Stealth camping at trailhead on Schnebly Hill in Sedona, Arizona

We didn’t want to drive all the way out to 525C, 525D, or 525E. We didn’t want to park at the top of Forest Road. We didn’t have a site at Rancho Sedona. We thought: why not camp at the trailhead on Schnebly Hill Road. It’s a grey area; we might be backpacking and backwoods camping along a trail. We had a recreation pass. We decided to try it. We woke up the next morning, in the midst of a movie shoot! (Or television or commercial photography, or maybe just an Insta-influencer and accompanying entourage.)

(This was on a past trip, not recently.)