Photograph by Laurence Parent
Central Hiking

Courthouse Butte Loop

It’s not unusual for serious hikers to drive right past the Bell Rock Vista Trailhead, writing it off as little more than a crowded parking lot where…
Photograph by Laurence Parent
Northern Hiking

Mormon Mountain Trail

Ponderosa pines are among the old-timers in Arizona — their eminence is measured in centuries, not centimeters. Most live anywhere from 200 to 500…
Photograph by Laurence Parent
Northern Hiking

Aspen Loop Trail

Populous tremuloides. That’s their Latin name. In English, they’re known as “quaking aspens” — forest rangers and tree huggers like to call them “…
Photograph by Laurence Parent
Central Hiking

Groom Creek Loop

At one time, Prescott was the capital city of Arizona. There are many reasons it was moved to Phoenix. The Groom Creek area just south of town wasn’t…
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 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 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 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…