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ARIZONA PREMIER TRAILS ARIZONA TRAIL BLACK CANYON NATIONAL GREAT WESTERN TRAIL RECREATION TRAIL The Arizona Premier Trails is a system of trails offering The Arizona Trail is an 820 mile non-motorized The Great Western Trail begins in Phoenix in a diversity of quality non-motorized trails that inspire trail that traverses the State from Mexico This 80 mile trail features hiking, mountain the southern Basin and Range Region where people to experience the State’s magnificent outdoor to Utah. The Arizona Trail is intended to biking, and horse riding. This historic trail is vegetation is sparse, but cacti and sagebrush environment and cultural history. be a primitive, long distance trail that of national significance, following a route thrive in the alkali soil, before arriving at highlights the state’s topographic, biologic, used since the times of pre-historic Native American the Central Highlands Region in the middle of Arizona Premier Trails have been established to recognize historic and cultural diversity. The trail’s primary travelers and traders. The Department of the Interior the state. Here, at elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 and promote non-motorized trails that are of special users are hikers, equestrians and mountain bicyclists officially established the route as a livestock driveway in feet with high temperatures throughout the year, many significance to both Arizona’s residents and visitors. (outside of wilderness or other specially managed 1919, when it was used by woolgrowers from the Phoenix various trees abound. It ends in the northern Colorado Trails offer a wide variety of outdoor opportunities. areas). Opportunities also exist for cross-country skiers, area to herd sheep to and from their summer ranges in Plateau Region. Arizona State Parks recognizes various types of trails. Trail snowshoers, joggers and pack stock users. The Trail is the Bradshaw and Mingus Mountains. The trail north of designations are categorized as Recreation, Interpretive, now 100% complete. highway 69 is still used as a cattle driveway. The trail ends Historic/Cultural, Scenic, and Water trails.

Some of the Top Picks for Premier Trails in Arizona include: Bell Trail #13 - Sedona Heritage Trail - Gilbert Inner Basin Trail #29 - Coconino National Forest Jumpup-Nail Trail - Kaibab National Forest Reavis Ranch Trail #109 - US Forest Service, Mesa Ranger

Jimmy Harris Trail - Gila Community College Los Burros Trail #631 - Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Arizona Trail #101 - North Kaibab Beverly Canyon Trail - City of Phoenix South Mountain Grandview Trail - Grand Canyon National Park Gila Box River Trail - BLM, Safford

To learn more about these trails, or to nominate a trail for inclusion into the “Top 100 Premier Trails”, please visit: AZStateParks.com/Trails/Trail_TopTrails

How Can I Find This Trail? How Can I Find This Trail? How Can I Find This Trail? The Arizona Trail is divided into 43 passages. Detailed The southern end of the trail is located in Maricopa The trail sections in the southern part of the state are maps from North to South for the 43 access points County, approximately 40 miles north of Sky Harbor open year-round, but in the north may be closed from throughout the state can be found at: Airport. The northern end of the trail is located in Yavapai December to May due to snow or flooding. A permit is www.aztrail.org/passages/passages County, approximately 40 miles from Prescott, Arizona. required to drive on state lands, in the Tonto Forest, on Hassayampa Field Office Indian Lands, and to drive Bulldog Canyon section. For more information, please visit: 21605 N. 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027-2929 For more information, please visit: AZStateParks.com/trails/trail_aztrail Phone: (623) 580-5500 AZStatePparks.com/trails/trail_aztrail http://goo.gl/ClDvVC ARIZONA’S TOP PICKS “PREMIER TRAILS” ➊ Bell #13 - Sedona ➋ Heritage - Gilbert ➌ Inner Basin #29 - Coconino National Forest ➍ Jumpup-Nail #8 - Kaibab National Forest ➎ Reavis Ranch #109 - Tonto National Forest ➑ ➏ Jimmy Harris - Gila Community College ➐ Los Burros #631 - Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest ➑ Arizona #101 - North Kaibab ➍ ➒ Beverly Canyon - Phoenix, South Mountain ➓ Grandview - Grand Canyon National Park

To see more trails, or to nominate a trail for ➓ the “Top 100 Premier ➌ Trails”, please visit: AZStateParks.com/Trails

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