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Day Hikes Around Sedona, Arizona, 2nd

Day Hikes Around Sedona, Arizona, 2nd
By Robert Stone

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There is an old saying, "God created the Grand Canyon, but he lives in Sedona." The Sedona region is home to extraordinary red rock formations, natural arches, majestic pinnacles, cliffs, gorges, sculpted canyons, mesas with panoramic views, ancient Indian ruins, plus year-round creeks and swimming holes.

Sedona offers an abundance of outdoor activities, and hiking is one of the most popular. Day Hikes Around Sedona is a comprehensive guide to the extensive network of trails throughout this beautiful area. These one hundred hikes include trails to all the best-known rock formations, as well as secluded trails that travel down remote canyons, across vast plateaus, or lead to archeological sites. Oak Creek gently cascades through town, leaving a corridor of lush vegetation that contrasts with the eroded red rock landscape. Interconnected valleys, canyons, and mesas offer abundant opportunities for hiking and exploration.

A range of difficulty levels and scenery is included. All hikes can be completed during the day. Map sources and references are listed for extending the hikes.

Each hike includes:
>Detailed maps
>Accurate driving and hiking directions
>Distance, time, and elevation statistics
>Summaries to help hikers find a trail appropriate to their ability and desire
>Several overall maps to show the hikes in the greater area

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #505699 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 224 pages

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About the Author

Since 1991, veteran hiker Robert Stone has been writer, photographer, and publisher of Day Hike Books. Robert has hiked every trail in the Day Hike Book series. With twenty-one hiking guides in the series, many in their third and fourth editions, he has hiked thousands of miles of trails throughout the western United States and Hawaii. He is an active member of RMOWP (Rocky Mountain Outdoor Writers and Photographers), OWAC (Outdoor Writers Association of California), and a Los Angeles Times best-selling author. Robert resides summers in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and winters on the California Central Coast.

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Hike 69: Boynton Canyon is an awesome canyon that is rich with red rock buttes, hoodoo rock spires, and jagged red formations on the 1,000-foot-high vertical sandstone and limestone cliffs. It is considered to be an electromagnetic vortex site, drawing energies from deep within the earth. In addition to the truly spectacular scenery are ancient Sinagua Indian cliff dwellings, which retain special significance to the Yavapai/Apache Indians. The trail follows the sheer east wall of the canyon, skirting the edge of Enchantment Resort. Beyond the resort, the path drops down to the forested canyon floor and winds through ponderosa pine and Douglas fir to the back of the box canyon. (followed by driving and hiking directions, map)


Customer Reviews

everything you want/need in a hiking book for the sedona area5
This is a great book for day hikers. The hikes are organized by area, the descriptions of the hikes are accurate, and the directions to the trailheads are complete. If you are someone who likes to take your time on a hike or stop and take lots of photos add an extra hour or so to the time listed for the hikes. I like to hike very early - there were some trailhead parking areas that did not open until 8 or 9 am! There was no place to park other than the trailhead parking so we had to scramble to find other hikes. Check out times the night before if you like to leave for a hike at 6am.

useful but flawed3
a nice selction of hikes in this book, but beware. the book doesn't warn you that many of the trailheads are not reachable without a high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicle. the directions to many of the trail heads tell you to head down "unpaved" roads, which are impassable in a standard car. we had to trun back more than once and go in search of an atlernative hike. i've hiked all over the united states and have been down dozens of "unpaved roads" leading to trailheads. but the unpaved roads around sedona are much worse that anything i've ever driven on. it would have been nice to know this in advance.