Contents9

On the Road 4

Arizona Highlights 5

Destination Arizona 12

Getting Started 14

Events Calendar 20

Itineraries 22

Route 66 & Scenic Drives 29

History 37

The Culture 46

Native Americans 54

Food & Drink 60

Environment 64

Arizona Outdoors 72

Greater Phoenix 80History 81Orientation 81Information 81Sights 84Festivals & Events 90Phoenix for Children 91Sleeping 92Eating 94Drinking 98Entertainment 100

Shopping 101Getting There & Away 102Getting Around 102Around Greater Phoenix 103

Central Arizona 104Phoenix to Flagstaff Along I-17 105Wickenburg 107Prescott 110Jerome 114Cottonwood 118Clarkdale 120Sedona 120Oak Creek Canyon 129Flagstaff 130Flagstaff to Grand Canyon 140Williams 140

Grand Canyon Region 144GRAND CANYON SOUTH RIM 145Time 145Climate 145When You Arrive 145Orientation 145Information 147Sights 149Driving 152Hiking 156Other Activities 166Tours 169Sleeping 169Eating 172Drinking & Entertainment 173Getting Around 174Getting There & Away 175BEYOND THE SOUTH RIM 175Tusayan 175Valle 177Kaibab National Forest (South Rim) 177Havasupai Reservation 178Hualapai Reservation 180GRAND CANYON NORTH RIM 182Climate 182When You Arrive 182Orientation & Information 182

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Sierra Vista & Around 271Tombstone 273Bisbee & Around 276Apache Country 281

Western Arizona 284Yuma 285Around Yuma 287Quartzsite 289Parker 290Lake Havasu City 290Bullhead City & Laughlin 293Route 66: Topock to Seligman 295Kingman 296Chloride 299Lake Mead National Recreation Area 300

Directory 303Accommodations 303Activities 306Business Hours 306Children 307Climate Charts 307Dangers & Annoyances 307Discount Cards 308Food 308Gay & Lesbian Travelers 308Holidays 308Insurance 309International Visitors 309Internet Access 310Legal Matters 310Maps 310Money 310Photography 311Post 311Shopping 312Solo Travelers 312Telephone 312Time 313Tourist Information 313Tours 313Travelers with Disabilities 313Visas 314Women Travelers 314Work 315

Transportation 316GETTING THERE & AWAY 316Air 316

Safford 229San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation 231Globe 231Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park 232Apache Trail Scenic Drive 232Tonto National Monument 234

Tucson 235History 236Orientation 236Information 236Sights & Activities 237Tucson for Children 243Festivals & Events 243Sleeping 243Eating 246Drinking & Entertainment 248Shopping 249Getting There & Away 249Getting Around 249AROUND TUCSON 249Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 249Saguaro National Park 249Old Tucson Studios 250Mission San Xavier del Bac 250Santa Catalina Mountains & Sabino Canyon 251

Southern Arizona 253TUCSON TO PHOENIX 254Picacho Peak State Park 254Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 254Florence 254WEST OF TUCSON 256Tohono O’odham IndianReservation 256Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 258Ajo 258SOUTH OF TUCSON 259Green Valley & Around 260Tubac & Around 261Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge 262Arivaca 263Nogales & Around 263Patagonia & the MountainEmpire 265SOUTHEASTERNARIZONA 268Benson & Around 268

Sights 183Driving 183Hiking 186Other Activities 190Sleeping 190Eating & Drinking 191Getting Around 192Getting There & Away 192BEYOND THE NORTH RIM 192Kaibab National Forest (North Rim) 192Arizona Strip 194Lake Powell & Glen CanyonNational Recreation Area 195

Navajo & Hopi Lands 201NAVAJO RESERVATION 202Cameron 204Tuba City & Moenkopi 204Antelope Canyon 206Navajo National Monument 206Kayenta 207Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park 207Four Corners Navajo Tribal Park 209Canyon de Chelly National Monument 209Ganado & Hubbell Trading Post 212Window Rock 212HOPI RESERVATION 213

Eastern Arizona & Rim Country 217I-40 (ROUTE 66) TO NEW MEXICO 218Meteor Crater 218Winslow 219Holbrook 220Petrified Forest National Park 221RIM COUNTRY 222Payson & Around 222Show Low 224Pinetop-Lakeside 224White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation 225Greer 226Springerville & Eagar 227Coronado Trail Scenic Road 228THE GILA RIVER TO THE SALT RIVER 229

