This small Arizona suburb was named for the unlikely event that people would ever move there, but now it's a destination for ...

Will people continue to hike and bike the Arizona Trail? Extreme weather and land use challenges may test the limits.

In less than 800 miles, the Arizona Trail offers a steady string of stunning landscapes, uncanny animals, and changing circumstances. If your time is limited, it’s the national scenic trail to try.

As the Arizona Trail winds past the proposed Oak Flat copper mine, the search for climate solutions takes on new meaning.

“You can’t get there from here,” my hiking partner told a confused pair of trekkers who asked us for directions to an Arizona Trail junction. He gently kicked my shin to signal he was joking as the ...

Just outside Phoenix lies a desert paradise of rugged mountains, scenic trails, and starlit campgrounds where Arizona's ...

If you're reading this, you might have been inspired by such movies as "Wild" and "A Walk in the Woods" to take a good long trek. These films romanticize long-distance hiking, but it's important to do ...

Arizona is often pegged as one big desert. Yes, you’ll find saguaro in the Grand Canyon State, and vistas sprinkled with prickly pear—but you’ll also find forested mineral-spring oases, snow-topped ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Southern Arizona is home to beautiful and rare wildlife — and people trying to capture it on camera. Last month, local photographer Jason Miller used a trail camera to capture ...

A landscape’s dramatic features can overwhelm first-time visitors. But sometimes the places that exist on a more human scale ...

Over seven weeks this fall, Arizona Republic climate reporter Joan Meiners is biking the length of the 850-mile Arizona Trail from Utah to Mexico to report on how climate change is affecting the state ...