So you've been done an Arizona vacation, maybe even Colorado and Utah, but have you done the Grand Circle? You may have heard of the term and likely know it well if you live within it. For those that don't know what the Grand Circle means, you aren't alone. It is, in a nutshell, one of the "must do" vacation destinations in North America.
The Grand Circle encompasses five southwestern states but more importantly, is so named because it contains the highest concentration of national and state parks in the United States. Within this 500-diameter area, there are almost 80 parks and hundreds of other attractions. Simply put, the Grand Circle is a bounty of fun and adventure. This isn't about going to Zion or the Grand Canyon, it's about going on a once in a lifetime vacation, something so incredible that it becomes one of the top things you have ever done.
Top Trails of Arizona is part of our four book "Grand Circle Series", providing complete coverage of every trail in all parks within the Grand Circle!
Top Trails of Arizona covers 32 parks and a healthy 221 hikes within an area of the Grand Circle. The book covers every park in the central and northern regions of Arizona and neighboring parks within Utah and Nevada. Each park contains information on camping, lodging, and food within the park as well as how to get there and nearest town. The book covers every trail in the park and details what makes the parks unique and worth a visit. From the spectacular depths of the Grand Canyon to Canyon de Chelly, the oldest inhabited place in North America, this book is the only book you will need to hike this spectacular area.
Here are all of the parks covered:
Northern Arizona
- Grand Canyon National Park - South Rim
- Grand Canyon National Park - North Rim
- Havasu Falls
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- Four Corners Monument
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
- Navajo National Monument
- Antelope Canyon
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
- Pipe Spring National Monument
- Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Central Arizona
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Park
- Tonto National Monument
- Agua Fria National Monument
- Montezuma Castle National Monument
- Tuzigoot National Monument
- Dead Horse Ranch State Park
- Red Rock State Park
- Slide Rock State Park
- Walnut Canyon National Monument
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
- Wupatki National Monument
Southern Utah
- Zion National Park
- Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
- Snow Canyon State Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Goosenecks State Park
Eastern Nevada
- Valley of Fire State Park