Northern Scenic Drives

San Francisco Peaks Loop

Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff By the first or second weekend in October, aspen stands on the San Francisco Peaks are golden and glorious. But…
Eastern Scenic Drives

Tripp Canyon Road

Pinaleño Mountains, Safford Some drives — the ones with long, straight stretches of smooth asphalt — are good to do solo. On those routes, it’s easy…
Central Hiking

Secret Mountain Trail

Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff It’s not a big secret. Not anymore. But back in the 1870s, a Mormon family figured that Secret Mountain was the…
Southern Hiking

Joe's Canyon Trail

Coronado National Memorial, near Benson Coronado National Memorial isn’t the smallest national park in the state, but compared with some of the…
Central Scenic Drives

Chevelon Canyon Lake

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Mogollon Rim Sometime in the 1800s, the story goes, a trapper and scout by the name of Chevelon found himself at…
Northern Hiking

Walnut Canyon Trail

Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff If you do a Google search for “how long is the Arizona Trail,” you won’t find an exact number. Not without some…
Northern Scenic Drives

Spring Valley Loop

Kaibab National Forest, Parks People have been traveling across Northern Arizona for thousands of years. First they journeyed on foot, then by…
Northern Scenic Drives

Cape Royal Road

North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has a short season, but there’s another reason it sees about as…