Brief descriptions with prolific photos of Sedona hikes. Bill Bohan fills the need for more hiking websites that highlight only Sedona and the Red Rock District. His homegrown pages share hikes and photos gleaned from his own explorations and those of a few hiking club friends. Submit your own hiking photos and help out the cause!
The Coconino National Forest’s database of Sedona area trails. Very comprehensive and the first place to start your search. When you’re ready to hike make sure you take along an excellent Sedona trail map and possibly even a hiking guide book. It beats trying to remember what you read on the web and will be considerably more helpful than merely printing a few pages from a hiking resource website.
The Sedona City government’s trail map and viewer. Don’t try to use this GIS tool if you have dial-up a connection; broadband only. A good urban trails map that allows you to zoom in or out much like Mapquest or Google. No info about the trails, just a map.
Doc Cassidy has hiked and explored more territory in Sedona
and the surrounding Red Rock region than all but a
handful of people. On rare occasions he will even
lead a hike to obscure and remote Sedona destinations
that few trekkers have ever seen. Doc offers 30 trail
maps complete with detailed photo descriptions showing
actual points along the hike, arrows on the photos
indicating where to turn or continue, and a reference
guide concerning the hike. It all adds up to 480 incredible
information and map pages complete with 1200 color
photos. Well-known Sedona photographer Janise Witt’s
photographs add the icing on Doc’s information
cake providing gorgeous color and clarity to the hike,
vicinity, and destination. it may seem a bit like
overkill to present hikes in such detail, however
Doc’s approach will perfectly fit the needs
of many visitors and residents who are not comfortable
going deep into the Sedona landscape without the added
safety edge of quality info that cannot be surpassed
in its accuracy and ease of use. Think of it as a
macro version of Google Earth focused only on Sedona.
Go to his website and choose a sample hike from his
list in order to examine a preview of his work in
the form of an Adobe PDF page that shows exactly what
you’ll receive for each hike. You can purchase
maps and guides individually by the hike or as a total
Sedona set. Doc has created a tool that serves as
suitably for hiking safety as it does as a doorway
to exploration and discovery. Cool, very cool.
Mountain Bike Heaven sells and rents
bikes and is home to some of the most hardcore Sedona
trail riders around. In addition to offering trail
rides and tours they sell several trail guides and
videos by the Sedona Gnarly Crew on Sedona Red Rock
mountain biking. These folks know the trails.
