Discover Endless Desert Trails and Stunning Sunset Views for Free at This Phoenix Mountain Preserve

Back in 1924, a city in Arizona bought 13,000 acres of rugged mountains for about the price of a used pickup today. That bargain grew into more than 16,000 acres of wild Sonoran Desert. And families still walk in without paying a cent. The trails stretch past 100 miles. Some of them were built by hand in the 1930s. Others pass rock carvings left behind centuries before that. I like how a city skyline sits right at the edge of all this wildness. You can lace up your boots after breakfast and feel