The Sedona trail system, from the primary sources
This is Cairn's trail layer for the Sedona Red Rock area: 24 official trails travellers actually ask about, each compiled verbatim from its managing agency's own page — never from an app, a blog, or OpenStreetMap. Laid end to end in a straight line, the area's trail system measures, per the primary sources: USDA Forest Service — Sedona: Red Rock Ranger District Trail System, national Trail Maintenance Priority Area page states: "400 miles of trails provide a wide diversity of experiences for people who visit the Red Rock Ranger District on the Coconino National Forest." (the entire Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest, all trail types, district-wide). City of Sedona — GO! Sedona Pathways Plan states: "There are about 250+ miles of trails in the National Forest in and around the city." (National Forest trails in and around the city of Sedona). Derived from USFS Coconino National Forest — Red Rock Recreation Guide 2024, official PDF: those 137 table rows sum to 274.3 miles using the guide's own printed per-trail mileage — our arithmetic on official figures, not a sentence the guide prints (the same guide table; consistent with the city's 250+ figure and well below the district-wide 400). On how many official trails there are: Derived from USFS Coconino National Forest — Red Rock Recreation Guide 2024, official PDF: the guide's 'Red Rock Trails' table lists 137 named trails — our row count of the official table, not a sentence the guide prints (named trails in the Sedona-area red rock network the guide maps, not the full ranger district). Where sources disagree, every figure is shown with its own scope and source rather than averaged. Each trail below links to a full record with distance, difficulty, trailhead, fees and dogs — as published, dated. This page was last reviewed on August 30, 2026.
The headline numbers, with their sources
| Statement | Scope | Source | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|
| "400 miles of trails provide a wide diversity of experiences for people who visit the Red Rock Ranger District on the Coconino National Forest." | the entire Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest, all trail types, district-wide | USDA Forest Service — Sedona: Red Rock Ranger District Trail System, national Trail Maintenance Priority Area page | August 30, 2026 |
| "There are about 250+ miles of trails in the National Forest in and around the city." | National Forest trails in and around the city of Sedona | City of Sedona — GO! Sedona Pathways Plan | August 30, 2026 |
| Derived: the guide's 'Red Rock Trails' table lists 137 named trails — our row count of the official table, not a sentence the guide prints | named trails in the Sedona-area red rock network the guide maps, not the full ranger district | USFS Coconino National Forest — Red Rock Recreation Guide 2024, official PDF | August 30, 2026 |
| Derived: those 137 table rows sum to 274.3 miles using the guide's own printed per-trail mileage — our arithmetic on official figures, not a sentence the guide prints | the same guide table; consistent with the city's 250+ figure and well below the district-wide 400 | USFS Coconino National Forest — Red Rock Recreation Guide 2024, official PDF | August 30, 2026 |
What could not be sourced
- No qualifying primary source prints a sentence stating the total number of official trails. The widely repeated "200+ trails" figure appears only on visitsedona.com and redrocktrailfund.org — promotional sites this index does not cite. The 137-trail figure above is a labeled row count from an official USFS guide table, not a quoted claim.
- The current fs.usda.gov Red Rock Ranger District recreation page states the district's acreage (487,519 acres) but no trail totals; the 400-mile figure lives on the Forest Service's national trails priority-area page.
- The 2016 edition of the USFS Recreation Guide printed "Over 300 miles of non-motorized trail" — but the only live copy found today is hosted on a non-government site, so that figure is cited nowhere on this page.
