2012 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide - (Page 78)
North Central Arizona’s Mogollon Rim offers excellent hiking and camping opportunities.
Expect the unexpected: antiques, spas, dude ranches, ghost towns, red rocks and an underground river
BY EDIE JAROLIM
North Central Arizona
AOT/TODD BRENNEMAN
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Sedona provides the outdoor-inclined with an array of ways to ogle its red rock and forest scenery, including jeep touring, hiking, hot air ballooning and mountain biking. Near Prescott, a Rails-to-Trails route along the former Santa Fe Railroad tracks is one of many hiker favorites, rugged landmarks like Thumb Butte draw rock climbers, and fat-tire enthusiasts enjoy the area’s many forest trails. North of Payson, a collection of lakes hugging the Mogollon Rim offers respite for campers and anglers. Sedona and Prescott are also duffer friendly, offering a variety of golf courses for all levels and layout preferences.
Village, but arty enclaves also dot Highway 179 just south of town en route to Cottonwood. In Jerome, shops purveying pottery, jewelry, weavings and kaleidoscopes line the main drag. The woodsy twin communities of Pine and Strawberry specialize in country crafts, including quilts.
ANTIQUES SHOPPING
More Midwestern than Southwestern in style, Prescott has some 300 Victorian buildings on the National Register of Historic Places and a number of antiques shops. Many carry traditional pieces, but others, especially those on Cortez Street, specialize in Western items such as 1950s cowboy-revival furniture and Zane Grey first editions. The shops and galleries in historic downtown Miami—of GlobeMiami mining town fame—show a similar range of antiques, everything from Depression glass to Western collectibles.
Shopping Sedona’s Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village
ARTS & CRAFTS
Many of Sedona’s galleries, featuring everything from contemporary abstract painting to traditional Western sculpture, are concentrated in Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts
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2012 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide
Contents
A Grand Canyon Grand Tour
Arizona Alfresco
Main Street Strolls
Arizona State Map
Statewide Calendar of Events
Phoenix & Central Arizona
Regional Map
Resource Guide
Activities & Attractions Listings
Accommodations
Golf
RV Parks
Tucson & Southern Arizona
Regional Map
Resource Guide
Activities & Attractions Listings
Accommodations
Golf
RV Parks
Northern Arizona
Regional Map
Resource Guide
Activities & Attractions Listings
Accommodations
RV Parks
Arizona’s West Coast
Regional Map
Resource Guide
Activities & Attractions Listings
Accommodations
RV Parks
North Central Arizona
Regional Map
Resource Guide
Activities & Attractions Listings
Accommodations
Arizona’s Indian Country
Tribal Treasures: Shopping for American Indian Arts & Crafts
Calendar of American Indian Events
Map of Arizona’s American Indian Lands
A Comprehensive Listing of Arizona’s American Indian Tribes
Smart Traveler
Arizona Visitor Centers
Arizona Mileage Map
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