One is Fossil Creek Trail, near Strawberry. The trail drops about 1,500 feet in four miles. After that, it takes more walking along the stream bed to get to the creek's main flow, which is what ...

STRAWBERRY, AZ — Fossil Creek has reopened for the first time since the Backbone Fire damaged the popular outdoor destination in 2021. The lightning-caused Backbone Fire burned 42,000 acres in ...

The area is 3 miles west of the town of Strawberry along the Mogollon Rim. Fossil Creek is one of only two rivers in Arizona designated as Wild and Scenic. (The other is the Verde River.) ...

Online permit sales for the Fossil Creek recreation area summer season opened at 8 a.m. Monday, the Coconino National Forest announced. Permits are required to access Fossil Creek from April ...

GILA COUNTY, AZ — Divers have recovered the ... search and rescue recovered the bodies of both men. Fossil Creek is located west of Strawberry in the Coconino National Forest.

GILA COUNTY, Ariz. - The bodies of two men who authorities say drowned at Fossil Creek in the Coconino National Forest have been recovered. The Gila County Sheriff's Office says they received 911 ...

Before Fossil Creek’s permitting system was put in place, people flooded the wild and scenic river leaving waste and causing traffic and excessive waste throughout the water, rocks and habitats.

One of only two rivers in Arizona designated as Wild and Scenic, Fossil Creek features the same travertine formations and bright blue waters found at Havasu Canyon. The calcium-rich stream beneath ...

Two recent Arizona State University (ASU) graduates drowned while visiting a popular nature area known as Fossil Creek last week. The men were part of a group of 18 friends who hiked the four ...

(FOX 10) --Officials with the Gila County Sheriff's Office said Friday a Phoenix man has drowned at an area in the Fossil Creek area known ... including Pine-Strawberry Fire and Arizona Department ...