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Arizona Hiking Guide
Awash in the Canyonlands - On the sheer-walled Paria River, Michael Finkel takes a canyoneering trip that offers the chance to visit nature at its most sublime and most vicious.
No Snow Zones - Grand Canyon National Park, where hikers go to escape the snow in Arizona.
Southern Arizona Trails
- Tough trails in the island mountains where nature still rules.
High, Dry and Rugged - Ever slog through desert sand and mountain snow on the same trail? Follow GORP's expert hiker Karen Berger as she tackles The Arizona Trail.
Hush among the Saguaro - Finding quiet in the Tucson Mountains.
Saguaro National Park - Trails through the splendor of the Sonoran desert.
Petrified Forest National Park - Discover ancient stories of dinosaurs, plants, and early peoples in a visit to this hauntingly beautiful desert.
Organ Pipe National Monument - Home to the organ pipe cactus and a panoply of desert wildlife.
Chiricahua National Monument - This unusual place, once called the "Land of Standing-Up Rocks" by Native Americans, is a treat for hikers.
Santa Catalina Passage - The Arizona Trail outside of Tucson: hike, bike or hop a horse.
Glen Canyon NRA - The near and the far, including the Escalante and Orange Cliffs areas.
Land of the Canyons - Exploring and photographing Arizona's Monument Valley and other stunning environments.
Phoenix Spring Escapes - Five great excursions for active travellers in the Valley of the Sun.
Grand Canyon National Park - From rim to rim, a thorough trail listing.
Tonto National Forest: 87 Trails in 6 Wildernesses - In-depth information on 6 of Tonto's 8 designated wildernesses. Marvelously varied terrain in central Arizona, including desert canyons, forests, waterfalls, alpine areas.
Empire-Cienega Resource Conservation Area - A desert riparian area supporting lush stands of native grasslands, humming with wildlife. Over 170 species of birds have been spotted here, along with deer, mountain lions, antelope, badgers, ringtail cats, and more.
In the Presence of the Divine - Antelope Canyon, Arizona - a place where light and sandstone come together as perhaps they do nowhere else on this planet. Antelope is the source of some of the most haunting and memorable slot canyon photography anywhere!
Hiking in Petrified Forest
- Several very short loops in the Painted Desert.
Highline National Recreation Trail
- 51 miles of hiking, biking and horse trails along the rugged Mogollon Rim in central Arizona. Detailed info and maps.
Borderlands -
Towering cacti, sky-islands, desert plumage. Find it all in southern Arizona.
The Arizona Trail - Ever slog through desert sand and mountain snow on the same trail?
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