Hiking Trails

Ajo, Tucson & Saguaro

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

The only large natural stands of organ pipe cactus in the US, on the Mexican border

From $15

Tucson, Tucson & Saguaro

Sabino Canyon

A creek-cut canyon in the Santa Catalinas, with an electric shuttle and long trails

From $5

Flagstaff, Flagstaff & Painted Desert

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

Arizona's youngest volcano, a cinder cone that erupted around 1085, with lava-flow trails at its base

From $15

Sierra Vista, Tombstone & Bisbee

Ramsey Canyon Preserve

A cool, spring-fed canyon in the Huachucas, famous for hummingbirds

From $5

Tucson, Tucson & Saguaro

Saguaro National Park: Rincon Mountain District

The older cactus forest east of Tucson, with an 8-mile paved loop and a wilderness behind it

From $15

Flagstaff, Flagstaff & Painted Desert

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Cliff dwellings built under limestone ledges about 900 years ago, reached by a steep stairway trail east of Flagstaff

From $15

Sedona, Sedona & Verde Valley

Cathedral Rock

Sedona's most recognizable formation, with a short, steep scramble to the saddle

From $5

Willcox, Tombstone & Bisbee

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Adobe ruins at Apache Pass, reached on foot along a 3-mile trail through history

Free

Page, Page & Monument Valley

Horseshoe Bend

An overlook 1,000 feet above a 270-degree bend of the Colorado River, a short walk from US 89

Tucson, Tucson & Saguaro

Saguaro National Park: Tucson Mountain District

Saguaro West: a dense young cactus forest, a dirt loop drive and Hohokam petroglyphs

From $15

Phoenix, Phoenix & Superstition Mountains

South Mountain Park/Preserve

More than 16,000 acres and 100 miles of trail on the city's southern edge; heat rules apply

Prescott, Sedona & Verde Valley

Thumb Butte

Prescott's skyline landmark, circled by a popular hiking-only loop in the national forest

From $5