The Florence & Superior Area has some trails that are strictly for the hard-core enthusiast that follow rocky creek bottoms and scenic drives through narrow, steep-walled canyons.
Payson & Mogollon Plateau (Rim) Area offers short trails up winding roads. Some lead to Apache Maid Fire Lookout. Other trails cut deep paths across the Mogollon Plateau.
The Phoenix Area is divided into Glendale and west of Phoenix, offering challenging four-wheel-drive routes or historical tours through a gold mine and ghost town.
Scottsdale & East of Phoenix offers a classic drive past lakes, canyons, old mining towns and where ancient Americans once lived in cliff dwellings.
Sedona & Cottonwood Area trails travel through red rock country, with graded roads or roughly graded dirt that turns greasy when wet, making the trail impassable.
Ganado, Chinle, & Canyon de Chelly National Monument Area offers spectacular settings, including towering red sandstone walls and spires as well as ancient ruins.
Willcox, Thatcher, & Chiricahua National Monument Area has challenging trails that skirt below Chiricahua National Monument, hot springs that simmer on steep slopes near Eagle Creek. There's hot, bubbling water in the Gila River, a remote section that is not accessible by vehicle, so bring your hiking boots.
Flagstaff, Williams, & Sunset Crater National Monument Area offers a trail that loops around Bill Williams Mountain, near the town named after the infamous recluse. There are 13,500 acres of volcanic cinder cones, craters and pine forest designated as dirt bike and ATV trails.
Grand Canyon National Park Area has trails through Kaibab National Forest that skirt the edge of Coconino Rim as well as through breathtaking forests adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Area offers spectacular views of Sonoran Desert Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and graded, gravel roads that meander around the Puerto Blanco Mountains.
Tucson, Sierra Vista & Saguaro National Park Area has backcountry roads that lead to Mount Lemmon. You can camp in Peppersauce Campground located in the Coronado National Forest. Another trail offers views of Bodie Canyon.
Kingman & Lake Mead National Recreation areas have well-used, graded dirt roads that access Alamo Lake. Alamo Lake State Park has the original bed of the old Mohave and Milltown Railroad and a hiking trail that follows the railroad route.
Lake Havasu City Area also offers a graded dirt road as primary access road to the west side of Alamo Lake. Alamo Lake State Park offers challenging back roads that lead to Nellie E. Saloon, also called the "Desert Bar."
Yuma & Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Area has spectacular desert scenery that includes trails across the Gila Bend Mountains and through the Big Horn Mountains Wilderness and Hummingbird Springs Wilderness.
