Coconino National Forest
'Pineflat Campground'
© Copyright Annick Desjardins, 2007-2008
Coconino National Forest
'Pineflat Campground'
© Copyright Annick Desjardins, 2007-2008
Coconino National Forest
'Round Tailed Horned Lizard'
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Shedding skin
Coconino National Forest
'Chapel of the Holy Cross'
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Coconino National Forest
'Manzanita Tree'
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Coconino National Forest
'Slide Rock State Park'
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Coconino National Forest
© 2008 Sarah M. Reed
Coconino National Forest
© 2008 Sarah M. Reed
Coconino National Forest
© 2008 Sarah M. Reed
Coconino National Forest
© 2008 Sarah M. Reed
Coconino National Forest
© 2008 Sarah M. Reed
Coconino National Forest
'Oak Creek, Oak Creek Canyon'
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Coconino National Forest
Coconino National Forest
'Oak Creek Canyon'
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Coconino National Forest, AZ
Coconino National Forest
'Oak Creek Canyon'
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Coconino National Forest Viewpoint
Coconino National Forest
'Johnson Mesa'
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Near Ashurst Lake view north towards San Francisco Peaks, AZ
Coconino National Forest
'Ashurst Lake'
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Johnson Mesa, Ashurst Lake, Coconino National Forest view towards the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona
Coconino National Forest
'Oak Creek Canyon'
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Oak Creek Canyon, Coconino National Forest, AZ
Coconino National Forest
'SR-89a, Manzanita Campground'
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Roadway through Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona
Coconino National Forest
'White Horse Lake'
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Coconino National Forest 28 dirt road miles southeast of Williams, Arizona.
Coconino National Forest
'Our campsite'
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White Horse Lake, AZ
Located in central Arizona, lies the Coconino National Forest. Northward lies the Colorado Plateau, a high, cold desert of flat-lying rocks and sheer-walled canyons. Southward lie hot desert basins and rugged mountains - the "basin and range province" which includes the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona. From the snow-frosted San Francisco Peaks to desert highlands along the Verde River, Coconino National Forest's 1.8 million acres drop 10,000 feet in elevation and cover a remarkable variety of landscapes. Here you can climb the highest mountain in Arizona, fish in crystal-clear lakes, swim in desert creeks under red rock cliffs and magnificent sycamore trees, float suspended under a hang glider from the crest of a cinder cone, or ski through parks and meadows and ponderosa pines.