Beat the summer heat with Arizona nature trails made for peaceful early July mornings, cool views, and fresh air.

This 675-mile loop trail is a destination for many adventures, both the rugged and the historic. This trail takes you through ...

Arizona’s July mornings feel cooler on these scenic nature trails with shade, sunrise views, canyon paths, and fresh air.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona is known for its hiking, and more national rankings are proving it. Three Arizona hikes recently made a list of the 10 ...

The Arizona Trail stretches 850 miles from the state's northern border with Utah to its southern border with Mexico. Republic reporter Joan Meiners is biking the trail, start to finish. On the Babbitt ...

The most commonplace question about long-distance hiking is also the most complicated to answer: How do you find the resources—the time, the money, the petcare, the childcare—to walk into the woods ...

In this Instagram age, there’s always a temptation to explore only the most popular and well-traveled sites. We’re lured by enticing, sometimes carefully manipulated, photos and yearn to go. Nothing ...

As the Arizona Trail moves down the Mogollon Rim, rockier stretches raise temperatures, reflecting the urban heat effects of cities like Phoenix and Tucson. The trail turns more rugged and often ...

Over seven weeks this fall, Arizona Republic climate reporter Joan Meiners is biking the length of the 850-mile Arizona Trail from Utah to Mexico to report on how climate change is affecting the state ...