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Arizona, region by region

The 8 areas we divide Arizona into, each with its own towns, sights and character.

Red and orange cliffs and side canyons of the eastern Grand Canyon seen from Point Imperial on the North Rim

4 places

Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

The South Rim and its gateway town, the forested plateau above the North Rim, and the Havasupai village at the bottom of a side canyon
Red rock buttes near Sedona in evening light, seen from Red Rock State Park

5 places

Sedona & Verde Valley

Red rock buttes, Sinagua cliff dwellings, a copper town on a hillside and Arizona's first capital
Glen Canyon Dam and the steel arch of Glen Canyon Bridge in the sandstone canyon at Page

5 places

Page & Monument Valley

Glen Canyon, Lees Ferry and the Navajo Nation's canyons, cliff dwellings and buttes
Layered cliffs of the Superstition Mountains seen from the Apache Trail

4 places

Phoenix & Superstition Mountains

Desert museums, Taliesin West, the Superstition front and Rim Country below the Mogollon Rim
Hillside covered with saguaro cacti in the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park

3 places

Tucson & Saguaro

Giant cactus forests, Spanish colonial missions and borderland desert
Red and grey banded badlands of the Painted Desert below the mesa rim near the Painted Desert Inn

3 places

Flagstaff & Painted Desert

Ponderosa pines and young volcanoes around Flagstaff, then Route 66 east to Meteor Crater, Homolovi and Petrified Forest
Rhyolite pinnacles and wooded canyons seen from Massai Point in Chiricahua National Park

4 places

Tombstone & Bisbee

Silver and copper boomtowns, Apache Pass and the rock spires of the newest national park
Boat dock on the blue water of Lake Havasu with desert mountains beyond

3 places

Lake Havasu & Colorado River

London Bridge on a desert lake, Route 66 at Kingman and a territorial prison above the Yuma Crossing

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