Coconino National Forest has announced that several developed recreation sites in the Red Rock Ranger District near Sedona that were closed in March and April in response to COVID-19 will be reopening on Friday, May 15.

Another round of reopenings are planned for May 20. A few sites, including Fossil Creek permit areas, are not slated to reopen until the “latter half of June,” a press release stated.

The Sedona-area sites reopening May 15 are:
—Banjo Bill Picnic Site
—Bell Rock Pathway/Vista
—Bootlegger Picnic Site
—Cathedral Rock Trail
—Courthouse Butte Loop Trail/Vista
—Dry Creek Vista Trailhead and trails
—Encinoso Picnic Site
—Halfway Picnic Site
—Long Canyon Trailhead
—Mescal Trailhead and trails

The sites planned for a May 20 reopening are:
—Beaver Creek Picnic Site
—Call of the Canyon Picnic Site
—Cave Springs Campground
—Clear Creek Campground
—Crescent Moon Picnic Site
—Forked Pine Campground
—Grasshopper Point Swimming & Picnic Site
—Honanki Heritage Site
—Manzanita Campground
—Pine Flat Campground
—West Fork Trailhead and Trail

The release announcing the reopenings also included a plea for forest users to pick up after themselves, noting an increase in the amount of trash being left in Coconino National Forest.