The Black Canyon National Recreation Trail is quietly expanding its northern reach.
The Black Canyon National Recreation Trail is quietly expanding its northern reach.
Populating the space between the Thumb Butte and Granite Basin Recreation areas in Prescott National Forest, the Spence Basin Trail System adds nearly 30 miles of hiking options to the area’s already packed menu.
Following the usually dry course of the Hassayampa River, this wonky walk culminates at a prominent russet-colored rock outcropping and favorite roosting site for turkey vultures.
This easy loop hike in the northwest sector of Saguaro National Park unpacks a geologically diverse landscape rife with the eponymous giant cactus and a full menu of desert plants.
An under-the-radar dirt road north of Carefree ascends 900 feet to mountain saddle overlooking the Verde River Valley and peeks at the distant Superstition Wilderness.
True to its name, this iconic Payson trail wanders among a bizarre wilderness of rock.
Distinctive Brown’s Mountain is a centerpiece of Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
As one of the largest municipal parks in the nation, SOMO boasts an enviable menu of hiking trails.
Two above ground trails explore the Chihuahuan semi-desert grasslands and oak-juniper forests that surround Kartchner Caverns in Southern Arizona.
A climb up this isolated, 2,795-foot mound in the foothills of the Tucson Mountains rewards with amazing desert mountain vistas.