An easy course with many points of interest including a wildlife water hole that attracts birds, elk and myriad little critters.
An easy course with many points of interest including a wildlife water hole that attracts birds, elk and myriad little critters.
The keynote feature of this hike in Prescott’s Granite Mountain Recreation area is a lopsided stone perched precariously atop a massive granite boulder.
As might be expected, cows are the headliners on this hike that follows Forest Road 9650R north of Cordes Junction.
Using bits of the Dutchman’s and Bluff Springs trails, this loop swings by several of the Supe’s most iconic volcanic landforms including Miner’s Needle, Weavers Needle and the hoodoo-lined gorge of Bark’s Canyon.
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.
A glimpse of the goings on in the Valley this spring.
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.
Spanning 9,951 acres of wild space a few miles west of Lake Pleasant, Hells Canyon Wilderness Area offers a quick way to escape into an untamed swath of desert that’s more paradise than purgatory.
Two above ground trails explore the Chihuahuan semi-desert grasslands and oak-juniper forests that surround Kartchner Caverns in Southern Arizona.