Activities

Tonto National Forest, Pine Don’t let the prosaic name fool you: Control Road north of Payson is a lovely historical route that runs below the…

Prescott National Forest, Prescott We get lucky. The dining room at Lynx Lake Café is small, and we wait to get a table on this beautiful day. Our…

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona Some of Arizona’s roads are deceptively named. Take Rural Road in the Phoenix area, for…

Hualapai Valley, Northwestern Arizona Listen, birds, these signs cost money. So roost awhile, but don’t get funny. Burma-Shave and Route 66 were…

Ironwood Forest National Monument, Tucson Desert ironwoods aren’t as iconic as saguaros, but the trees — officially known as Olneya tesota — are the…

Harquahala Mountains, near Wickenburg The average 5-year-old, it’s been said, asks about 400 questions per day. But you can double that number by…

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation is big. Really big. At more than 27,000 square miles, it’s the largest of all…

Kaibab National Forest, Tusayan Unless you’re a time traveler or a re-enactor, your experience with stagecoaches is probably limited to films such…