Baldwin Trail

About 0.42 miles long, Red Rock Crossing Trail sits on Coconino National Forest land near the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona. The Red Rock Ranger District keeps it up. Look for the number 191B where routes meet. The path is made of native material, rated trail class 3, and rises at a grade of 5-8%. Park only in marked spaces and pack out everything you bring in. Phone service is not reliable on forest land, so save a map before you leave town. Plan a turnaround time, and turn back early if the light or the weather changes.

Crescent Moon Ranch Cabin is a cabin you can reserve at 333 Red Rock Crossing Rd in Sedona. It is reservable and lists ADA access as N, so it is not set up for wheelchairs. The phone number is (928) 203-7500. Directions on file run from Interstate 17, take exit 298 onto Highway 179 north, then go west through Sedona on 89A to Upper Red Rock Loop Road. Two notes. The website points at a general agency publications page, not at this cabin. The email is a usda.gov address for one staff member rather than a booking line.

Secret Slickrock Trail is 0.4 miles near Sedona, in the Red Rock Ranger District of Coconino National Forest, as trail number 202B. The letter puts it in the family that shares the number 202 on that side of town. The typical grade is 10 to 12 percent, steep for under half a mile, and the surface is native material. It is recorded as trail class 2. The allowed uses are not posted for this one, so ask before you ride. Plan it as one leg of a loop built from that network.

Crescent Moon Ramada is a reservable day-use ramada at 333 RED ROCK CROSSING RD., SEDONA, AZ, 86336. It is a shelter you book for the day, not a campsite, although it arrived in the source filed as a campground. The phone number is (928) 204-0028, and it is booked through recreation.gov. It is not recorded as having ADA access. From Phoenix, take I-17 north to State Highway 179, go north for 13 miles to Sedona, turn left on Highway 89A and continue south for 4 miles, then turn left on Upper Red Rock Loop Road and go another 4 miles to Crescent Moon.

Cathedral Rock Trail is 0.53 miles near Village of Oak Creek, in the Red Rock Ranger District of Coconino National Forest, as trail number 170. Its typical grade is 40 to 50 percent, by a wide margin the steepest figure anywhere listed here. Read that before the mileage: half a mile at that pitch is a scramble, not a walk, and it is the reason people describe this one as hard despite the short distance. It is class 2, on native material. The permitted uses are not posted here. Parking here fills early.

Agave Trail runs about 0.11 miles through the red rock country around the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona. The grade is listed at 5-8%, so there is some climbing but nothing sustained for long. Walkers cross native material. It is signed as trail number 173B and rated trail class 3. The Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest takes care of it. Check current conditions before you go, because weather, fire, or repair work can close a route. Carry water and tell someone where you plan to walk.

Baby Bell Spur Trail is 0.32 miles near Village of Oak Creek, in the Red Rock Ranger District of Coconino National Forest. It is trail number 655A. It is a spur, which means it branches off a longer trail and ends rather than looping. The typical grade is 0 to 5 percent, close to flat, and the surface is native material. It is a class 3 trail. The permitted uses are not posted here. Short and flat makes this a reasonable add on at the end of a longer walk, or a way to reach a junction without much climbing.

Trail number 655 carries the name Baby Bell Trail. It covers about 0.28 miles on public land near the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona. The route is built on imported compacted material and is rated trail class 2. Grade on the path is given as 5-8%. Care of the trail falls to the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest. Plan a turnaround time, and turn back early if the light or the weather changes. Check current conditions before you go, because weather, fire, or repair work can close a route.