Activities

Hiking isn’t usually something that’s done on the spur of the moment. Gear, maps, vehicle requirements, trailhead directions, physical conditioning…

When I’m looking for routes that are worthy of being featured in Arizona Highways, I spend a lot of time on the internet. Most of the time, what I…

There are two ways to hike this trail. You can start at the bottom and work your way up, or you can do it the other way around — there are two-wheel-…

There’s a reason they call State Route 87 the Beeline Highway: This well-traveled route is basically a straight shot from the Phoenix area to the…

In the McDowell Mountains in the middle of March, the sun rises at 6:37 a.m. If your chronotype is that of a lark, you have a shot at capturing that…

Maybe this one seems too obvious. Everyone knows about the drive through Salt River Canyon, you might be thinking. But you’d be surprised how many…

Cochise is buried in the Dragoon Mountains. That’s the conventional wisdom, but no one knows for sure where he was laid to rest. He was interred…

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the only person to have walked on the moon. And then, 19 minutes later, he wasn’t anymore. No disrespect to…