Day Hiking Areas

• Douglas Ranger District

  Dragoons, Chiricahuas, Cochise, names that hark back to the Old West. All are associated with the lands that now make up the Douglas Ranger District. Located in southeastern corner of Arizona; southwestern corner of New Mexico, the district includes the Chiricahua, Dragoon, and Peloncillo mountain ranges.  Visitors can enjoy hiking trails, the Chiricahua wilderness, several campgrounds, and Cave Creek Canyon, a world-famous birdwatching area.

• Chiricahua Mountains

  Part of the Douglas Ranger District.

• Ash Spring Trail #247A
• Baker Canyon Trail #225
• Basin Trail #600
• Bear Wallow Trail #333
• Bootlegger Trail #257
• Brushy Canyon Trail #355
• Burro Trail #240
• Centella Trail # 334
• Chiricahua Wilderness
• Cottonwood Fire Canyon Trail #266
• Cottonwood Trail #233
• Crest Trail #270 Barfoot Lookout to Wilderness
• Crest Trail #270 Jctn Saddle to Sentinel Peak
• Crest Trail #270 Wilderness Bdry to Monte Vi
• Devils Canyon Trail #237
• Emigrant Canyon Trail #255
• Fife Canyon Trail #273
• Flys Peak Trail #337
• Green Canyon Trail #272
• Greenhouse Trail #248
• Hoovey Canyon Trail #261
• Ida Peak Trail #274
• Indian Creek Trail #253
• Jhus Horse Saddle Trail #252
• Monte Vista Trail #221
• Mormon Canyon Trail #352
• Mormon Ridge Trail #269
• Morse Canyon Trail #43
• North Bruno Trail #237A
• Pinery Horsefall Trail #336
• Pole Bridge Trail #264
• Price Canyon Trail #224
• Raspberry Ridge Trail #228
• Rattlesnake Trail #275
• Rucker Peak Trail #601
• Rucker Trail #222
• Saulsbury Trail #263
• Shaw Peak Trail #251
• Silver Peak Trail #280
• Snowshed Trail #246
• South Fork Trail #243
• Turkey Pen Trail #262
• Turtle Mountain Trail #219
• Upper Rock Creek Trail #259
• Witch Ridge Trail #260
• Dragoon Mountains

  Part of the Douglas Ranger District

• Cochise Trail #279
• Middlemarch Canyon Trail #277
• Slavin Gulch Trail #332
• Nogales Ranger District

  Recreation opportunities in the Nogales Recreation Area are dispersed among the Santa Rita, Pajaritos, and Tumacacori mountains.

  The Santa Ritas are topped by 9.453 foot Mt. Wrightson, which is surrounded by the 25,260 acre Wilderness area of the same name.  Madera Canyon in the Santa Ritas is famous among birdwatchers the world over.  A number of Forest roads, including the Madera Canyon Road, provide access to campgrounds, picnic areas, boating and dozens of forest trails.

  Pena Blanca Lake, at the edge of the Atascosas, offers developed campgrounds, picnic areas and fishing for stocked and resident species.

  The Pajaritos are home to scenic Sycamore Canyon, the 7,420 acre Pajarita Wilderness and a history of mining boomtowns and hardy pioneers.

• Pajarito Mountains

   

• Border Trail #45
• Pajarita Wilderness
• Santa Rita Mountains

  Northernmost mountain range within the Nogales Ranger District. Includes the popular Madera Canyon.

• Agua Caliente Trail #140
• Armour Spring Trail #71
• Bog Springs Trail #156
• Cave Canyon Trail #149
• Crest Trail #144
• Ditch Mountain Trail #137
• Dutch John Trail #91
• East Sawmill Canyon Trail #146
• Florida Canyon Trail #145
• Gardner Trail #143
• Greaterville Trail #79
• Josephine Canyon Trail #133
• Kent Spring Trail #157 Loop
• Mt. Wrightson Wilderness
• Old Baldy Trail #372
• Quantrell Mine Trail #141
• Super Trail #134 Loop
• Temporal Gulch Trail #595
• Very Steep/Vault Mine Trail #77
• Walker Basin Trail #136
• Tumacacori Mountains

  Mountain range within the Nogales Ranger District which lies just west of Interstate 19 and extends southward to the International border.

• Atascosa Trail #100
• Sycamore Canyon Trail #40
• Safford Ranger District

  This recreation area is the home of the Coronado's most extensive mountain range, the Pinaleños, and topped by the highest peak in southern Arizona, 10,720 foot Mt. Graham.  A scenic road named the Swift Trail (Hwy 366) leads into these unique mountains and provides access to campgrounds, Forest trails, and fishing at Riggs Lake.

  The Safford Recreation Area is also home to the Galiuro Mountains and the Santa Teresa Range.  The 76,317 acre Galiuro Wilderness is steeped in history and contains an extensive trail network.

  The Santa Teresas are rugged and remote, with a variety of primitive trails leading into a 26,780 acre Wilderness (area is unavailable).

• Galiuro Mountains

  The Galiuro Mountains are a large mountain range in the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona. The range is noted for its height and ruggedness. The Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness encompasses the north perimeter of the range, and the large Galiuro Wilderness covers the central-south. To the south, the Galiuro Wilderness borders the Redfield Canyon Wilderness. A river valley borders the range to the southwest, and Aravaipa Creek and Valley border its northeast.
• East Divide Trail #287
• Galiuro Wilderness
• Holdout Spring Trail #285A
• Powers Garden Trail #96
• Rattlesnake Trail #285
• Sycamore Trail #278
• Tortilla Trail #254
• West Divide Trail #289
• Pinaleño Mountains

  The Pinaleno Mountains are a remote mountain range in southeastern Arizona  managed by the Safford Ranger District.

