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Flagstaff
is unique in the U.S.A. It is considered by many as their all-season
playground. Flagstaff is the doorway to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon
which, alone, attracts over 5 million visitors annually.
Other attractions
include the Sunset
Crater National Monument
and its dormant volcanoes, Meteor
Crater
(world's largest known meteor crater), the ancient Indian ruins at Wapatki
National Monument,
the awesome red rock canyons at
Oak
Creek, the
Navajo Tribal Park
Monument
Valley and
towering over all, the
San
Francisco Peaks
which rise to over 12,000 feet nearly dwarfing the highest city in the
U.S.A. (about 7,000 feet). It is easy to understand why Flagstaff is
called the city of seven wonders.
Other popular attractions include the
Walnut
Canyon National Monument
and its pueblos dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries. A visit in
this canyon is almost like dripping into another world. And in the autumn,
the abundant aspens turn a brilliant yellow as if to should their last
gasp before the winter snows.
And, yes, skiing is a great winter
attraction here; the Arizona Snowbowl assures
that Flagstaff is as exciting in the winter as in the summer.
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The
Elden
Pueblo, a
Native American village that probably was inhabited from A. D. 1070 to
1275, serves as a 'hands-on' archaeological summer camp for public
middle-school students. Accessible also by tourists from mid April until
September, ongoing archaeological excavations can be viewed and explained.
Phone 928-526-0866 for more information.
In
the City of Flagstaff you'll find:
- Arboretum
at Flagstaff
- you've certainly heard about the blooming beauty of Arizona in the
spring. Here is a great place to easily observe this phenomenon.
-
Lowell
Observatory
- one of the largest privately operated non-profit astronomical
research observatories in the world.
- Museum of Northern Arizona
- which tries to cover about everything associated with the 'Colorado Plateau' (the 130,000 square mile area encompassing northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico). Displays cover Native American art and culture plus the biology, geology, anthropology, and fine arts of the region.
Note: We have been assured that their web site is usually functional;
it frequently requires a lot of patience while it loads.
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Pioneer
Museum
- maintained by the Arizona Historical
Society/Northern Arizona Division, offers its visitors a good glimpse
into the lives of the early pioneers.
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Riordan State Park - a mansion built in 1904 by Timothy and Michael, brothers prominent in the Northern Arizona lumber industry. Replete with its original furnishings, a tour can be very enlightening to those wishing to know more about the successful
development of this region.
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