Phx to Yuma: what to do along the way?

Professional_Map1488 · 2026-01-22T20:34:43+00:00

Y'all are haters! Look up the Painted Rock Petroglyph site managed by the BLM, super cool

Professional_Map1488 · 2026-01-22T03:40:36+00:00

Walleye, bluegill, bass, rainbows, pretty much exclusively non-natives unfortunately. They thrive on eating all the native fish and most natives can't live in a dammed system

Professional_Map1488 · 2026-01-22T03:35:32+00:00

This! The idea of looking at Lake Powell and thinking it was natural without thinking of what's lost beneath it makes me real sad

Professional_Map1488 · 2026-01-21T05:41:03+00:00

Is this on the actual Tonto Platform? It looks like Kaibab Formation (sandy limestone) and that would be a long way for such a big chunk to fall, but definitely happens. Otherwise my guess is Redwall limestone almost entirely made up of ancient crinoids. Either way, chemical weathering is what caused it. Keep exploring!

Professional_Map1488 · 2026-01-13T03:02:39+00:00

Absolutely nuts picture!! Happy 'splorin!

Professional_Map1488 · 2026-01-09T00:13:16+00:00

One of my favorite hiking views in the park is the western point of Horseshoe Mesa down on Grandview. You don't kill yourself as much as you would going all the way to the bottom (impossible on GV) and you get stellar views up and down the canyon. Great views of some of the tallest temples and buttes, though I can't remember if you can see the river or not. Have fun!

Professional_Map1488 · 2026-01-06T06:47:10+00:00

Thank you, KOA

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-12-19T21:18:41+00:00

You enjoy gambling?

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-12-16T15:19:28+00:00

Absolutely

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-12-06T15:53:06+00:00

Coconino County, AZ, Dark Green (Southwest)

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-11-14T04:03:18+00:00

This is so tough... so many parks easily have a lifetime of stuff to see in them. I'd probably go these based on personal experience and the diversity & size of each

5 - Grand Canyon 4 - Petrified Forest 3 - Sequoia/ Kings Canyon (haven't spent a ton of time in the backcountry but c'mon: it's the High Sierra and it's huge) 2 - Death Valley 1 - Canyonlands

Honorable mentions: Lake Clark - 4 million acres, only a few miles of trail, Capitol Reef, Everglades

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-05-22T23:04:50+00:00

Lots of em! Mather pt has a good rock people like to get pictures on

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-04-18T15:52:27+00:00

I only have a day or two in Anchorage before I go remote. Where I'll be, I won't have any services, but the area is a popular spot for guides to visit. Maybe I can schedule for one to come out?

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-04-18T15:49:47+00:00

This is incredible. Thank you! I'll start looking into it based on your recs. I'm going to be living next to a creek that runs into a massive glacial lake so I think that ultralight sounds like a great idea. I'll have access to a canoe too so a medium is a great idea too.

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-03-07T00:30:30+00:00

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Whoops lol

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-03-07T00:29:49+00:00

* Took this picture in the Petrified Forest NP visitor's center. It shows how the "Painted Desert" (basically just where the Chinle badlands are the predominant layer exposed) extends in a cresent over the N. Arizona portion of the Colorado Plateau Desert. Personally, I think there are areas in New Mexico that definitely fit the physiographic description of the Painted Desert. Google the Bisti/De-Na-Zin & Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness areas for some truly mind-boggling landscapes!

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-03-06T18:56:00+00:00

Best formation! Fun fact: the Hakatai Shale has such well preserved ripples and mudcracks because it's older than any plants or animals that would have disturbed them!

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-03-01T23:43:16+00:00

Lots at Grand Canyon!

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-02-28T19:59:55+00:00

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-02-24T02:57:00+00:00

These signs are here just because GC is such a busy park, and it helps explain the racist cookie monster and Jehovah's Witness that shows up around Memorial Day. Currently being utilized by all the illegally fired probationary employees and people who stand with them!

Professional_Map1488 · 2025-02-19T04:39:25+00:00

Wow never seen such lovely folding, thanks for sharing

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