American Gulch is a tributary gorge of the East Verde River that encompasses an area of juniper-studded hills and riparian corridors on the west side of Payson. Replete with natural springs, stock ...

Police are investigating the death of a 74-year-old man who was found unresponsive on a popular hiking trail in Payson. On the afternoon of May 28, the Payson Police Department said it received ...

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A hiker stumbled upon a 74-year-old man’s body on a trail in Arizona, police said. The man was discovered dead after 4 p.m. May 28 on the Boulder Loop Trail, the Payson Police Department said in a ...

Paul Paonessa, the project manager for Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona, has a name for the pre-rehabilitated condition of the Highline Trail #31: SOLPOST. The sobriquet, which was coined by Woody Keen, ...

Payson continues to move ahead with a plan to design trailheads for the Cypress and Granite Dells trails networks.

As we walked the trail back to his car, he bent to touch a soft tuft of blue grama grass, a drought-resistant native. It’s ...

Exploring the forest shouldn't be limited to the young and fleet of foot. High on the edge of the Mogollon Rim north of Payson, two paved trails combine for more than 5 miles of barrier-free exploring ...

A father’s ride inspires an FKT 21 years later The White Rim Trail in Moab was in Payson McElveen’s DNA. His dad, Mike McElveen, first rode a mountain bike on the famed 100-mile loop in Canyonlands ...

A medical examiner will determine the cause of death for a hiker found dead on a trail in Payson, Arizona, police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A hiker stumbled upon a 74-year-old man’s body on a ...