The russet stone pinnacle known as Red Butte commands the landscape.
The russet stone pinnacle known as Red Butte commands the landscape.
The Munds Park Trail System offers a varied menu of both ATV and hiker options enhanced with a plethora of eye candy and points of interest.
The light, porous cinders that put a roll and crunch in your step on the mountain trail that leads to Crater Lake belie the site's fiery origins.
Today, the preserve is a 126-acre bird and wildlife haven.
Even in a terrain replete with natural sandblasted granite sculptures, Balanced Rock stands out.
After decades of planning and construction, the roughly 1,000-acre preserve now occupies a mountainous sliver of space between manicured golf communities and the hiking hubs of Scottsdale's McDowell Mountain Regional Park.