Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness

This collection of cliffs, buttes, and canyons has to rank as one of nature's most magnificent masterpieces. It certainly is one of the most colorful. Red is the predominant hue here among these 43,950 acres of wind and water sculpted pinnacles, windows, arches, and slot canyons. The area is criss-crossed with trails that take you everywhere from the deepest gorges to the most prominent panoramas. Along these pleasant paths you'll discover wonders made both by nature and by some of the area's earliest human inhabitants. Watch the canyon walls and high cliffs for rock art and abandoned dwellings as diligently you keep an eye to the horizons for vistas and breathtaking overlooks.

As you part the chaparral to emerge into a hidden grotto or clamber up a slick rock slope to a dizzying precipice, you may even experience the unmatched thrill that you could have been the first to see whatever you've stumbled upon. One thing you'll surely rediscover here among the manzanita and red rocks is your own sense of wonder.

Trails in the Wilderness

All trails into the Wilderness start in the Red Rock Ranger District except Secret Mountain Trail #109, which is accessed from the Flagstaff Ranger District.

• A.B. Young #100
• Bear Mountain #54
• Bear Sign #59
• Boynton Canyon #47
• Brin's Mesa #119
• David Miller (see Secret Canyon Loop Trails)
• Dry Creek #52
• Fay Canyon #53
• HS #50
• Loy Canyon #5
• Long Canyon #122
• Mooney #12
• Secret Canyon #121
• Secret Mountain #109 (Flagstaff Ranger District)
• Soldier Pass #66
• Sterling Pass #46
• Vultee Arch #22
• West Fork Trail #108
• Wilson Mountain #10 and North Wilson #123

Additional Source: The Wilderness Institute.

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