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Arizona is genuinely a four-season state if you know where to drive. This category tracks the moments worth planning around: poppy superblooms, aspen color in the White Mountains, snow at Flagstaff, and cool-weather refuges in summer.
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is Arizona's oldest and largest botanical garden — 400 acres tucked under Picketpost Mountain east of Phoenix. It's a perfect spring half-day and one of the best photo locations in the state.
Lowell Observatory sits on Mars Hill above downtown Flagstaff — it's where Pluto was discovered, where the expanding universe was first documented, and one of the best night-sky experiences in the Southwest.
Slide Rock is a genuine natural water slide carved into red sandstone — and one of the most-loved (and most-crowded) spots in Arizona. Here's how to do it without the misery.
Prescott has trademarked the title 'Arizona's Christmas City,' and once you see the courthouse plaza after dark, you stop arguing. Here's how to plan the holiday weekend.
Yuma averages 308 sunny days a year — more than anywhere else in the United States. In January, when Flagstaff is buried, Yuma is 70°F and you can hike in shorts. Here's a real weekend plan.
Three and a half hours from Phoenix, 30 degrees cooler, and lined with trout lakes. Pinetop and Show Low are the Valley's summer escape and most Phoenicians underuse them.
Flagstaff gets all the summer-getaway press, but Arizona's White Mountains — three hours east of Phoenix — sit at 7,000+ feet, run 30 degrees cooler than the Valley, and stay refreshingly under the radar.
Page is the unsung capital of northern Arizona — a small town that happens to sit on top of Lake Powell, next door to Antelope Canyon, and 10 minutes from Horseshoe Bend. Here's the weekend plan.
Prescott is the easiest summer escape from Phoenix — 5,400 feet of elevation, a historic courthouse plaza, and Whiskey Row's saloons still pouring after 150 years.
When the winter rains cooperate, Arizona's desert explodes into color for about 3 weeks in March. Here's where to chase the wildflower superbloom.
Phoenix gets winters in the 70s. Flagstaff gets snow. The 2-hour drive between them might be the best in-state getaway in Arizona for a long winter weekend.
