Fossil Creek will reopen after a COVID-19 closure and you need a permit to visit. Here's how to get one and what's new about the process.

How to get a Fossil Creek 2021 permit. To get a Fossil Creek permit, visit https://www.recreation.gov and search for “Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River.” Permits go on sale one month before ...

The popular hiking and swimming area of Fossil Creek in Arizona has been closed since a wildfire in summer 2021. Here's an update for summer 2022.

PHOENIX — Fossil Creek in central Arizona is reopening to the public after a wildfire forced a closure for nearly a year-and-a-half. All sites, including the Childs Dispersed Camping Area, ...

PHOENIX — The first seasonal permits to hike to the Fossil Creek waterfall — one of Arizona’s most popular and picturesque hiking destinations —went on sale Monday morning.

One permit lets you into Fossil Creek for the day and gives you an assigned parking space. There is a total of 148 permits available per day. The parking lot hours are 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

GILA COUNTY, Ariz. - The bodies of two men who authorities say drowned at Fossil Creek in the Coconino National Forest have been recovered. The Gila County Sheriff's Office says they received 911 ...

For Immediate Release, January 24, 2012. Contact: Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (928) 310-6713, [email protected] Todd Tucci, Advocates for the West, (208) 342-7024 ...