The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty. Spanning more than 30,000 acres, this preserve is one of the largest urban preserves in ...

Hikers walking the Corral Trail in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve have for years wondered about the scattershot of crumbling concrete and contorted metal strewn about the site of the old ...

It was setting off from one of those points in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve that I battled jet lag, taking a three-hour loop ...

Brad Stinebring took this photo of one of the many “mushrooms” that can be found throughout McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Arizona.

For anyone trying to commune with nature in the Valley, you can't go wrong with Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve. With some 31,000-plus acres, the preserve presents a smorgasbord of terrains ...

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale is more than 30 times the size of New York's Central Park. It's the largest urban preserve in the United States, and it certainly feels that way when ...