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AROUND The Den

Welcome to our cozy cabins located in the beautiful small town of Payson nestled in the mountains of Arizona. The Den of Payson is the perfect spot to enjoy all that Northern Arizona has to offer with 4 seasons of recreation. Located on the Historic Main Street, you are just steps away great dining and shopping options. Just down the road is the Payson Golf course. Across from the golf course is the Peach Orchard Trail head and doll baby ranch road both of which are great for hiking or going 4x4ing. Also, nearby is Green Valley Lake, which features fishing, museums, playgrounds, and big open grass areas to play.   

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Click on any of the activities below to be take to an information page provided by the Town of Payson.

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Cowboy Riding White Bull
Fishing Boat
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HORSEBACK RIDING 

Payson, Arizona is where rodeo began. The annual World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo in the United States is a world famous event that is celebrated the 3rd full weekend in August Annually. Other annual rodeos held in Payson include the Payson Garry Hardt Memorial Rodeo the action packed Jim Barrett Memorial High School Rodeo.

 

The first rodeos in Payson were held to provide local ranchers and cowhands a chance to get together and compare their roping skills and cow ponies during the annual “down time” before the big fall roundup. There were only a couple of events in those early rodeos, but it was not long before cowboys from all over the state were showing up to compete in new events like bronc busting, bull riding, and steer roping.

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FISHING SPOTS

Opportunities abound to fish in the Mogollon Rim. Trout, both stocked and stream-spawned, inhabit many of the streams just below the Mogollon Rim. The lakes, reservoirs, and lower-elevation rivers are home to a variety of warm-water sport fish. Rim Country is full of lakes stocked with a variety of fish species and all are within an hour from Payson.

HIKING & MOUNTAIN BIKING

The trail conditions in the Rim Country can range from easy to very difficult.  A trailing experience can include anything from the fulfilling opposition of steep grades and heavy brush, to the exciting discovery of spectacular scenic views and peaceful seclusion from the pressures and congestion of society.

STAR GAZING

Payson, Arizona's night sky is a spectacular scene, sprinkled with an abundance of glittering stars, planets, and nebulae. Everyone says "WOW!" when they look through the telescope or lay out under the stars.  

 

Payson is at an elevation of just over 5,000 feet and residents like to brag that the town is situated in one of only three, pure air ozone belts in the world.  This amounts to one of the best places on the planet for star gazing.  Many of the constellations like Andromeda, Scorpius, the Big Dipper as well as many of the planets - Mars, Saturn, Venus, and others await your gaze!

 

Payson has a dark sky ordinance and unlike larger cities where lights make it difficult to see the stars, Payson doesn't have that problem.

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