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Select a location from the lists below, use the Arizona map or try the general introduction page.

NPS Units - Landscapes
CANYON DE CHELLY National Monument - deep canyon on Navajo land, with many cliff dwellings
CHIRICAHUA National Monument - eroded rocky pinnacles and unusual wildlife, in a remote corner of Arizona
GRAND CANYON National Park - the most famous Park in America
LAKE MEAD National Recreation Area - scenic desert region centered around a large lake on the Colorado
ORGAN PIPE CACTUS National Monument - rocky desert around the Mexican border, with rare cacti
PETRIFIED FOREST National Park - brilliantly colored fossilised logs
SAGUARO National Park - large forests of saguaro cactus, the state symbol of Arizona
SUNSET CRATER VOLCANO National Monument - colorful volcanos and cinder cones with extensive lava flow

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Fallen fir tree

NPS Units - Historic Sites
CASA GRANDE RUINS National Monument - large four-storey Indian house in the desert south of Phoenix
CORONADO National Memorial - distant, mountainous area bordering Mexico
MONTEZUMA CASTLE National Monument - impressive Sinagua Indian cliff dwelling
PIPE SPRING National Monument - 19th century Mormon fort
TONTO National Monument - two well-preserved cliff dwellings high above Roosevelt Lake
TUMACACORI National Historical Park - early 18th century Spanish mission
TUZIGOOT National Monument - large ruin with good views over the Verde River valley
WALNUT CANYON National Monument - sandstone cliff dwellings in a deep wooded canyon near Flagstaff
WUPATKI National Monument - many Indian ruins at the edge of the Painted Desert

Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Start of the White House Trail

Other Major Scenic Places
The APACHE TRAIL - dramatic road from Phoenix to Roosevelt Lake
IRONWOOD FOREST National Monument - mountainous part of the Sonoran Desert
METEOR CRATER - huge impact crater, privately owned
ROUTE 66 - the best preserved section of America's famous road
SEDONA - popular town surrounded by beautiful red rock landscapes
SONORAN DESERT National Monument - rugged saguaro wilderness
TONTO National Forest - most varied of the 6 national forests in Arizona
VERMILION CLIFFS National Monument - remote plateau with canyons and rock formations

Tonto National Forest
California barrel cactus in flower
Miscellaneous Locations
Agua Fria National Monument - river canyon in the high desert
Alamo Lake State Park - distant, desert lake in central Arizona
Bartlett Reservoir - lake with desert and mountain scenery, north of Phoenix
Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness - rugged, eroded peaks in the far northwest
Bill Williams River - little known river flowing through a desert canyon
Coal Mine Canyon - multicolored ravine on Navajo land, bordered by jagged, eroded rock formations - NEW
Copper Creek - interesting ghost town with old mine relics
Coronado Trail - scenic, winding road through the White Mountains
Coyote Buttes - eroded rocks of many colors, including The Wave
Fish Creek - rocky canyon in the Superstition Mountains
Granite Mountain - partially wooded peak near Prescott, covered by large granite boulders
Kaiser Spring Canyon - narrows and a warm spring
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge - large area of Sonoran Desert wilderness
Lees Ferry - small settlement near some remarkable scenery, close to the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Lost Dutchman State Park - saguaro cacti beneath the Superstition Mountains
Mount Lemmon - central peak of the Santa Catalina Mountains, near Tucson
Patagonia Lake State Park - desert lake along Sonoita Creek, in the hills above Nogales
Pearce Ferry - isolated marina at the lower end of the Grand Canyon
Red Rock State Park - wooded section of Oak Creek surrounded by red cliffs, near Sedona
Sabino Canyon - cactus-studded hills and ravines at the edge of Tucson
San Carlos Lake - tranquil lake on the Apache Indian Reservation
Superstition Mountains - fabled desert hills east of Phoenix - NEW
Sycamore Canyon - colorful, wooded, rarely-visited canyon southwest of Flagstaff
Theodore Roosevelt Lake - desert reservoir in the hills near Phoenix
Tombstone - famous old silver mining town in the far southeast
Tonto Creek - beautiful desert stream through a rugged canyon
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park - largest travertine bridge in the world
West Clear Creek - deep canyon at the edge of the Mogollon Rim

Lees Ferry
The Colorado River at Lees Ferry
Descriptions of Glen Canyon NRA (Lake Powell) and Monument Valley are given in the Utah Guide. Various narrow canyons in Arizona are described in the Slot Canyon section.

Summary details of the five newest national monuments in Arizona.
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