C O N T E N T S 11

The Authors 329Behind the Scenes 330Index 335Map Legend 344

Health 326BEFORE YOU GO 326Insurance 326Internet Resources 326IN ARIZONA 326Availability & Cost of Health Care 326Infectious Diseases 326Environmental Hazards 327

Land 319GETTING AROUND 321Air 321Bicycle 321Bus 321Car & Motorcycle 322Hitchhiking 325Local Transportation 325Train 325

p106Central Arizona

p237Tucson

p255Southern Arizona

p218Rim Country

Eastern Arizona &

p202Navajo & Hopi Landsp146

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p285Western Arizona

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Mogollon Rim

Monument Valley

Navajo Creek

Oak

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Juniper Mountains

Hualapai M

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Kan

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Christmas Tree Pass

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Abajo M

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Ced

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Bill Williams Mtn 9245ft

Cape Royal 7876ft

Thumb Butte

Abajo Peak 11,360ft

Navajo Mtn 10,388ft

PointImperial(8803ft)

KendrickPeak10,418ft

Blue Ridge Reservoir

Fool Hollow Lake

White Mountain Lake Lyman Lake

Mormon Lake

Ashurst Lake

Little Colorado RiverLake Mary

White Horse LakeRogers Lake

Lynx Lake

Watson Lake

Paria River

Kaibito Creek

McPhee Reservoir

Dolores R

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Chaco R

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Muddy River

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Callville Bay

Tropic Reservoir

Panguitch Lake

Enterprise ReservoirKolob Reservoir

Blue Springs Reservoir

Bill WilliamsRiver

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Petrified Forest Wilderness

Petrified Forest Wilderness

Coconino National Forest

Camp Verde IR

Prescott National ForestYavapai IR

Hualapai IR

Hurricane C

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Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

Mesa Verde National Pa

Cibola National

Ramah IR

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Valley of Fire State Park

Las Vegas Dunes Recreation Lands (BLM)

Pahranagat National Wildlife Range

Natural Bridges National Monument

Dixie NF

Dixie National Forest

Tonto Natural Bridge State Park

Homolovi Ruins State Park

Little Painted Desert County Park

Slide Rock State Park

Red Rock State Park

Granite Mtn Wilderness

Hualapai Mountain Park

Red Rock State Park

Cathedral Gorge State Park

Beaver Dam State Park

Snow Canyon State Park

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Edge of the Cedars State Park

Escalante Petrified Forest State ParkCalf Creek Recreation Area

Newspaper Rock Recreation Area

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WillowBeach

TempleBar

Navajo IR

Alamo Dam

Quartermaster Viewpoint

Toroweap Overlook

Little Colorado River GorgeGrandview Point

Hermits Rest

Muley Point Overlook

Rainbow Point

Ramah

El Morro

Overton

GlendaleMoapa

Echo Bay

Modena

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

Hovenweep National Monument

Butler Wash Ruins

Lost City Museum

Rainbow Canyon

Arcosanti

Pahreah (ghost town)

Paria BLM Ranger Station

Eastern Entrance StationSouth Entrance Station

House Rock Wildlife Area

North Rim Entrance Station

Bill Williams Ski Area

Tuweep

Grand Canyon West

Hualapai Hilltop

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Mountain Meadow Massacre Monument

