CRESCENT MOON RANCH CABIN

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.

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.

Near the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona, Baldwin Trail covers about 2.52 miles. Grade is 5-8% and the walking surface is native material. The route holds a trail class 3 rating and is numbered 191. It lies in the Coconino National Forest, in the Red Rock Ranger District. Match the trail number to the signs at junctions so you stay on the route you meant to take. Read the rules posted at the trailhead, since not every route is open to bikes, horses, or dogs. Park only in marked spaces and pack out everything you bring in.

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.

A campground at 72 Loy Lane outside Sedona, operated by Global Community Communications Alliance. Wifi is available on site, which is unusual for a camp in this country and useful if you work while you travel. Site types, fees, length limits for a vehicle, and whether water and power are hooked up are not listed here, so ask before you commit to a night. The phone number is (888) 444-1490. Because the camp is run by a private group rather than a public agency, the rules and the booking process are its own, so read them on the camp website first.

CAVE SPRING is a campground run by the United States Forest Service at 11345 N. HIGHWAY 89A, SEDONA, AZ, 86336, in Oak Creek Canyon. It has 84 sites and is reservable through recreation.gov, so book ahead in the warm months. The phone number is (928) 282-1629. There is no wifi, and it is not recorded as having ADA access, so ask before you book if that matters. From Phoenix, take I-17 to Highway 179 north toward Sedona, then north on Highway 89A for 11 miles into Oak Creek Canyon. From Flagstaff, take I-17 to Highway 89A south and follow it 18 miles.

Chavez Crossing Group Campground is a USFS campground for groups near Sedona. To get there from Flagstaff, take I-17 south to Hwy 89A, then go south on 89A through Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona. Turn left onto State Highway 179 and go south about 2 miles. Turn right on Oak Creek Cliffs Dr., and the campground is on the left. The street address is 201 Oak Creek Cliffs Dr. Sites must be reserved ahead of time through the Recreation.gov website. This site is not marked as ADA accessible, so ask before you book if that matters. For questions, call (928) 204-0028.