• Arcadia Trail #328
• Ash Creek Detour Trail #307A
• Ash Creek Trail #307
• Bear Canyon Trail #299
• Clark Peak Trail #301
• Cunningham Loop Trail #316
• Deadman Trail #70
• Frye Canyon Trail #36
• Grant Creek Trail #305
• Grant Goudy Ridge Trail # 310
• Grant Hill Loop Trail #322
• Heliograph Trail #328A
• Ladybug Trail #329
• Round the Mountain Trail #302
• Shake Trail #309
• Taylor Canyon Trail #306
• Webb Peak Trail #345
• Santa Teresa Mountains

  One of four mountain ranges of the Safford Ranger District, the Santa Teresas are home to the 26,891-acre Santa Teresa Wilderness Area.  This wilderness is one of the remote and lightly visited wilderness areas on the Coronado National Forest.  Elevations rise to 7,481 feet.
• Santa Teresa Wilderness
• Santa Catalina Ranger District

  Located adjacent to Tucson, the Santa Catalina Ranger District is the most heavily visited part of the Coronado National Forest. The Catalina Highway (Sky Island Scenic Byway) winds nearly to the top of 9,157 foot Mt. Lemmon, providing paved access to trailheads, campgrounds, picnic areas and a ski area. The Santa Catalinas are also home to Sabino Canyon and the 56,933 acre Pusch Ridge Wilderness area.

  For information about road conditions on Mount Lemmon Highway call 520-547-7510.

  For information about the Sabino Canyon Shuttle: Sabino Canyon Crawler

  For information about concession-operated campgrounds:

  • Spencer Canyon Campground 520-576-1492. 
  • Rose Canyon Lake Campground 520-576-3091 or 520-576-1477.   
  • Whitetail Campground 520-576-9198. 
  • Showers Point Campground 520-576-1325.

  You can reserve campsite and/or group areas at these sites at Recreation.gov. Please note that InterAgency and Coronado National Forest passes are not valid at these sites.

  For information on guided nature walks, hikes, children's programs, family activities, and school field trips: go to Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists.

   

• Rincon Mountains

  Mountain range within the Santa Catalina Ranger District

• Miller Creek Trail #28
• Rincon Mountain Wilderness
• Turkey Creek Trail #34
• Santa Catalina Mountains

  Welcome to the Santa Catalina Mountains, one of the premier natural areas in southeastern Arizona. The elevation ranges from 2,724 ft. in Sabino Canyon to 9,157 ft. at the top of Mt. Lemmon.The lowland desert as well as the high pine forest offers settings for a variety of recreation opportunities including hiking, biking, rock climbing, skiing, and camping

  Outstanding scenery  features steep rock cliffs and foothills covered with unique desert vegetation adjacent to riparian corridors.

• Aspen Trail #93
• Babad Do’ag Trail #705
• Bear Canyon Trail #29
• Bellota #15
• Box Camp Trail #22
• Box Camp Trail #22A
• Brush Corral Trail #19
• Butterfly Trail #16
• Cathedral Rock Trail #26
• Cañada del Oro Trail #4
• Davis Spring #31
• Esperero Trail #25
• Evans #32
• Finger Rock Trail # 42
• Green Mountain Shortcut Trail #21A
• Green Mountain Trail #21
• Knagge #18
• Lemmon Rock Trail #12
• Marshall Gulch Trail #3
• Maverick Spring #704
• Mount Lemmon Trail #5
• Oracle Ridge Trail #1
• Palisade Trail #99
• Pima Canyon Trail #62
• Pontatoc Ridge Trail #411
• Pontatoc Trail #410
• Pusch Ridge Wilderness
• Romero Trail #8
• Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
• Sabino Canyon Trail #23
• Samaniego Ridge #7
• Soldier Trail #53
• Sutherlund Trail #6
• Sycamore Reservoir Trail #39
• Ventana Trail #98
• West Fork Trail #24
• Wilderness of Rock Trail #44
• Sierra Vista Ranger District

  The Sierra Vista Ranger District includes several mountain ranges which are separated by rolling hill county and some of the Southwest’s most extensive grasslands. The area includes the Huachuca, Patagonia and Whetstone mountains and the Canelo Hills. These areas were once the focus of extensive mining activity and their canyons and ridges are rich in the history of those colorful days. An extensive network of trails provides access to the Huachuca Mountains and to the 20,190 acre Miller Peak Wilderness. In Ramsey Canyon, where miners once sluiced, blasted and tunneled for gold and silver, birdwatchers have found a gentler bonanza. A number of scenic drives cross the area;s broad grasslands and anglers find their reward in Parker Canyon Lake, where stocked trout, as well as other species, challenge fishermen.

• Canelo Hills

  Canelo Hills is part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District.

• Huachuca Mountains

  Part of Sierra Vista Ranger District

• Bear Canyon Trail #125
• Brown Canyon Trail #115
• Carr Peak Trail #107
• Clark Spring Trail #124
• Comfort Springs Trail #109
• Crest Trail #103
• Hamburg Trail #122
• Huachuca Peak Trail #121
• Hunter Canyon Trail #111
• Ida Canyon Trail #110
• Lutz Canyon Trail #104
• Miller Canyon Trail #106
• Miller Peak Wilderness
• Oversite Canyon Trail #112
• Pat Scott Canyon Trail #123
• Pomona Mine Trail #116
• Scotia Canyon Trail #127
• Sunnyside Canyon Trail #117