parks for kids

1. Attend a free ranger program, hike along the Trail of Time, or climb the watchtower at Desert View Point. Muster up some courage and cross the Grand Canyon Skywalk!

Buddy Bison’s 2. Visit Signal Hill for a picnic and view hundreds of ancient petroglyphs. Hike the Freeman Fact Bites! Homestead Trail and learn about homestead- ing in the desert or become a certified Junior Ranger! • Arizona’s state flower is the saguaro blossom, also known as the cactus flower! The state bird 3. Petrified Forest 6. Kartchner Caverns State Park is the cactus wren which can Go geocaching, look at fossils from the Triassic Learn all about cave ecology at the visitor cen- www.parktrust.org ­ Period, or take a hike along the Giant Logs Trail. commonly be found nesting in ter, wander through Hummingbird Garden, then Visit the Painted Desert Inn Museum or Kachina cactus plants. hike the Foothills Loop Trail. Camp overnight Point. and be sure to take a tour of the caverns.

• More hummingbird species can 4. be found in southern 7. Canyon De Chelly National Slide down a natural sandstone water slide or go Arizona near Sierra Vista than in swimming in one of the park’s natural pools. Monuments any other state. Explore Oak Creek Canyon or visit the apple Visit all 10 scenic overlooks! Hike the White orchard. House Trail, join a day tour then camp overnight. Become a Junior Ranger! • The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River. 5. State Park Spanning nearly 300 miles Explore the world’s largest natural limestone 8. Tombstone Historic District across, the canyon exposes over bridge, see the waterfalls, learn about local Visit O.K. Corral to learn about the most famous a mile of history underneath the history with a visit to the old lodge or become a gunfight in the history of the Old West, wander Junior Ranger! Hike the Waterfall Trail and swim through the old city streets and explore what life Earth’s surface. in Pine Creek! was like before cars, cell phones and electricity!

All photos courtesy of Hill Art Group.