Southern Scenic Drives

Kentucky Camp

Santa Rita Mountains, Coronado National Forest A former mining camp on the eastern flanks of the Santa Rita Mountains, Kentucky Camp makes a…
Central Scenic Drives

Queen Valley Road

Superstition Mountains, Tonto National Forest Relationships are funny things. To make them work, you have to compromise. The same rule can be…
Southern Scenic Drives

Green Valley to Vail

Madera Canyon, Coronado National Forest The drive from Green Valley to Vail, with a side trip into Madera Canyon, winds into and around the Santa…
Southern Scenic Drives

Ruby Road

Coronado National Forest, Nogales If you’ve never driven down Interstate 19, which runs from Tucson to Nogales, you might not know that the…
Southern Scenic Drives

Saguaro National Park East

Saguaro National Park, Tucson For tourists and locals alike, the word “forest” usually conjures trees, not a stand of saguaro cactuses covered in…
Eastern Scenic Drives

Stockton Pass Road

Coronado National Forest, Safford Sometimes, big things really do come in small packages. And big scenery often comes on little roads. State Route…
Northern Scenic Drives

Monument Valley Drive

Monument Valley, Navajo Nation There’s a reason John Wayne once described Monument Valley as “the place where God put the West.” The landscape…
Northern Scenic Drives

Sycamore Canyon Vista

Kaibab National Forest, Williams Sycamore Canyon is Arizona’s second-largest gorge — second only to the natural wonder that can be seen from outer…