Camping, Fishing, Biking And Hiking With Beautiful Views In The Apache National Forest

Posted on February 11, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment

Canyons, meadows, rivers, lakes, mountains and pristine evergreen and mixed forests - campgrounds in Apache National Forest have beautiful views of all this and more including excellent recreational opportunities for fishing, hiking, and mountain biking.

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest is one of eleven National Forests in the Southwestern Region of Arizona and New Mexico and ranges in elevation from 3,500 feet to nearly 11,500 feet. It’s named for the tribes that settled in this area. The area in Arizona from Mount Baldy east to Escudilla Mountain is often referred to as the White Mountains (discovered by James White in the early 1900s) and is where the campgrounds featured in this article are located - approximately 3 hours driving time from the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas.

Two Campgrounds In Coconino National Forest With Beautiful Views Of A Lake And Mountains

Posted on February 5, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment

Coconino National Forest contains 1.8 million acres of pristine protected areas surrounding Sedona and Flagstaff in northern Arizona with diverse landscapes including deserts, ponderosa pine forests, flatlands, mesas, alpine tundra, and ancient volcanic peaks. The forest contains all or parts of ten national wilderness areas, including the Kachina Peaks Wilderness containing the San Francisco Peaks. Much of the forest is a high altitude plateau with an average elevation of 7,000 feet located in the midst of the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in North America.