Michael Kotutwa Johnson, a Hopi farmer, and his dog gaze out over farmland in Northeastern Arizona.
Michael Kotutwa Johnson
Coming up through the Painted Desert from Flagstaff, we pull into the Kykotsmovi Village convenience store, where Michael Kotutwa Johnson greets us. He’s a faculty member at the University of Arizona…
Dinosaur tracks etched in stone lead to layered rock formations in the Painted Desert. By Tom Bean
Tom Bean: This Is My Story
Like many photographers, I got my start behind a camera while doing something else. In my case, after graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in wildlife biology, I worked as a seasonal…
Arizona Highways Policy on Generative AI
Arizona Highways does not publish words, images or other content created or edited, in whole or in part, by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT. While we recognize that…
Toroweap Ranger Station, located near the Grand Canyon’s Toroweap Overlook on the North Rim, is one of the most remote postings in the National Park Service. The station’s buildings were built of local stone in 1935. By John Burcham
Fringe Benefits
Green after recent monsoon rains, Toroweap Valley spreads west, toward the Uinkaret Mountains. Rabbitbrush and sunflowers splash the remote expanse, more than 50 miles from the nearest pavement, with…
A saguaro heavy with fruit grows in Saguaro National Park’s Tucson Mountain District. In this area, the fruit typically ripens in late June and early July. | A saguaro heavy with fruit grows in Saguaro National Park’s Tucson Mountain District. In this area, the fruit typically ripens in late June and early July. | Bill Hatcher
With A 10-Foot Pole
At 6 p.m. on a late-June evening, it’s 102 degrees at Stella Tucker’s campsite at Saguaro National Park. A graniteware pot bubbles over a fire, the fragrance of burning mesquite mingling with the…
The aurora borealis fills the night sky over the Grand Canyon in a view from Desert View Watchtower, on the East Rim, in October 2024. Far below the rim, the Colorado River mirrors the red hues of the northern lights. | Rich Rudow
Red Sky At Night, Photographer's Delight
Galileo named the aurora borealis, or the northern lights, in the early 17th century, honoring Aurora, Roman goddess of the dawn, and Boreas, Greek god of the cold north wind. In the Southern…
The Grandview Hotel, which overlooked the Canyon at the South Rim’s Grandview Point, became part of Hearst’s portfolio in 1913. | Library of Congress
This Land Is My Land
William Randolph Hearst was a man accustomed to getting his way. Heir to a mining and ranching fortune worth hundreds of millions in today’s dollars, he was a media mogul, art collector and two-term…
Winter storm clouds clear from the Grand Canyon’s Brahma and Zoroaster temples, two of the gorge’s most recognizable landmarks. This view is from the South Rim’s Yavapai Point, just northwest of the Grand Canyon Visitor Center. By Adam Schallau
Grand Canyon
I am the Grand Canyon. My other names are Beethoven and Wagner,  Immortal as Sorrow, deathless as Love. My solitudes are limned in muted symphonies,  My Silences are organ-toned, And the Stars…