Phoenix Summer Hiking Guide
Phoenix Magazine has an excellent list of trails for the summer season. To make it easier on you, we've supplemented their trail list with links to our very own interactive trail maps. Enjoy!
Hikes near mountain springs
- Parsons Trail - Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, near Clarkdale
- Horton Creek - Tonto National Forest, near Payson
- Redrock Trail - Tonto National Forest, near Payson
Hikes near water
- Bear Canyon Lake - Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, near Payson
- Red Rock Crossing - Coconino National Forest, near Sedona
Hikes near Pinal Sky Islands
All hikes are in Tonto National Forest near Globe.
Hikes in thick forests & thin air
- Kachina Trail - Kachina Peaks Wilderness, near Flagstaff
- Sunset - Little Bear - Little Elden Loop - Coconino National Forest, near Flagstaff
- Waterline Road-Tunnel Trail - Coconino National Forest, near Flagstaff
- Watershed Trail - Prescott National Forest, near Prescott
- Weatherford Trail - Coconino National Forest, near Flagstaff
Misc. hikes
- West Clear Creek Trail - West Clear Creek Wildeness, near Camp Verde
- Willow Crossing - Coconino National Forest, near Payson
- Benham - Kaibab National Forest
- Bill Williams - Kaibab National Forest
- Bixler Saddle - Kaibab National Forest