Betatakin

Navajo Mountain Trailhead

Rainbow Lodge Site Trailhead

Bullfrog MarinaHalls Crossing Marina

Dangling Rope Marina

Keet Seel

Navajo National Monument

Goulding's Trading Post

Hite Marina

C M l i R i

Raven Site Ruin

Hovenweep National MonumentHatch Trading Post

Hualapai ValleyJoshua Trees

OvertonBeach

SnowflakeTaylor

Fort Defiance

St Michaels

WalpiOld OraibiKykotsmovi

Gray Mountain

Shonto Tsegi

Clarkdale

Cornville

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Essex

Ric

Slick Rock

Dolores

Mancos

Towaoc

Dove Creek

Farmington

Aztec

FruitlandKirkland

La Plata

Cro

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Pioche

Ash Springs

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Santa Clara

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OrdervilleMt Carmel

CannonvilleHenrieville

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Grand Canyon Village

Bullhead City

Lake Havasu City

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Prescott

Show Low

Jerome

Sedona

Kayenta

Chinle

Window Rock

Kingman

PineStrawberry

Forest Lakes

HeberOvergaard

St Johns

Tes Nez Iah

Tsaile

Ganado

Chambers

Winslow

Holbrook

Dilkon

Leupp

Cameron

Moenkopi

Valle

Williams

Seligman

Village of Oak Creek

Perkinsville

Cottonwood

Oatman

Chloride

Hackberry

Truxton

Tusayan

Desert View

Bitter Springs

Colorado City Fredonia

Supai North Rim

Katherine

Toroweap

Topock

Needles

Cortez

Shiprock

Gallup

Panaca

Caliente

Elgin

Carp

Alamo

Mesquite

Leeds

Parowan

GunlockVeyo

Central

Pine Valley

Enterprise

Alton

MonticelloPanguitch

Kanab

Cedar City

St George

Escalante

Ticaboo

Flagstaff

Las Vegas

SecondMesa

TubaCity

RedValley

PeachSprings

Jacob Lake

MontezumaCreek

RoundRock

RedLake

Pearce Ferry

KohlsRanch

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MarbleCanyon

BoulderCity

PleasantView

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Lake HavasuState Park

Buckskin MountainState Park

Beaver CreekRecreation Area

Manti-La SalNational Forest

Monument ValleyNavajo Tribal Park

DesertNationalWildlifeRange

Petrified ForestNational Park

DixieNationalForest

CoconinoNationalForest

Havasu NationalWildlife Refuge

Sunset CraterVolcano National

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WupatkiNationalMonument

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Ship Rock(7178ft)

HualapaiPeak

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Mingus Mtn(7743ft)

HumphreysPeak (12,663ft)

Lake Havasu

ManyFarmsLake

LakeMohave

Red Lake(dry)

LakeMead

AlamoLake

LakePowell

Painted Desert

Coconino Plateau

Painted Desert

Valley of the GodsGoosenecks State Park

GrandFalls

Kan

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Tanner Wash

MeteorCrater

Tuzigoot NationalMonument

Four CornersNavajo Tribal Park

Montezuma CastleNational Monument

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HAVASU FALLS (p179)Towering waterfalls splash

into blue-green pools inverdant Havasu Canyon

Crumbly spires, crimson ridgesand mighty plateaus shimmer

on an ancient tableau

GRAND CANYONNATIONAL PARK (p144) VERMILION CLIFFS (p35)

Hide your chihuahua, Californiacondors with 9ft wingspans

nest in nearby red rocks

ANTELOPE CANYON (p206)Light and shadow play hide-and-seek

in this mystical canyon that's likenowhere else on earth

MONUMENT VALLEY (p207)Revel in out-of-this world beauty and

classic American Western scenery

CANYON DECHELLY (p209)

Spectacular sandstonegorges and Ancestral

Puebloan cliff dwellings

LAKE HAVASU(p290)

Dude, it's LondonBridge in the desert!With girls in bikinis!

SELIGMAN (p296)Prankish fun, mom-and-pop

motels and sputtering Harleyskeep Route 66 spirit arumble

OAK CREEK CANYON (p129)Whoosh through rock slides and

hike riparian trails beneathcanyon walls

Punta San Felipe

Punta Radar

Punta Estrella

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Huachuca M

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Galiuro Mountains

Santa Catalina M

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Tortilla M

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Mazatzal M

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White Mountains

Gila Mountains

Vulture Mountains

Castle Dome M

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Cerro El Chinero

Cerro JuanCerro Kino

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ChiricahuaPeak (9795ft)

Río

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Río Colorado

Bahía San Felipe

Sea of Cortez

Parker Canyon Lake

San Pedro River

Sant

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Apache Lake

Big Lake

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Reserva de la Biósfera Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado

Mount Baldy Wilderness

Saguaro National Park (East)

Coronado National Forest

Coronado National Forest

Coronado National Forest

Fort Huachuca Military Reservation

Chiricahua Wilderness

Saguaro National Park (West)

