Escudilla Mountain, at 10,916 feet, is the 3rd highest mountain in Arizona. It sits just 3.5 miles from the Arizona-New Mexico border in the Escudilla Wilderness, which is part of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The area is ecologically interesting; it was designated a Research Natural Area (RNA) because it is such an extensive example of natural reclamation after a wildfire in 1951. It was also heavily impacted by the Wallow Fire in 2011.

Hanging Rock State Park is a hiking, climbing and mountain biking mecca in the Sauratown Mountains 30 miles north of Winston-Salem, NC.