Coronado National Forest

Recreational Activities

Hiking Trails

The hiking trails of the Coronado National Forest sky islands offer near unmatched variety. Elevation determines not only the air temperature, with lowlands warmer than highlands, but also the types of plants and animals encountered. The warm climate and desert plants for which Arizona is known occur only at lower elevations, while pine, fir, and spruce cover the highest mountain tops, with grasslands and oak woodlands between.

Hikers can explore the desert lowlands during the winter, then come back in summer to wander through cool high-elevation Ponderosa pine forest during the summer months.

Or consider starting in the towering pines of a mountain summit and walking downhill to finish among giant saguaro cactus on the desert floor -- all in a single day hike.

The following is a list of hiking Trails on the Coronado National Forest. Basic information is shown. For further information, click on the trail name to get a detailed description.

TRAIL NAME	Trail #	District				Status (Open unless indicated)
agua caliente	140	Nogales	*
arcadia	328	Safford	*
armour spring	71	Nogales	*			Closed
ash creek	307	Safford	*
ash creek detour	307a	Safford	*
ash spring	247a	Douglas	*
aspen	93	Santa Catalina	*
atascosa	100	Nogales	*
baker canyon	225	Douglas	*
basin	600	Douglas	*
bear canyon	29	Santa Catalina	*
bear canyon	125	Sierra Vista	*
bear wallow	333	Douglas	*
Bog springs	156	Nogales	*			Closed
bootlegger	257	Douglas	*
border	45	Nogales	*
box camp	22	Santa Catalina	*
box spring	22A	Santa Catalina	*
brown canyon	115	Sierra Vista	*
brush corral	19	Santa Catalina	*
brushy canyon	355	Douglas	*
burro	240	Douglas	*
butterfly	16	Santa Catalina	*
Canada del Oro	4	Santa Catalina	*
carr peak	107	Sierra Vista	*
cathedral rock	26	Santa Catalina	*
cave canyon	149	Nogales	*			Closed
centella	334	Douglas	*
chinaman	137	Nogales	*			Closed
clark peak	301	Safford	*
cochise	279	Douglas	*	*
comfort springs	109	Sierra Vista	*
cottonwood	233	Douglas	*
cottonwood-fire canyon	266	Douglas	*
crest (to Miller Pk)	103	Sierra Vista	*
crest	144	Nogales	*			Closed
crest (Junction Saddle to Sentinel Pk)	270	Douglas	*
crest (barefoot to wilderness)	270	Douglas	*
crest (wilderness to monte vista)	270	Douglas	*
cunningham	316	Safford	*			Closed
deadman	70	Safford	*			Upper trail closed
devils canyon	237	Douglas	*
dutch john	91	Nogales	*			Open from Bog Springs Campground to the Dutch John Spring only
east divide	287	Safford	*
east fork	24a	Santa Catalina	*
east sawmill canyon	146	Sierra Vista	*
emigrant canyon	255	Douglas	*
esperero	25	Santa Catalina	*
fife canyon	273	Douglas	*
finger rock	42	Santa Catalina	*
florida canyon	145	Nogales	*			Closed
flys peak	337	Douglas	*
Frye Canyon	36	Safford	*			Closed
gardner canyon	143	Nogales	*			Closed
grant creek	305	Safford	*
grant goudy ridge	310	Safford	*
grant hill loop	322	Safford	*
greaterville	79	Nogales	*			Closed
green canyon	262	Douglas	*
green mountain	21	Santa Catalina	*
green mountain shortcut	21A	Santa Catalina	*
greenhouse	248	Douglas	*
hamburg	122	Sierra Vista	*
heliograph	328a	Safford	*
herb martyr	247	Douglas	*
holdout springs	285a	Safford	*
hoovey canyon	261	Douglas	*
huachuca	121	Sierra Vista	*
hunter canyon	111	Sierra Vista	*
ida canyon	110	Sierra Vista	*
ida peak	274	Douglas	*
indian creek	253	Douglas	*
jhus-horse saddle	252	Douglas	*
josephine	133	Nogales	*			Closed
Kent springs	157	Nogales	*			Closed
ladybug	329	Safford	*
lemmon rock	12	Santa Catalina	*
lutz canyon	104	Sierra Vista	*
marshall gulch	3	Santa Catalina	*
Maverick spring	704	Santa Catalina	*
middlemarch	277	Douglas	*
miller	106	Sierra Vista	*
miller creek	28	Santa Catalina	*
monte vista	221	Douglas	*
mormon canyon	352	Douglas	*
mormon ridge	269	Douglas	*
morse canyon	43	Douglas	*
Mt lemmon	5	Santa Catalina	*
north burro	237a	Douglas	*
old baldy	372	Nogales	*			Closed
oracle Ridge	1	Santa Catalina	*
oversite	112	Sierra Vista	*
palisades	99	Santa Catalina	*
pat scott canyon	123	Sierra Vista	*
pima canyon	62	Santa Catalina	*
pinery-horsefall	336	Douglas	*
pole bridge	264	Douglas	*
pomona mine	116	Sierra Vista	*
pontatoc	410	Santa Catalina	*
pontatoc ridge	411	Santa Catalina	*
powers garden	96	Safford	*
price canyon	224	Douglas	*
quantrell mine	141	Nogales	*
raspberry ridge	228	Douglas	*
rattlesnake	275	Douglas	*
rattlesnake	285	Safford	*
red rock canyon	223	Douglas	*
Romero	8	Santa Catalina	*
round the mountain	302	Safford	*			Open from Swift Trail to Trail 308 only
rucker	222	Douglas	*
rucker peak	601	Douglas	*
sabino canyon	23	Santa Catalina	*
saulsbury	263	Douglas	*
scotia canyon	127	Sierra Vista	*
shake	309	Safford	*
shaw peak	251	Douglas	*
silver peak	280	Douglas	*
slavin gulch	332	Douglas	*
snowshed	246	Douglas	*
soldier	53	Santa Catalina	*
south fork	243	Douglas	*
sunnyside canyon	117	Sierra Vista	*
sycamore	278	Safford	*
sycamore canyon	40	Nogales	*
sycamore reservoir	39	Santa Catalina	*
taylor canyon	306	Safford	*
temporal gulch	595	Nogales	*			Closed
tortilla	254	Safford	*
turkey creek	34	Santa Catalina	*
turkey pen	262	Douglas	*
turtle mountain	219	Douglas	*
upper rock creek	259	Douglas	*
vault mine	77	Nogales	*			Closed beyond turn-off to Carrie Nation Mine
ventana	98	Santa Catalina	*
walker basin	136	Nogales	*			Closed
webb peak	345	Safford	*
west divide	289	Safford	*
west fork	24	Santa Catalina	*
wilderness of rock	44	Santa Catalina	*
witch ridge	260	Douglas	*

* Status is Open unless otherwise indicated.