Escape the desert heat in Arizona at this mile-high lake and campground that has hundreds of miles of hiking trails and ...

Nestled in the Verde Valley just 100 miles north of Phoenix, Cottonwood has transformed from a sleepy agricultural community into what might be Arizona’s most delightful small-town renaissance story.

The Verde River, Arizona’s only Wild and Scenic River, flows through the community as a green ribbon of life in the desert. Dead Horse Ranch State Park provides easy access to the river, with ...