Trails in the Cedar Bench Wilderness include: Goat Springs Trail #542 Lower Cedar Bench Trail #540 Chasm Creek Trail #164 The USFS Wilderness Stewardship brochure explains more about designated Wilderness and how you can become involved in helping care for this precious resource.

Cedar Bench Wilderness

This is a day use site with a toilet. No overnight camping.

Clear Creek Day Use Picnic Site

Located near the geographic center of Arizona, the Verde Ranger District is accessible to visitors from all over the state. Drop a fishing line into the Verde River at one of eight day-use access points or put your canoe in at White Bridge Recreation Area for a popular nine-mile float to Beasley...

Verde Ranger District

White Bridge Picnic Site is a developed picnic area with toilets and picnic tables. Access to the Verde River and non-motorized boating, fishing and nature viewing are just some of the activities you will enjoy here. Overnight camping is not permitted at this site. Facilities include: 4 picnic...

White Bridge Picnic Site

Multi-use trailhead with picnic tables, ramadas, grills, a vault toilet, a loading ramp, and plenty of room for trailer turn-around.

Copper Canyon Trailhead

During the weekend in April and May, artists and cultural demonstrators from various tribes across the southwest will be on site at Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot to share their skills and work with the public. These events are made possible with funding from our partners at Western National Parks .

Cultural Demonstrators and Artists on Site

Trailhead accesses trail that was an old wagon route built in 1864. It’s steep and treacherous with beautiful vistas. Builder and rancher King Woolsey charged soldiers and civilians two cents per mile for its use in the old days. Provides access to: Facilities No drinking water No garbage service-..

Grief Hill Day Use Area / Trailhead

(OLD) Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River (OLD)

Large area geographic area; encompasses riparian habitat to ponderosa pine. Recreational opportunities include: hiking, mountain biking, horse riding, OHV trail and road riding, dispersed camping, and Sycamore Cabin, a hostoric rental cabin. Trails in the area include: Chalk Tank Trail #506 Cold...

Dugas - Tule Mesa

Overview Sycamore Cabin provides a unique recreation opportunity and lodging experience for visitors to Prescott National Forest. In 1938, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the cabin, which served as a residence for the district ranger and later, as housing for fire crews during fire...

Sycamore Cabin

Recreational opportunities in the Cherry area include: camping, hiking, mountain biking, horse riding, scenic driving, and OHV riding. Trail markers will be added to the map as time allows. For now, please use the left-hand navigation bar to find more information about the trails in the area: Ash...

Cherry Area

The Red Rock Ranger Station has an amazing visitor center where visitors and locals alike will enjoy learning about the area’s many scenic wonders and world class recreation opportunities. Services offered at the Red Rock Ranger District Visitor Center Recreation Activity/Trip Planning Assistance...

Red Rock Ranger District Visitor Center

The Bell Rock Pathway is a 3.6 mile trail. Along this pathway you'll enjoy fantastic views of Bell Rock, Courthouse Butte, and other landmarks. Most of the pathway has a wide, hard surface, but there are some steep hills too. Some places around Bell Rock are rocky and rough. There is a popular...

Bell Rock Pathway / Vista

The Big Bug Trailhead accesses the Black Canyon National Recreation Trail . The 80-mile Black Canyon Trail provides mountain bikers with a long-range back country trail riding opportunity. This historic National Recreation Trail is of national significance, following a route used since the times of.

Big Bug Trailhead

Located in the cool pines of central Arizona, Mingus Mountain offers a wide range of recreational opportunities including: picnicking, hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, camping, fishing, hunting, hang gliding, and paragliding. Scroll down (below the recreation map) to learn more about the..

Mingus Mountain

Overview Close to historic western towns and centrally located in Arizona, Playground Group Campground is a great place for groups of up to 75 people to enjoy a secluded mountain getaway. The 7,500 ft. elevation of the site, puts it near the summit of Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest....

Playground Group

One of the most photographed scenes in the southwest is towering Cathedral Rock reflected in the waters of Oak Creek at Red Rock Crossing. It should come as no surprise, then, that the picnic area located at that same site is as popular as it is beautiful. People come here to fish, swim, and wade...

Crescent Moon Picnic Site

The southern-most wilderness area on the Prescott National Forest shares a boundary with the Tonto National Forest. Recreational opportunities include: hiking, backpacking, and horse riding. Mechanized equipment of any kind is not allowed in wilderness areas. Trails in the Pine Mountain Wilderness..

Pine Mountain Wilderness

Overview Crescent Moon sits beneath the stunning Cathedral Rock, one of the most photographed scenes in the American Southwest. Historical buildings and towering Arizona Sycamore trees decorate the landscape of this popular day use park (group shelter also known as Ramada) located in Sedona,...

Crescent Moon Ramada

A parking area that is accessible to passenger vehicles and has plenty of room for trailer turn-around, located in the cool pines of Mingus Mountain near the Woodchute Wilderness Area. Dispersed camping is NOT allowed at the trailhead, but is allowed on Forest Road 106. Campers are responsible for..

Woodchute Trailhead

Overview Campers looking for some peace and quiet will find this relaxing campground offers cool summertime temperatures and easy access from scenic Hwy 89A in central Arizona. The campground is located at 7,200 ft. in elevation between Mingus Mountain and Woodchute Wilderness in a beautiful...

Potato Patch Campground

Overview Chavez Crossing Group Campground is in the picturesque Red Rock district of Arizona, with famous red rock formations and breathtaking painted sunsets. Placed beside a creek and surrounded by sycamore and cypress groves, the campground's location offers a fresh sense of the great outdoors...

Chavez Crossing

The Verde Canyon Railroad scenic tour begins and ends in the Town of Clarkdale. Sob Canyon Trail is in this area.

Clarkdale Area

There is still some debate over whether Stoneman Lake is the remains of a volcanic crater or whether it fills a deep, collapsed sinkhole. The location of this naturally occurring body of water at the bottom of a large bowl-shaped valley and its nearly circular shape actually support both...

Stoneman Lake

The colorful collection of buttes, pinnacles, mesas and canyons surrounding Sedona is famous the world around for its red rock vistas. Over the years, this area has served as the setting of many western novels and movies and has been the subject of uncounted paintings, photographs and other works...

Red Rock Ranger District

This small wilderness offers relatively easy access and spectacular views of the San Francisco Peaks and panoramic vistas of central Arizona. Created in 1984, the 5,923-acre wilderness ranges in elevation from 5,500 to 7,800 feet. Ponderosa Pine is the dominate overstory species located at the...

Woodchute Wilderness

Recreational opportunities include hiking, motorcycle riding, horse riding, and OHV riding. There are no developed recreation sites in this part of the forest. Trail information will be added as time allows. Thank you for your patience as we continue to improve this site.

Poland Junction

The Mogollon Rim is a rugged escarpment that forms the southern limit of the Colorado Plateau. It extends across the entire forest and provides excellent views within Plateau Country and Desert Canyon Country as well. Dropping as much as 2,000 feet in some areas, the Rim provides some of the most...

Mogollon Rim Ranger District

Hiking, mountain biking, horse riding, and motorized trails. There are no developed recreation sites in this part of the forest. Trail information will be added as time allows. Thank you for your patience as we continue to improve this site.

Prescott Valley, South

This popular visitor center at Indian Gardens offers the first public roadside rest rooms in the canyon. They were completed at Indian Gardens by the collective efforts of members of the Oak Creek Canyon Task Force in conjunction with Coconino National Forest. The visitor center is managed under...

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