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Buttes and cliffs of the Grand Canyon under low cloud, seen from Mather Point on the South Rim

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National Parks in Arizona

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National Parks in Arizona

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Stone walls of Antelope House ruin at the base of a cliff in Canyon del Muerto

Chinle, Page & Monument Valley

Antelope House Overlook

North Rim view down to a canyon-floor village named for its painted antelope

Free

The great sandstone alcove that shelters Betatakin cliff dwelling at Navajo National Monument

Kayenta, Page & Monument Valley

Betatakin, Navajo National Monument

A 13th-century cliff village in a vast sandstone alcove, seen from a rim trail or on summer ranger hikes

Free

Banded blue, purple and white badland hills at Blue Mesa under a cloudy sky

Holbrook, Flagstaff & Painted Desert

Blue Mesa

Banded blue, purple and gray badlands on a spur road and a steep 1-mile loop trail in Petrified Forest National Park

From $15

A dirt section of the Bright Angel Trail descending between rock walls and desert scrub below the South Rim

Grand Canyon Village, Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

Bright Angel Trail

The South Rim's most-used trail into the canyon, open to River Resthouse as of November 2026 but with its water stations off

From $20

Deep side canyons and layered red cliffs of the Grand Canyon seen from Cape Royal

Jacob Lake, Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

Cape Royal

The southernmost North Rim viewpoint you can drive to, with a 270-degree view and the arch of Angels Window

From $30

Balanced rhyolite pinnacle and rock formations in Chiricahua National Park under a blue sky

Willcox, Tombstone & Bisbee

Chiricahua National Park

The 'Wonderland of Rocks', America's 64th national park since October 20, 2026

Free

View west from Montezuma Pass over grassland and the southern Huachuca Mountains

Sierra Vista, Tombstone & Bisbee

Coronado National Memorial

Border-top views of the San Pedro Valley, a wild limestone cave and the start of the Arizona Trail

Free

Glen Canyon Dam seen from downstream, with the Colorado River between sandstone walls

Page, Page & Monument Valley

Glen Canyon Dam

A 710-foot concrete arch dam that created Lake Powell and gave the town of Page its start

Montezuma Castle cliff dwelling in an alcove of a pale limestone cliff

Camp Verde, Sedona & Verde Valley

Montezuma Castle National Monument

A five-story, 20-room Sinagua cliff dwelling set high in a limestone wall

From $10

Pueblo Revival Painted Desert Inn with stuccoed red walls and a flagpole in Petrified Forest National Park

Holbrook, Flagstaff & Painted Desert

Painted Desert Inn

A Pueblo Revival inn on the Painted Desert rim with Hopi murals by Fred Kabotie, now Petrified Forest's temporary visitor center

From $15

Lower Cliff Dwelling in a rock alcove above a saguaro-covered slope at Tonto National Monument

Apache Junction, Phoenix & Superstition Mountains

Tonto National Monument

Two Salado cliff dwellings from the 1300s above Roosevelt Lake, one reached only by guided tour

From $10

The round stone Desert View Watchtower rising above pinyon and juniper on the South Rim

Grand Canyon Village, Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

Desert View Watchtower

Mary Colter's 1932 stone tower at the east end of the South Rim, looking down on the Colorado River where Marble Canyon opens out

From $35

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