ATTRACTIONS

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where to go

• Sunset Crater Nat'l Monument
• Arboretum at Flagstaff
• Elden Pueblo
• Lowell Observatory
• Meteor Crater
• Monument Valley
• Museum of Northern Arizona
• Nordic Center
• Oak Creek
• Pioneer Museum
• Riordan State Park
• San Francisco Peaks
• Skyride
• Snowbowl
• Sunset Crater Nat'l Monument
• Walnut Canyon Nat'l Monument
• Wapatki National Monument

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 the Arizona desert 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 functional; we have not been able to pull it up.
• Pioneer Museum - maintained by the Arizona Historical Society/Northern Arizona Division, offers its visitors a good glimpse into the lives of the early pioneers. 
• 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.