Walking Wupatki: Part 4

WUPATKI PUEBLO The main structure Welcome to the   main attraction of Wupatki National Monument.   What may have been Arizona's first ...

Walking Wupatki: Part 3

DONEY TRAIL Wupatki National Monument the saddle on the trail Geek that I am, I have a facination with lava bombs.   Heck--even the name is ...

Walking Wupatki: Part 2

CITADEL and NALAKIHU RUINS Wupatki National Monument Citadel ruins and Citadel Sink Nalakihu Pueblo Whether this stone-hewn, hilltop structu...

Walking Wupatki: Part 1

LOMAKI PUEBLO & BOX CANYON RUINS One of the Box Canyon ruins Over the next few days, I'll be chronicling my one-day hike-drive in Wu...

A HARD-WON LOOK AT A RARE SITE

BLACK MESA RUINS Black Canyon City The East Face of the Fort Petroglyphs Of the hundreds of known archeological sites in the Agua Fria Natio...

RICHINBAR MINE RUINS

RICHINBAR MINE RUINS Agua Fria National Monument Approaching the Petroglyph Site Mine Site Ruins Few places in Arizona are as rich in histor...

GOAT CAMP RUINS

GOAT CAMP RUINS Payson Unless you know what to look for, you’ll likely walk right past the Native American ruins for which this trail is nam...

V-BAR-V RANCH & SACRED MOUNTAIN

V-BAR-V RANCH & SACRED MOUNTAIN Coconino National Forest, near Sedona In terms of both physical presence and historical significance, Sa...

PUEBLO LA PLATA

The "fort" overlooking Silver Creek Canyon Part of the main pueblo The "fort" as seen from the pueblo Sycamore and cotto...

HONANKI HERITAGE SITE

HONANKI HERITAGE SITE Coconino National Forest Our species may have been able to land a man on the moon, but we still haven’t figured out th...

PALATKI HERITAGE SITE

PALATKI HERITAGE SITE Coconino National Forest For centuries, Native American cultures including the Clovis, Southern Sinagua (ancestors of...