Parking
Use the parking area beside Miller Visitor Center; the Bunkhouse loop starts just east of the center.
Overview
About Bunkhouse Trail
Why go
- Nearly level and easy to fit into a short visit
- Open meadow views toward Cathedral Rock
Heads up
- A brief walk rather than a full-length hike
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation3,871–3,904 ft
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Red Rock Tour Guide
Your drive to Bunkhouse Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Red Rock State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Miller Visitor Center and Hummingbird Garden0:00 / 0:28
“Coming up is Miller Visitor Center, a useful short stop for getting to know the park's plants and wildlife.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Red Rock Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Twin Cypress and Habicamp
- Eagle's Nest and Apache Fire
- Lime Kiln Trailhead
- 4 audio storiesacross Red Rock’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Mule Deer, Gila Woodpecker, Clark's Spiny Lizard, and 10 more
- Works offlinemaps, 12 trails, 11 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Bunkhouse Trail
The short loopThe 0.
The 0.4-mile Bunkhouse Trail is a nearly level loop east of the Miller Visitor Center, circling an open meadow for distant Cathedral Rock views. It is a good choice for a quick, easy walk between longer hikes; allow about 20 minutes with a pause to look across the meadow.
What you seeThe route stays close to the visitor-center meadow, with a broad view toward Sedona's red-rock…
The route stays close to the visitor-center meadow, with a broad view toward Sedona's red-rock country rather than a close approach to the formations. The open ground makes this a better pick for an easy landscape walk than for a strenuous or secluded hike.
Extend the visitThe Bunkhouse loop closes back at its starting area.
The Bunkhouse loop closes back at its starting area. A separate connector leads toward Kingfisher Bridge over Oak Creek if you want to add more walking; that crossing is outside the 0.4-mile loop. Miller Visitor Center has restrooms, a gift shop and picnic ramadas. Park admission is required, dogs are prohibited, and visitors must stay on designated trails.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Red Rock
68 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
12 sightingsGila WoodpeckerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
19 sightingsClark's Spiny LizardMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
66 sightingsOrnate Tree LizardMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
41 sightingsGreater Earless LizardMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
37 sightingsSide-blotched LizardMost seen around 10 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Red Rock. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
