Around the Peaks Loop: FR 418

Beginnings of fall color on northern slopes of the San Francisco Peaks. This drive takes you around the north side of Arizona's highest mountain, winding through a land of pine forests and aspen groves, open prairies and rustic homesteads. Autumn turns the mountain to gold, filling forest roads and trails with visitors come to enjoy the colorful display. There are a number of places along this route where you can stop to take a hike, enjoy a lunch or even set up a primitive camp. That way you can take more than one day to do this drive or combine it with one or more of the other scenic drives in the vicinity of the San Francisco Peaks. Photo by Deborah Lee Soltesz, September 17, 2016. Source: U.S. Forest Service, Coconino National Forest. See Around the Peaks Loop Scenic Drive for information about this drive on the Coconino National Forest we