The most striking characteristic of the Yellow Jacket Trail in Prescott National Forest is the silence. Located a mere 4 miles from Interstate 17 near the Yavapai County town of Dugas, the shared ...

Charcoal Gulch was damaged by the 2017 Goodwin Fire that burned over 28,500 acres of brush, grass and piñon-juniper woodlands 14 miles south of Prescott.

Jeff Stambaugh, 63, has been missing since Sept. 28, after he didn’t return from a camping trip at the Yavapai campground at Granite Mountain in Prescott.

The short two-mile trail takes you up over 600 feet to the eponymous Thumb Butte and panoramic views of Prescott National Forest. If you prefer rocky terrain over thick forests, venture northeast ...

- [Ike] Surrounded by 1.2 million acres of prime national forest and an average temperature of 70 degrees, the city of Prescott firmly establishes itself as the destination for recreation.