• Steven J Phillips → University of California Press/ASDM Press 1999
The Sonoran Desert is one of the most wildly diverse and fascinating regions in the world. Covering southeastern California, the southern half of Arizona, most of Baja California, and much of the state of Sonora, Mexico, this vast area is home to an amazing variety of plants and animals. Its terrain varies dramatically, from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows. A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America.The authors
Scenic hikes and scrumptious dining are combined in this great guide to Arizona's best vistas and food!
No matter where you are in Arizona, you’re only minutes from an amazing hiking trail—and there’s probably a locally owned eatery nearby if you know where to look. Roger Naylor, “the dean of Arizona travel writers,” knows where to look. Naylor combines two great passions—hiking and hamburgers—to create the ultimate culinary adventure for the Grand Canyon State. Arizona Boots and Burgers: A Guide for Hungry Hikers is loaded with scenic beauty and scrumptious meals. A humor and travel writer, Roger highlights his favorite hikes in Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Sedona, Prescott, the Phoenix area, Tucson and the southern deserts, the White Mountains, and Arizona’s West Coast. Each trail is paired with a nearby restaurant serving up delicious Sonoran hot dogs, barbecue, pizza, Indian tacos, cheese crisps, and, oh yeah, dozens of mouthwatering burgers—including vegetarian options at each location. This book is a love letter to Arizona packed with more than 100 stunning photographs and featuring 70 trails and 70 eateries along with maps, fun facts, storytelling, attractions along the way, and fruit burros. These are Arizona’s best trails and best burgers.
Explore Arizona’s 90 wilderness areas through the eyes of photographer and author Jonathan Buford. Arizona Wilderness: A Celebration of the State’s 90 Most Pristine Places features the beauty and diversity of Arizona’s wild lands. Buford’s breathtaking photographs and text take us to these special places, allowing us to discover their differences and relish each one.
In its 100-year history, Arizona Highways has proudly championed the state’s wilderness areas. From tiny pockets of riparian landscape along the U.S.-Mexico border to expansive swaths of forest in far Eastern Arizona, this book is a celebration of Arizona Wilderness.
“These splendid portraits of Arizona’s 90 wilderness areas should inspire each of us to read the book and head out to see and learn more about their history and ecology. And to renew a commitment to protect our public lands.” — Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. secretary of the interior
Traveling on foot through some of the most rugged terrain in the world, Ted Cox with his dog Coy, desperately try to make it to the Quarter Circle U Ranch in the Superstition Mountains. Ted is seriously ill and his dog's feet are blistered from the hot desert floor. Finally arriving at the ranch, he inadvertently overhears a plot to murder Adolf Ruth, a man who has come to search for the illusive Lost Dutchman Mine. While trying to prevent Ruth's murder, Ted becomes entwined in a high stakes journey filled with mystery and scandal, when he also learns of a more sinister plan, which began when Arizona was still a territory.
A comprehensive field guide, fully illustrated with color photographs, to the wildflowers, insects, birds, reptiles and other natural wonders of North America's deserts, from Oregon to Mexico.
A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum)
Arizona Boots and Burgers: A Guide for Hungry Hikers (Southwest Adventure Series)
Arizona Wilderness: A Celebration of the 90 Most Pristine Places in the State
Crooked Mountain
Deserts (Audubon Society Nature Guides)
Route Editor
Route Scout
