Cool Places: Seeing Arizona’s Beautiful Fall Colors

During the first couple weeks of October the leaves of certain trees in Northern Arizona are reaching the peak of their fall colors.  You may want to know where to go on a weekend drive to see these spectacular riot of colors.

Flagstaff Ranger District

Drives
Hart Prairie (Accessed via Hwy 180 and Forest Service Road 151 and/or FSR 418, which also loops around the north end of the Peaks for a pretty view)

Lockett Meadow (Hwy 89 north  approx 12 miles north of Flagstaff to FSR 418/420 junction, then FSR 552)

FSR 420 aka “Schultz Pass Road” (Hwy 180 approx 3 miles north of Downtown Flagstaff OR Hwy 89 approx 12 miles north of Flagstaff. High clearance vehicles only north of Elden Springs Road)

Hikes
Any trail on the San Francisco Peaks including Apen Loop Trail, Humphreys Trail, and Waterline Trail (Aspen are some of the first to come back after a fire. Aspen regrowth from the 2010 Schultz Fire is abundant on the north end of this trail).

Mogollon Rim District (north of Pine and Strawberry)

Drives
FSR 321 aka “Dane Ridge” (Hwy 87 to FSR 95 next to the Mogollon Rim Ranger Station, right on
FSR 96, right on FSR 321)

FSR 300 aka “Rim Road” or “General Crook Trail” (Hwy 87 or Hwy 260 to FSR 300, 2.5 miles east of Hwy 260, 10 miles north of Strawberry)

Hikes
Cabin Loop Trail

The USDA has a link from their website to their “flickr” account that lets you see some great fall photos. These photos are from 2009 to the present and are of the Coconino National Forest area.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coconinonationalforest/sets/72157627806938991/

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