Prescott bird-watching hike

WATSON WOODS RIPARIAN PRESERVE Ducks take flight in Watson Woods Prescott Birds flock to pools along Granite Creek  A sign at the trailhead ...

A water-themed hike near Black Canyon City

HORSESHOE BEND-SKYLINE SEGMENTS of the BLACK CANYON TRAIL View of the Agua Fria River from Horseshoe Bend trail Horseshoe Bend crossing Alon...

Lakeside hiking in Prescott

LOWER GRANITE CREEK SCENIC TRAILS Watson Lake from Lakeshore Trail City of Prescott Mile-High Trail System Lakeside views, millions of ducks...

The hike you must do...once

BLACK MOUNTAIN Cave Creek Ancient rock puts the black in Black Mountain Jutting more than 1000 feet above the desert floor, the imposing ebo...

Hike with an archeologist

March is Archeology & Heritage Month in Arizona and the Kaibab National Forest is offering a series of archeologist-led Saturday aftern...

Elephant walk

BURSERA TRAIL South Mountain Park, Phoenix a fragrant elephant tree View of the Sierra Estrella mountains “It's pronounced Ber-SER-uh.” ...

Arizona Trail hiking primer!

March, 2012 issue Hikers, not sure where to begin your celebratory hiking of the newly-completed, state-long Arizona Trail? No problem—just...

Wildflower hike in McDowell Mountain Park

168 th Street Spur McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Fountain Hills Four Peaks from 168th Spur Bee on fairy duster Back in the mid 1990s, th...

Safe hiking in bear country.

What to do if you encounter a bear while hiking. There are no grizzly bears in Arizona.  The legend of the last beast being killed on Escudi...

Family-friendly hiking in Flagstaff's Buffalo Park

BUFFALO PARK TRAILS Flagstaff Is it just me, or are Arizona winters becoming much shorter and warmer?  It normally takes until March before ...