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Tucson Mountain Park

Apache-Sitgreaves Nation

Lake Pleasant Regional Park

Waddell Dam

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

Imperial National Wildlife Refuge

Gila National Forest

Gila Wildernes

San Bernardino National Wildlife Refug

Rucker Canyon Recreation Area

Rustler Park Recreation AreaCochise Stronghold Recreation Area

Patagonia Lake State Park

Tubac Presidio State Historic Park

Madera Canyon Recreation Area

Sabino Canyon Recreation Area

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Reserva de la BiósferaEl Pinacate y

Gran Desierto de Altar

SuperstitionWilderness

XICALI

El Desemboque Magdalena de Kino

Santa Ana

Crucero La TrinidadEl Michoacano

Hon-Dah

Portal

Bowie

Dragoon

Pearce

Hereford

Fort Huachuca

Elgin

Tumacacori

Arivaca Junction

Claypool

Miami

Picacho

McNary

WhiteriverFort Apache

Morenci

ThatcherPima

Ehrenberg

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Glendale

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AeropuertoInternacionalSan Felipe

DosCabezas

Coolidge Dam

eropuerto Internacional TaboadaDuncan

Tombstone Courthouse State Historical Park

Gila River Arts & Crafts Centerpetroglyphs

Stanton (ghost town)

Kartchner Caverns

Colossal Cave

Muleshoe Ranch

Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum

Kinishba Ruins

Cave Creek Canyon

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Casa Malpais Ruin

TucsonInternationalAirport

Gila River

Santa Cruz River

Gila River

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SpringervillePayson

Globe

Willcox

Bisbee

DouglasNogales

Sierra Vista

Tombstone

Wickenburg

Benson

Patagonia

SonitaTubacArivaca

SellsGreen Valley

Oracle

Superior

Florence

Lukeville

Why

Ajo

Gila BendCasa Grande

Sacaton

Roosevelt

Young Eagar

Alpine

Greer

San Carlos

Bylas

Clifton

Safford

Octave

Cave Creek

Wellton

San Luis

HarcuvarSalome

Wenden

Parker

Blythe

Lordsburg

Glenwood

Agua Prieta

Sonoita

Los AlgodonesYuma

TempeScottsdale

Chandler

Tucson

HannaganMeadows

CoolidgeDam

PuertoPeñasco

OracleJunction

MartinezLake

El Golfo deSanta Clara

Pinetop-Lakeside

Nogales

ApacheJunction

Fort McDowell IR

Salt River IR

Colorado

TohonoO'odham IR

Luke Air Force Bombing &Gunnery Range

(Restricted Area)

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White MountainApache IR

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CoronadoNationalForest

Roper LakeState Park

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CoronadoNationalForest

CoronadoNational

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Cabeza PrietaNational Wildlife Refuge

Organ PipeCactus National

Monument

Picacho PeakState Park

MazatzalWilderness

Alamo LakeState Park

HassayampaRiver Preserve

Apache-SitgreavesNationalForest

ChiricahuaNational

Monument

CoronadoNationalForest

CoronadoNationalForest

TontoNationalForest

Phoenix SouthMountain Park

Kofa NationalWildlife Refuge

CoronadoNationalForest

Saguaro NationalPark West Saguaro

NationalPark East

CoronadoNational Forest

San Pedro RiparianNational Conservation Area

Mt Graham(10,713ft)

Gila Peak(6340ft)

Rose Peak(8797ft)

Baboquivari

Aztec Peak(7694ft)

Mt Lemmon(9157ft)

Peak (7730ft)

MitchellPeak

(7947ft)

Harcuvar

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TheodoreRoosevelt

Lake

WillcoxPlaya

San CarlosLake

LakePleasant

IslaMontague

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SALT RIVERCANYON(p232)

Hurtle pastsaguaros on

Class IV rapidson a stunningmultiday float

CHIRICAHUANATIONAL

MONUMENT(p281)

BISBEE (p276)Art galleries and savory

eateries class up this scrubbyMule Mountains mining townPATAGONIA (p265)

Swoop in for rare hummingbirds,wine tasting and big-screen backdrops

PHOENIX (p80)Oh dahling, shall we

nibble Camelback cuisine,shop Scottsdale or sip cosmos

by the sun-dappled pool?

Cowboy up for a

WICKENBURG(p107)

hayrides andchuck-wagon eats

dude-ranchy weekof horseback riding,

Feel the presence ofold Apache warriorsamong the surrealrock formations

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