Photograph by Laurence Parent
Northern Hiking

North Kaibab Trail

There’s no shortage of great hikes on the North Rim: Widforss, Uncle Jim, Ken Patrick. Most, however, at least in the vicinity of Grand Canyon Lodge…
Photograph by A O Tucker
Northern Scenic Drives

Saddle Mountain Overlook

What’s the highest mountain in Grand Canyon National Park? Your first guess might be Point Imperial (8,803 feet), but that’s an overlook, not a…
Photograph by Jeff Maltzman
Eastern Scenic Drives

Swift Trail

Arizona has its share of deceptively named roads. The Senator Highway — which in places barely qualifies as a road, let alone a highway — is one of…
Photograph by Randy Prentice
Southern Hiking

Hamburg Trail

“Ramsey chokes on quiet,” Charles Bowden wrote in the November 1982 issue of Arizona Highways. “A blue-throated lizard scoots up a tree. The snap of…
Photograph by Laurence Parent
Central Scenic Drives

Mingus Mountain Back Roads

Most visitors to Mingus Mountain, one of Central Arizona’s best-known landmarks, travel a paved, winding road from State Route 89A to the top of the…
Photograph by Sue Cullumber
Central Hiking

Horton Creek Trail

“The Rim,” Raymond Carlson wrote in the April 1966 issue of Arizona Highways, “is scenery, history, virgin wilderness, so rough only small portions…
Photograph by John Burcham
Northern Scenic Drives

Red Butte Loop

For most people driving to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Red Butte is a signal they’ve almost arrived. But the Kaibab National Forest…
Photograph by Jeff Maltzman
Southern Hiking

Arizona Trail Loop

Kannally Ranch isn’t as familiar as Phantom Ranch. Or the Babacomari. But it’s on the National Register of Historic Places, and the state park that…