![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spectacular mountain ranges and lots of cactus. On Saturdays, there's no fee and the owners are very friendly. If you want to explore the rocks and movie set it's an excellent place to visit. Also adjacent you'll find the Triangle T Guest Ranch. In fact, part of the ranch house set built for the movie are still there. The rock formations are spectacular, and if it reminds you of your favorite westerns you won't be surprised to learn that part of The Big Country and the Original 3:10 to Yuma were shot around here. Take Dragoon Road South and follow the sings to the Amerind Museum. It's not in Texas, but in the Eastern part of Arizona just off I-10 about 20 miles East of Benson. Stirring rock formations, lots of cacti, and wonderful sunsets. Sometimes there will be a few people with cameras, but there are plenty of points to get a good view. West of Tucson on the continuation of Speedway Blvd. If there are good clouds, and even some monsoon rains, the views can be spectacular, even if you are only taking a short hike from the main parking area. It's a little close to Tucson for good Milky Way photos. It's open until 10:00 PM, which the golden hour and moonrise fans will like. Starting in Southern Arizona, try to get to Catalina State Park North of Tucson. So, if you're visiting Arizona this summer or fall, let me suggest a few places a bit off the beaten tourist path that will get you great photos that won't be on every other wall or website. Everyone does them, and they are hard to sell. No Grand Canyon they would say no light beams in Antelope Canyon. I became sensitive when galleries got interested in my photos. I’ll add some photos.They are all glorious places, but I try to argue my photo friends out of those locations for two key reasons: they are crowded and over-photographed. I think it took us about three hours, but we were focused on seeing views and just enjoying it.Ī mom carrying an 11-month-old in a carrier did it, a man in his seventies does it TWICE a day. No critters come out in the colder weather so it was not a worry. If the weather was in the 80’s or above this review may be different. This trail is busy with people passing on way up and way down frequently on a weekend. Saw a couple folks carrying a Nalgene bottle or plastic water bottle without having use of both hands, bad idea.Īlso saw at least five people in sandals. We had a cheap adidas string backpack to put keys and water in. You’ll need BOTH of your hands to do this. Someone recommended we bring 4 bottles of water each. I’m just talking about the fear of a drop off. Don’t get me wrong, if you fell you could seriously get hurt or die. There are no hard/fast drop offs or ledges on one side and the views are amazing. It’s big enough that you don’t have to go near it. The only thing that scared me the entire time related to heights was at the very top - but only on one side of the summit. On the way down, your arms and shoulders get some work holding the handrails to navigate where to step. Tons of steps and if you can do a box step while exercising, that’s the highest step I encountered on the trail. In my opinion, rock shuffling is being able to navigate where to step next on large boulders almost the entire time. Two of us were skeptical and a little frightened after seeing, “double black diamonds” and some people say it’s very advanced. We kept seeing reviews write about “rock shuffling.” We tried to YouTube what that meant and Google it. We read reviews to see if it was manageable for people who are physically active and in good health. I was very skeptical for two reasons: I am significantly afraid of heights and have never rock climbed. ![]()
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