Welcome bkrantz....If you have not yet decided where you are going to stay; for that time frame, and given you want good day hikes, and guessing you would want to take a lot of pictures, I would recommend staying in Cottonwood. From there it's a skip and a hop to Sedona, Verde Valley, Jerome, and of...

Great Site ArizonaHeat.....why not go to the source I'll recommend it as a source for book reports, essays and the like for the students/teachers at school. Uncle Sam sure has kept my rear from being lost on more then one occasion.

Thanks for the welcome GTG,
I work for a school district, and get the weekends, not to mention lots of holidays and spring and summer breaks, to have fun and break away from the race. The work is just the means of reaching the goals.

Hey GTG,
WTG with the photos, what kinda camera are you using? I've been hauling along a Kodak digital latley, and the pic's don't seem to come out that clear. More then likley the photographers fault then the camera's.

Hi Phrank, Chevelon Canyon is one big momma. This hike is in the west canyon, on the Mogollon Rim. Chevelon Crossing to Chevelon lake is a good hike. Try it in the late spring or very early summer, we went in late summer of '98 and the water was just a trickle. This is about a six mile hike one way,...