe. “There is no secret,” says...
Lodging

It’s the dream that very few people can turn into reality. How do you escape the rat race to pursue a slower, more meaningful life outside the confines of a cubicle? Mark and Tammy Charlesworth found...
Nature

If pallid bats could be kept as pets, they'd be all the rage in Arizona — despite the creepy claws, vampiric reputation and complete dearth of...
Lodging

The tiny Tonto Basin town of Young, as it looks today, could have graced the cover of Arizona Highways more than a half-century ago, and its isolation — it’s accessible only via the winding and...
Scenic Drives

Tombstone to Pearce History can be fickle. Long after the last gunfighter was planted on Boot Hill, Tombstone survived to grow into an...