Situated near Flagstaff, Arizona, Woody Mountain Road is a favorite among campers and sightseers, especially near the end as they venture into the East Pocket area atop the Mogollon Rim and the famed Edge of the World camping area. The places it takes you to are scenic and full of potential. As you head south, you can see a radio tower atop Woody Mountain, then past The Arboretum at Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University Centennial Forest, Coconino County's Rogers Lake, through Mill Park with its scenic meadows, and further south to the top of the Mogollon Rim with incredible views and dispersed camping. There are also a lot of other connecting forest roads and trails that give you access to camping and many great places to enjoy the Coconino National Forest.

FR301 is a dirt road trail that will take you under an hour out and back, and it starts right at the city limits of Flagstaff! This is great for a quick family outing or to get in a hike when you're on the east side of Flagstaff. The mudding is good after a soaking rain or when the snow is melting (avoid this trail in-stock vehicles when it's wet!). At the end of the guide's trail you'll find parking and a USFS trailhead for a nice half-mile hike to Fisher Point with epic views of Walnut Canyon. FR301 is a more interesting drive and a quicker hike to the canyon than the Arizona Trail trailhead, located a mile east down Old Walnut Canyon Road. You are likely to see Elk along FR301 or FR301D during their migration season, especially in late fall and early winter. This area is heavily affected by bark beetles; you can hear them work on the trees in the summer if you are quiet.

Forming the west leg of the “Around the Peaks” loop, Hart Prairie Road is an Arizona gem. The eponymous Hart Prairie sits east of Fern Mountain at the midpoint of this drive and offers superb views and the finest ecological beauty in the Flagstaff area. Aspen groves, alpine meadows, springs, diverse terrain, and varied ecosystems flank the trail. Fern Mountain offers a short and beautiful hike with sweeping views of the San Francisco Peaks. The road is also part of the “Hart Prairie Loop” mountain biking trail. Quite a few lucky private property owners, including a youth camp and The Nature Conservancy, enjoy the west slope of the Peaks via this road.

The very popular Lockett Meadow Road takes you to the roof of Arizona, the San Francisco Peaks! You'll swear you are in the alpine Rockies. RVs camp on the lower sections. Folks picnic and camp at Lockett Meadow Campground. The end of the road has a hiking trailhead for the Inner Basin Trail. A fall hike into the Inner Basin of the San Francisco Peaks, the massive caldera of an ancient volcano, takes you through a tunnel of golden aspen. The cool mountain breezes make it easy to forget you are in Arizona.