Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness

Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness
Fall colors in Boynton Canyon
Map
LocationCoconino / Yavapai counties, Arizona, United States
Nearest citySedona, AZ
Coordinates34°57′56″N 111°51′24″W / 34.96556°N 111.85667°W / 34.96556; -111.85667
Area47,194 acres (191 km2)
Established1984
Governing bodyU.S. Forest Service
Map of Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness
West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon, West Fork Trail
Sinagua ruin at Honanki, just south of the wilderness

The Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness is a 47,195-acre (19,099 ha) wilderness area located within the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona.[1]

The wilderness is predominantly wind and water sculpted pinnacles, windows, arches, and slot canyons, and the red-rock cliffs of the Mogollon Rim that mark the edge of the Colorado Plateau. Bordered on the east by Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, the high mesas of Secret Mountain and Wilson Mountain jut out into the lower country and canyons as deep as 1,500 feet (457 m) drain into Oak Creek and the Verde River.[1]

Petroglyphs and abandoned cliff dwellings can be found in the wilderness.[2]

  1. ^ a b Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness – Wilderness.net
  2. ^ Red Rock/Secret Mountain Wilderness – Coconino National Forest