Central Hiking

Peralta Trail

Superstition Mountains, Tonto National Forest In the 1930s, you might have seen Arthur Weber wandering around Peralta Canyon. He’d go out there…
Southern Hiking

Blackett's Ridge Trail

Coronado National Forest, Tucson As backyard playgrounds go, Tucson might have every other city beat. To the east and west are the two districts of…
Central Hiking

Juniper Springs Trail

Prescott National Forest, Prescott The origin of the word “wilderness” is wildeornes, which comes from wild deor (“wild deer” + ness). In a broader…
Central Hiking

Pumphouse Wash

Coconino National Forest, Sedona Two point nine miles. That’s what separates two of the most disparate hiking experiences in Arizona. On one end is…
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…
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…
Eastern Hiking

Mount Baldy Crossover Trail

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, White Mountains If East Baldy and West Baldy are Lennon and McCartney, then Baldy Crossover is George Harrison.…