Red Mountain Trail

Red Mountain Trail (#159) begins at a dirt parking lot about a quarter mile off highway 180. The first mile follows a gradually inclined, wide path among juniper and pinon. Occasional signs mark the correct path. You then scale a six foot wooden ladder and follow a dry stream bed into the amphitheater of the cinder cone. Take time to admire the mineral crystals and wander among the hoodoos inside the mountain. Return by the same path.

Studies by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Northern Arizona University scientists suggest that Red Mountain formed in eruptions about 740,000 years ago.