Sedona Hiking Trails - Arizona USA

Sedona hiking trails can be fun and relaxing. Several day hikes are described on this website along with over 1000 pictures to help you choose your day's activities. This website is not designed to provide directions or navigation of the trails but solely intended to give you an idea of what you may see and experience on the hikes.

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The first picture on the left is from a reflection pool on West Fork Trail. The other pictures show additional breathtaking views of Sedona.

Before starting, one must be prepared and follow safety precautions. Always take plenty of water and wear a wide brim hat and sunscreen. Hiking boots or all terrain walking shoes with good traction are necessary. Take a backpack with a map, toilet paper, plastic bag, knife, food, flashlight and first aid kit. Always get a weather report. Trails can be dangerous when wet, reducing footing and increasing the chances of injury. All trails traverse dried creek beds which can become rapidly swollen during rainstorms.
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Types of Trails: Many portions of the trails can be seen on satellite photographs on Google Maps

Easy: Little change in elevation. Still many loose rocks with stepping stones used intermittently to traverse ridges and gullies.
Moderate: Significant change in elevation. Many stepping stones used to go up in elevation. The hiker can traverse the trail standing up.
Strenuous: Huge change in elevation. Many stepping stones and sections of near vertical climbing. The hiker has to use all fours to traverse these sections.

Day hikes described in this website are as follows:
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Airport Loop Trail Overlook Point - New Easier Trail !! Bear Mountain Trail - Strenuous Bell Rock Trail (Route to the Top) Bell Rock Pathway Boynton Canyon Trail Boynton Canyon Vista Trail Brins Mesa Trail, Soldier Pass, Jordan Trail and Cibola Pass Brins Mesa Trail Soldier Pass - Hiking Down the Pass Soldier Pass Arch Jordan Trail - Hiking East Jordan Trail to Cibola Pass - Hiking East Cibola Pass Trail to Jordan Trail - Hiking West Broken Arrow Trail, Little Horse Trail, Chapel Trail and Mystic Trail Broken Arrow Trail & Chicken Point Vista Trail to Submarine Rock Chicken Point Vist To Chapel of the Holy Cross Cathedral Rock - Strenuous ( Flash Video of Trail ) ( MP4 Video - I Pad ) Coconino Loop Trail Courthouse Butte Loop Crescent Moon Picnic Area & Ranch Crescent Moon Spiritual Area Doe Mountain Trail Dry Creek Vista Chuck Wagon Trail Forest Road 152 Devils Bridge Trail Muscal Parking Lot - Trailhead Fay Canyon Trail Fay Arch Trail Huckaby Trail Midgley Bridge Vista and Oak Creek Canyon Oak Creek Canyon Overlook Palatki Heritage Site - Indian Ruins and Pictographs Ridge Trail Secret Slickrock Trail Sedona Fire Department Technical Rope Rescue Training at the Devil's Kitchen Sinkhole Slide Rock State Park Slide Rock Water Area - Video Soldier Pass Trail Hiking North (Up the Pass) Soldier Pass Arches Hiking Down (South) Soldier Pass Trail Templeton Trail West Fork of Oak Creek Trail

There are many other fine trails to take. However, some of the best have trailheads which can only be reached (as of January 2012) by dirt roads which require vehicles with a high clearance and preferably four- wheel drive. These access roads include:

FR 152 leading to Vultee Arch Trail and Secret Canyon Trail.
Schnebly Hill Road leading to Munds Mountain Trail, Munds Wagon Trail and Schnebly Hill Vista.