{"id":117997,"date":"2025-08-04T10:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117997\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:54:08","slug":"the-most-beautiful-places-in-arizona-according-to-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117997\/","title":{"rendered":"The most beautiful places in Arizona, according to locals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/84466431007-the-wave-rock-formation-at-coyotes-buttes-north.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stunning places every Arizonan should visit at least once<\/p>\n<p>From the Grand Canyon to Sedona&#8217;s red rocks to dramatic views of Havasupai Falls, here are some must-see places every Arizonan should check out.<\/p>\n<p>Before I moved to Arizona, I lived in the mountains of North Carolina. I had moved there from one set of mountains in Virginia, where I went to college. I moved there from my home in yet another set of mountains in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>My idea of beauty involved a lot of green, in other words.<\/p>\n<p>When I moved to Arizona, I moved to Kingman. Craggy rocks and brown-yellow desert were not exactly high on the stunning-beauty scale for me. It looked kind of like someone put a big chunk of land into an oven and left it on too long.<\/p>\n<p>I came around.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I knew about the Grand Canyon because everybody does. And I have to say, it does not disappoint. Grand indeed.<\/p>\n<p>So when The Arizona Republic had a contest to find the most beautiful places in the state, I thought, how can that lose?<\/p>\n<p>Turns out it can&#8217;t. But I&#8217;m getting ahead of things. When I voted in the poll, I scrolled through the choices and thought, dang, Arizona really is beautiful. The photos prove it.<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s episode of Valley 101, a podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, we answer the question: What&#8217;s the most beautiful place in Arizona? Actually, readers answer it. I spoke with Michael Salerno, the Republic&#8217;s consumer travel reporter, and Roger Naylor, a travel writer and photographer who has been just about everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoyed talking with them, and I think you&#8217;ll like our conversation. And maybe it&#8217;ll inspire you to visit a few. I know it did me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listen to Valley 101 on your favorite podcast app or stream the full episode below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Valley 101 is intended to be heard, but we offer an <a href=\"https:\/\/embed.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26038638-what-is-the-most-scenic-view-in-arizona-valley-101\/?embed=1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/embed.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26038638-what-is-the-most-scenic-view-in-arizona-valley-101\/?embed=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AI transcript of the episode script<\/a>. There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/in-depth\/news\/local\/arizona\/2022\/03\/03\/valley-101-podcast-azcentral-answers-questions-about-phoenix\/6713869001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Submit your questions to us<\/a> about metro Phoenix and Arizona for a chance to be chosen for the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Valley 101 and all azcentral podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azcentral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on X, formerly Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/azcentral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This episode was produced by Abby Bessinger. You can reach her at <a href=\"mailto:abby.bessinger@gannett.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abby.bessinger@gannett.com<\/a> or follow her on X, formerly Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abby_bessinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@abby_bessinger<\/a>. Amanda Luberto assisted on production and you can reach her at <a href=\"mailto:aluberto@gannett.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aluberto@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch up on past episodes of Valley 101:<\/strong><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stunning places every Arizonan should visit at least once From the Grand Canyon to Sedona&#8217;s red rocks to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[73811,647,5229,931,5643,648,1587,73813,17355,22075,171,21736,16228,16233,46254,47034,8972,425,666,1571,21738,1759,73817,50,17354,519,450,1457,5312,1589,4368,5158,1451,17494,73816,3197,41598,73812,73815,22074,22077,1164,14089,14083,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,16225,73814,906],"class_list":{"0":"post-117997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-73811","9":"tag-affiliate","10":"tag-america","11":"tag-and","12":"tag-arizona","13":"tag-arts","14":"tag-az","15":"tag-canyon","16":"tag-carolina","17":"tag-destinations","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-forests","20":"tag-geographic","21":"tag-geographic-reference","22":"tag-grand","23":"tag-grand-canyon","24":"tag-guides","25":"tag-local","26":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","27":"tag-national","28":"tag-national-forests-and-parks","29":"tag-nature","30":"tag-nature-reserves","31":"tag-news","32":"tag-north","33":"tag-north-carolina","34":"tag-overall","35":"tag-overall-positive","36":"tag-parks","37":"tag-phoenix","38":"tag-podcast","39":"tag-podcasts","40":"tag-positive","41":"tag-premium","42":"tag-premium-az","43":"tag-reference","44":"tag-reserves","45":"tag-subscribers","46":"tag-subscribers-az","47":"tag-tourist","48":"tag-tourist-destinations","49":"tag-travel","50":"tag-travel-guides-u0026-travelogues","51":"tag-travelogues","52":"tag-u0026","53":"tag-united-states","54":"tag-united-states-of-america","55":"tag-unitedstates","56":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","57":"tag-us","58":"tag-usa","59":"tag-valley","60":"tag-valley-101-podcast","61":"tag-virginia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}