Home | Categories | National Parks | Hotels | Site Map | Photographs | QTVR | Whats New? | More... ARIZONA Index | Introduction | Photographs | QTVR | Driving Distances | Map | Weather | Hotels Palm Canyon, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Sites in Arizona NPS - Landscapes Canyon de Chelly Chiricahua Grand Canyon Lake Mead Organ Pipe Petrified Forest Saguaro Sunset Crater NPS - Historic Sites Casa Grande Ruins Coronado Montezuma Castle Pipe Spring Tonto Tumacacori Tuzigoot Walnut Canyon Wupatki Other Places Apache Trail Ironwood Forest NM Meteor Crater Route 66 Sedona Sonoran Desert NM Tonto NF Vermilion Cliffs NM More Locations... Agua Fria Alamo Lake Bartlett Reservoir Beaver Dam Mnts Bill Williams River Copper Creek Coronado Trail Coyote Buttes Fish Creek Granite Mountain Kaiser Spring Kofa NWR Lees Ferry Lost Dutchman Mount Lemmon Patagonia Lake Pearce Ferry Red Rock Roosevelt Lake Sabino Canyon San Carlos Lake Superstition Mountains Sycamore Canyon Tombstone Tonto Creek Tonto Natural Bridge West Clear Creek Arizona Site Map Site Search Enter your search terms this site all the web Submit search form Kofa National Wildlife Refuge > Palm Canyon The 7 mile gravel track to Palm Canyon that branches east from US 95 across the edge of the wide, empty La Posa Plain is flat but rather bumpy, and the drive takes over half an hour. The canyon is the most visited location within the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge as it is the last place in the state where native California palm trees grow in their natural habitat. The last mile of the approach road climbs gradually and ends at a parking area, high enough to enjoy views over a huge area of the surrounding Sonoran desert. The Canyon: Around 100 trees are found in a narrow, southeast-facing ravine further up the canyon; they are quite well-hidden and only visible when close by. A half mile path - steep and uneven in places but not at all difficult - leads along the canyon to a viewpoint below the trees. To get closer, it is necessary to scramble down into the canyon and up the hillside opposite. Looking at trees is the only obvious activity hereabouts, though it is quite easy to continue climbing up the main canyon and explore more of the rocky surroundings, around the edge of the Kofa Mountains. California palm trees Back to Top Arizona | California | Colorado | Nevada | New Mexico | Texas | Utah | Wyoming | Slot Canyons | Travelogue | SOUTHWEST

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