There's something about the desert that keeps calling me back. After seven decades of exploring the American Southwest, you'd think I'd have seen it all. But that's the magic of these lands – they're always revealing new secrets to those patient enough to look....

Chasing the Sunset: A Full Moon UTV Ride Through the Black Mountain Foothills

Abandoned Gold Mines in the Black Mountains: A Thrilling Adventure Beside Lake Mohave

A moderate/easy 4wd trail in the Arizona Black Mountain foothills to an interesting Lake Mohave/Bullhead City overlook. Lake Mohave is a reservoir on the Colorado River created in 1951 following the completion of Davis Dam near present-day Laughlin, Nevada, and...

A short off road loop trail over a ridge in the Mohave County Arizona Black Mountains with great views of Lake Mohave, Laughlin, Nevada and Mohave Lakeview Ranchos. The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending 75 miles...

Trail 7778 can be accessed from highway 68 and the Old Kingman Highway. It's a very scenic ATV Jeep Trail with dramatic rock formations highlighted by twin rocks towering hundreds of feet over the trail into Arizona's Black Mountains. The Black Mountains of northwest...

Yamaha Rhino on an approximate 6 mile trail beginning at the Old Ranch ruins at the end of the Old Wagon Trail. The trail follows series of old roads dating back to the late 19th and early 20th century and washes, over a rock nob, and ends at an old corral. A quarter...

North of Bullhead City, Arizona, is an approximate 6 mile trail beginning at the Old Abandoned Ranch ruins at the end of the Old Wagon Trail. The trail follows series of old roads dating back to the late 19th and early 20th century and washes, over a rock nob, and...

A six mile ATV trail that runs from Old Wagon Trail to Old Kingman Highway with spectacular views of the Black Mountains.

The Tyro Mine is near Bullhead City, Arizona. Historically the site has been associated with the Union Pass Mining District which is now part of the Mount Nutt Wilderness. The Tyro Mine is a underground mining operation. Mine operations consist of underground...