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The Prescott region of Arizona is an outdoor enthusiast’s dream. Surrounded by national forests, mountains, lakes, hiking trails, and the world’s oldest rodeo, Prescott, Arizona has a multitude of outdoor excursions for you to enjoy. Spending time outdoors can help boost your mood and strengthen your body as you recover from treatment for addiction and mental health challenges. Outdoor recreation is also one of the easiest ways to combat boredom, a common challenge you might face during the early days of your recovery. Participating in outdoor activities can also help you:
Uprooting old habits, changing deeply rooted behavior patterns, learning new skills, and changing your life can all be challenging. Outdoor excursions can help lighten the load, boost your self-esteem, and help change your life for the better. Here are 5 of our favorite can’t miss outdoor activities in the Prescott area.
The Crack on Wet Beaver Creek is kind of like a secret oasis in the desert. After hiking the Bell Trail approximately 3.5 miles, you’ll reach The Crack, a cliff jumper’s dream. If you’re up for it, embrace your inner Indiana Jones and take the plunge. But if you’re not ready for that deep of a dive, feel free to sunbathe on smooth rocks around the creek or wade in some of the trail’s shallow waters on the way to the swimming hole.
The Crack is a picture perfect deep pool wedged in a slot canyon. Whether you’re looking to clear your mind, explore someplace new, escape everyday stress, sun tan, swim, or go on an adventure, the swimming hole is one of the best ways to enjoy cold, crisp, crystal clear blue water in the desert without large crowds. You can also meditate, do yoga, journal, or read a book on the smooth sandstone formations that surround the water. Shady trees that hang over the rocks will keep you cool as you take in the picturesque beauty around you.
Thanks to electronic bikes, you can move your body, ride in style, and explore Arizona’s Prescott area the modern way. Prescott EBike offers hour-long guided tours of Watson Lake and the Granite Dells. If you prefer a little more independence, you can opt for a self-guided tour and explore Prescott on your own. All of Prescott Ebike’s bicycles are powered bikes that can reach speeds of up to 20 miles per hour. Take advantage of this unique opportunity and discover the Olympian in you as you cruise along the Peavine and Iron King trails, which provide you with breathtaking views of sparkling water and stunning magnificent sculpted boulders.
If you’d like to make a day out of your bike ride, you can pack a lunch and picnic at the Dells or camp overnight at Watson Lake Campground. Watson Lake is a great place to:
You can also invite family and friends to enjoy this outdoor excursion with you and host a picnic or barbeque. Watson Lake Campground has playground equipment, picnic tables, grills, and showers for you and your entourage to enjoy.
In addition to strengthening your body and boosting your confidence, rock climbing is an exhilarating outdoor activity. Gilmer Outdoor Adventures helps individuals and groups build self-confidence through rock climbing and ropes courses. Even though the team will ask you to step outside your comfort zone, it’s up to you to choose the appropriate challenge for your ability.
The guided trips are perfect opportunities for beginner climbers to have fun exploring Prescott’s many rock climbing areas. The introduction to rock climbing experience is a 3-hour course for first time rock climbers. The intermediate course is a great experience for more advanced climbers. The high ropes course, which includes zip lines, a climbing wall, leap of faith obstacle, and giant swing, was designed to help strengthen courage, confidence, and determination. The low ropes course was created to help individuals strengthen their trust in others, problem solving skills, and communication.
Sure riding an ATV is fun, but this outdoor excursion can also help relieve stress, increase your heart rate, burn calories, build strength, improve endurance, and boost coordination. Prescott ATV Rentals offers exciting self-guided tours in the Prescott region. Each of the company’s Polaris RZR 1000 ATVs feature a navigation system with preloaded trails and maps. You can explore the Bradshaw pines, Prescott lakes, or backcountry.
This once-in-a-lifetime experience can take you to places you’ve never seen before. At first you might be nervous, unsure, or frightened, but by the end of the experience most people find themselves grinning from ear to ear. The Prescott area has plenty of places you can rummage through on an ATV, but the Alto Pit OHV Trail is a moderate 21.9-mile route that offers you the chance to see some wildlife as you ride. Sounds pretty epic to us.
Trail Horse Adventures allows you to explore the beauty of Dead Horse Ranch State Park and wildlife on horseback. You can choose from the Monument Loop Trail, High Desert Trail, Outlaw Trail, or combine a trail ride with a ticket aboard the Verde Canyon Railroad. As you ride on the back of a horse, you’ll have up-close views of the Verde River, a lush oasis in the desert where a wide variety of plants and animals unique to Sedona and the Verde Valley live. You can also invite family and friends to this excursion and make your trail ride a social outing.
Depending on the trail you pick, you might ride through streams, past ancient cliff dwellings, or along the Verde River. Whatever you do, be sure to lookout for desert animals native to this region of Arizona.
Here at StoneRidge, we know how challenging recovery can be. That’s why we encourage and promote outdoor recreation. Spending time outdoors can help benefit your physical, emotional, mental, and social health. Enjoying outdoor excursions can also help improve brain functionality. The Prescott region has many outdoor activities for you to enjoy. Take advantage of these opportunities. Try something new. Be adventurous. Embrace the joy of a thriving, sober life. Contact us today if you’re ready to live a thriving, sober life.
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Because mental health and addiction concerns are so often interconnected, we utilize research-based approaches with evidence-based outcomes that promote overall healing and recovery.
This low-impact magnetic stimulation activates neurons inside the brain, relieving symptoms associated with depression and anxiety.
Using brain scanning and readings, we create a map of our patients’ brains, helping us develop more targeted and effective treatments.
This process assists patients in visualizing their own brain functionality through continuous EEG readings.
We use carefully monitored doses of Spravato to help patients struggling with complex mental health disorders, including severe depression.
Patients use this practice to help reframe intrusive or negative thought patterns and develop coping techniques for long-term recovery.
This practice helps patients learn to regulate emotions, communicate more effectively, and process their own thoughts and feelings..
Licensed and trained therapists guide patients through this technique for managing stress and anxiety on an ongoing basis.
Patients experience one-on-one therapy sessions with a licensed therapist to provide a safe and private place to recover and heal.
Patients can practice the skills and techniques they have learned in treatment with others in a safe, therapist-guided space.
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We exercise progressive, leading brain science in our treatment approach for patients in our community and across the country who are struggling with mental health and addiction challenges.
We exercise progressive, leading brain science in our treatment approach for patients in the Prescott Valley community and across the country who are struggling with mental health and addiction challenges.
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