The trails travellers ask about
| Trail | Distance, as published | Difficulty | Trailhead | Fees / pass | Compiled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Loop (Table Top Mountain #210) | 3.5 miles | Moderately challenging with some rocky spots and minimal elevation gain | Turnout on Airport Road, 0.5 miles up from SR 89A | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Baldwin Trail No. 191 | 1.6 miles | Easy, “family” type hike | Across the road from the Red Rock Crossing (Crescent Moon) parking area, Verde Valley School Road | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Bear Mountain Trail No. 54 | 4.6 miles out and back | Strenuous | Bear Mountain Trailhead, across the road from the FR 152C parking area | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Bell Rock Pathway No. 96 | 3.5 miles one way | Easy family-friendly trail | Three trailheads on SR 179 — Southern, Midway and Northern | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailheads | August 30, 2026 |
| Boynton Canyon Trail No. 47 | 6 miles out and back | Moderately challenging | Boynton Canyon Trailhead, just outside the entrance to the Enchantment Resort | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Brins Mesa Trail No. 119 | 3.5 miles one way | Easy to moderate | Brins Mesa Trailhead, off Dry Creek Road (FR 152); also reached from the Jim Thompson Trailhead | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass is required to park at the Jim Thompson trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Broken Arrow Trail No. 125 | 1.5 miles | Moderately easy with spectacular views | Broken Arrow Trailhead at the end of Morgan Road | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Cathedral Rock Trail No. 170 | 1.1 miles roundtrip | Strenuous | Trailhead parking turnout on Back O' Beyond Road | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Courthouse Butte Loop Trail No. 135 | 3.8 miles roundtrip | Moderate | Courthouse Vista Trailhead (north) or Bell Rock Vista trailhead (south), SR 179 | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Devil's Bridge Trail No. 120 | 1.6 miles roundtrip | Moderate | Devil's Bridge Trailhead, off Dry Creek Road (FR 152) | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Doe Mountain Trail No. 60 | 0.7 miles to the top of the mesa, 1.3 miles around the edge | Moderately challenging | Doe Mountain Trailhead on FR 152C, past the Boynton Canyon intersection | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Fay Canyon Trail No. 53 (Red Rock) | 2.1 miles roundtrip | Easy | Fay Canyon Trailhead, across the road from the Fay Canyon parking area on Boynton Pass Road | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Huckaby Trail No. 161 | 2.97 miles | Moderately strenuous | Huckaby Trailhead on Schnebly Hill Road; also reached from Midgley Bridge | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Jim Thompson Trail No. 124 | 3 miles | Easy | Jim Thompson Trailhead at the end of Park Ridge Drive, via Jordan Road | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Little Horse Trail No. 61 | 1.5 miles | Moderately easy. Good for beginners | Paved turnout on SR 179 at milepost 309.8 | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Long Canyon Trail No. 122 | 7.2 miles roundtrip | Easy | Long Canyon Trailhead on Long Canyon Road (FR 152D) | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Margs Draw Trail No. 163 | 2 miles | Easy | Three access points: Broken Arrow Trailhead, Sombart Lane Trailhead, or the Huckaby Trailhead | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required at the Huckaby Trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Mescal Trail No. 174C | 2.6 miles one way | Moderate with some rocky and uneven terrain | Mescal Trailhead on Long Canyon Road, near Boynton Canyon | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Munds Wagon Trail No. 78 | 4 miles | Moderate with gradual incline | Huckaby/Margs Draw parking area on Schnebly Hill Road (west trailhead) | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| Secret Canyon Trail No. 121 | 9.2 miles roundtrip | Strenuous | Signed trailhead across the Dry Creek streambed, off FR 152 (high-clearance road) | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Soldier Pass Trail No. 66 | 4 miles roundtrip | Moderate | Soldier Pass Trailhead, off Soldier Pass Road via Rim Shadows Drive | Not published by the source | August 30, 2026 |
| Templeton Trail No. 156 | 3.9 miles | Easy | Courthouse Vista parking lot on SR 179 | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
| West Fork Trail No. 108 | 3-14 miles | Easy, for first 3 miles | Call of the Canyon Picnic Site, Oak Creek Canyon — 9.5 miles north of Sedona on SR 89A | The West Fork Trailhead and Call of the Canyon Picnic Area are operated by a concessionaire, which charges a fee and honors the Coconino Pass which can be obtained at the parking lot entrance. Daily: $15 (covers up to 5 people), Weekly: $20, Annual: $50, Walk-in: $4 | August 30, 2026 |
| Wilson Mountain Trail No. 10 | 5.6 miles | Strenuous and challenging with steep ascents | Just north of Midgley Bridge on SR 89A, small parking lot | Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead | August 30, 2026 |
How these records are sourced
Every trail fact on this site is read verbatim from an official page — Forest Service recreation pages for the Coconino National Forest's Red Rock Ranger District, or other agency pages — with the URL and date recorded on the fact itself. Nothing is averaged, converted, or estimated. Where an agency publishes no figure, the record says so instead of borrowing one from an app.
The Red Rock Pass, in the program's own words
The Red Rock & Coconino Passes Program page on fs.usda.gov (shown update June 17, 2026) states: "If you leave your vehicle while recreating at a fee site on the Coconino National Forest, you must purchase a recreation pass." and "The Daily, Weekly and Annual Red Rock Pass allows the passholder to park at a Sedona-area fee site managed by the Coconino National Forest." A trail record on this site lists a pass requirement only when that trail's own page prints one — an absent fee line is recorded as not published, never as free.
What is deliberately not used
OpenStreetMap is a worklist for finding what exists, never a source of published trail geometry or mileage here. Crowd-sourced hiking apps and blogs are not sources either: their figures are GPS-derived and vary device to device, which is exactly the ambiguity a record of published facts exists to avoid.
Not field-checked, and said plainly
These records are compiled, not hiked. Conditions, closures, water crossings and fees change faster than any index; the managing agency's page — linked from every fact — is the final word before you drive to a trailhead. Corrections are free and need no account.
Report an error
Found something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will check it. It is free, there is no account, and you do not have to be the business owner. Corrections go to Thomas Karl at thomas@sedonatechsolutions.com.
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