Comments: We have been spending time in Surprise, Ariz., for many winters and our favorite hiking trails are about a 20-minute drive away, in the scenic White Tank Mountains. Steve and Marge Fugleberg ...

If you’re looking for a hiking trail, you don’t have to go all the way to Phoenix or Scottsdale. The southwest Valley has plenty of trails to keep you from going to Hole-in-the-Rock yet again. The ...

We travel to Queen Creek, the White Tank Mountains and South Mountain to find ancient petroglyphs. We travel to Queen Creek, South Mountain and the White Tank Mountains to hike trails with petroglyphs ...

A stunning stand of increasingly rare saguaro cactus welcomes visitors to Maricopa County’s largest park, totaling 29,217 acres of rugged mountains with ragged ridges separated by deep canyons.