Arizona National Parks and Monuments
Arizona National Parks and Monuments
Scenic Wonders and Cultural Treasures of the Grand Canyon State
Arizona’s national parks and monuments range from places of staggering natural beauty to ancient historic sites. They are spread throughout the state, featuring deserts, mountains, sparkling lakes and rivers, canyons, a forest of fossilized trees, and dazzling cliffs and rock formations. The historic parks reveal Arizona’s past, dating back to the Ancestral Puebloan villages and their rock art. There are Spanish missions, old west forts, Mormon forts, stagecoach routes, and a still-operating trading post little changed in 150 years.
Featuring ninety color photographs and maps, Arizona National Parks and Monuments details all thirty-four destinations with an overview, a thorough description and history, and information about hiking trails, camping, boating, fishing, tours, and more.
A perfect companion volume to his bestselling Arizona State Parks, Roger Naylor’s Arizona National Parks and Monuments is the essential guide to curating your unique Arizona experience, written by “the dean of Arizona travel writers.”
“For the armchair adventurer or the avid outdoorsman, the latest book from Roger Naylor will ignite a hunger to discover Arizona’s scenic and historic treasures.”—Jim Hinckley, author of The Route 66 Encyclopedia
“Arizona National Parks and Monuments will quickly earn a spot on your bookshelf as an essential outdoors guide to the Grand Canyon State.”—Ashley Biggers, author of Eco-Travel New Mexico: 86 Natural Destinations, Green Hotels, and Sustainable Adventures
Roger Naylor is an award-winning travel writer, an avid hiker, and a road-trip junkie. He is a member of the Arizona Tourism Hall of Fame and the author of several Arizona guides, including Arizona State Parks: A Guide to Amazing Places in the Grand Canyon State, Awesome Arizona: 200 Amazing Facts about the Grand Canyon State, and Arizona’s Scenic Roads and Hikes: Unforgettable Journeys in the Grand Canyon State (all from UNM Press).
Introduction
Southern Arizona
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
Chiricahua National Monument
Coronado National Memorial
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Ironwood Forest National Monument
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
Central Arizona
Agua Fria National Monument
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Hohokam Pima National Monument
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Tonto National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument
Northern Arizona
Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Navajo National Monument
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Wupatki National Monument
Statewide Arizona
Arizona National Scenic Trail
