Dragging yourself into the great outdoors sounds amazing – until you’re an hour into a seven-hour hike, wondering ...

TUCSON – At an elevation of 4,000 feet in the Santa Catalina Mountains is the Molino Basin Trail. This is a 4.8 mile moderately challenging route​. ​It takes an average of ​just over 2 h​ours to ...

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This lodge is all about its spectacular location, within a national monument and between two national parks. It also has fire pits, free s'mores, and access to endless trails and rivers.

Nestled in the high desert of eastern Nevada, just a stone’s throw from Ely, lies a state park that’s about as off-the-beaten-path as you can get without needing a satellite phone and a team of ...

Chuckwalla National Monument was established by outgoing President Joe Biden as one of his last actions to help restore ...

An American and a Canadian hiker have been attacked while walking in the Jacumba Mountains Wilderness, California, near the ...

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As a frequent traveler, I think some of the best US state parks to visit include Dead Horse Point in Utah and Valley of Fire ...

Nestling in high mountain ranges and high desert cities, these southwestern homes are rich in history and natural beauty ...

Just hike slowly,’” Zhen said ... came a couple of days past the halfway point, when the trail dropped down into the Sonoran Desert near Roosevelt Lake. “I grew up in Europe, so I had ...