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Catalina Park has it all
Recreation options you'll find at various sites around Arizona: hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, bird-watching, camping, picnicking …
These trails easy as pie to access
Broadway in midtown Tucson is all about bright lights and big city - but you will find something very different near the street's eastern dead…
December 27, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Hit the road for tour of scenic Southern AZ
One of the wonderful things about the holidays is having family and friends at your house. Here's something almost equally wonderful: finding …
December 26, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
New trail segment in Catalinas serves up a visual feast for hikers
Towering cliffs, evergreen forests and grand views across the San Pedro River Valley reward hikers who try a new trail segment in the Catalina…
To hike off feast, relish bountiful trails here
It can be your penance for a Thanksgiving pigout. It can be a clever way to get holiday visitors out of the house for a few hours. It can be a…
November 22, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Storm damage renews park's focus on making it a hiking, biking route
A shortage of funds had stalled plans to close a scenic road at Saguaro National Park West and convert it to a trail, but now natural forces h…
August 22, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Mint Spring hike has a flavor that's all its own
Jasmine the pack donkey paused along the Mint Spring Trail to munch sweet summer grass and snatch a brief break in the bargain.
August 02, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Madera's paved trails closing for fixes
The Accessible Trails network in Madera Canyon south of Tucson - popular with hikers as well as handicapped users - will be closed for extende…
July 17, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Bird festival draws participants from 20 states for August event
People from 20 states have already signed up for a major bird-watching bash in Tucson - even though it's more than a month away.
July 12, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Saguaro National Park East closes its visitor center for renovation
The visitor center at Saguaro National Park East - built nearly 60 years ago - is closed for a major renovation and won't reopen until about t…
June 06, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Reintroduced beavers branching out in San Pedro
Aquatic rodents might not instantly pop to mind when you think of Southern Arizona wildlife - but they're thriving this spring along the San P…
Way up high, green(ery) is breaking out
Spring sunshine has seared the last snow from the heights of the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson - ushering in the season of green. It's a …
May 17, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Fee-collecting rangers are called 'intimidating'
Rangers are "intimidating" hikers into paying fees at recreation sites such as Sabino Canyon even though a federal court has blocked such fees…
May 12, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Gila monsters get their time in sun
Right now is one of the best times of the year to catch a glimpse of a monster roaming the desert.
The Sycamore Trail is just right
Midspring is a perfect time for those betwixt and between hikes - in terrain that's somewhere above the sweat-sucking desert and below the chi…
April 19, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
On Mt. Lemmon, fall lingers amid signs of spring
Our heating-up desert is in final dress rehearsal for summer - but a vertical mile above Tucson this is a time when seasons can't quite make u…
April 18, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Tortolita trails lead to scenic wonders
Trek into the Tortolitas northwest of Tucson - far beyond the fairways and featherless birdies - and you'll discover a trove of scenic wonders…
March 22, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Just a few miles left to complete Arizona Trail
The final segment of the 817-mile Arizona Trail is on the verge of completion - topping off a 26-year marathon of planning, toil and cooperati…
December 09, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Call 'em the Catalinas' Cactus Canyons
Slicing sharply into the steep Front Range of the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, they bristle in their lower elevations with the spiny be…
December 01, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
A grand, uplifting trek, and plain up
Short. Steep. Stupendous. That's a nutshell sum-up of the Blackett's Ridge Trail in Sabino Canyon northeast of Tucson.
November 17, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Handy guide to finding fall foliage
Nothing says farewell, adios and sayonara to summer like colorful autumn leaves. Even in arid Arizona. True, the high country of Colorado and …
October 02, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Takin' it to the trails: Answer the call of fall
Summer: It's over. Extreme heat: outta here. Hiking conditions: just about perfect. Autumn in the Tucson area can be near nirvana for trail tr…
September 29, 2011 12:02 am PhotosPhotos
Trail's world away from desert heat
Think of it as Summer Sabino. Upper Sabino Canyon, high in the Catalina Mountains, is a cool, forested, wildflowered world away from the popul…
September 15, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Human-powered traffic flows along river trails
It is 6:22 a.m. on a July day and traffic is already heavy on one of Tucson's main east-west routes. But there's not a car in sight. This thor…
July 09, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Nearby peaks, rock formations are just a trail away
Part of the appeal of Prescott is the beauty of the surrounding terrain - and several trails will take you into the heart of the scenic splendor.
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