This rugged scenic drive takes you through gold-mining country from desert to mountaintop. There you'll find great burgers, fudge - and a yacht club.

That’s a heartbreaker but at least it frees desert dwellers ... on a spring road trip. Now the only question is where to go. Weather is usually pretty idyllic across much of Arizona in March ...

The Emery Henderson trailhead on New River Road is one of the most convenient ... the Emery Henderson segment, straddles desert flats and floodplains between the freeway and the Agua Fria River ...

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species. Next to the ...