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Is a week too long in Sedona?

Don't think that you must stay longer than 5 nights per trip to Sedona; even a 4-night stay is a stretch. The average length of stay in Sedona is about 2.5 nights, and most visitors come back a second, third, or twentieth time.

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Is Sedona too touristy?

There are a lot of tourist traps in the area from 1-17. People are slower to visit shops on the 179 road. It takes 1 hour to go 10 miles on a holiday weekend. Taking the back way from Cottonwood is the best way to savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay

Subsequently, was sedona az under water?

The Sedona area was at sea bottom 330 million years ago, and the shells of sea creatures formed a layer of limestone that underlies the area today, called the Redwall limestone because of its color, the result of iron oxide deposited in the rocks by water in later eras. Why is Sedona so green? Iron Oxide formed on the individual grains of the rocks to create the beautiful rust color Sedona is famous for. Sedona is rich in Native American culture. Native American culture is rich and alive in Sedona.

Where does Sedona get its water?

We borrow water from the reservoirs we built by damning rivers, and we borrow water from the Colorado river and from Arizona's few remaining rivers flowing year-round. We also borrow water from the aquifers below ground, sinking wells deeper and deeper to pump groundwater. Accordingly, what are red rocks called? Iron in the hematite (or other iron-containing minerals) rusts when exposed to oxygen and water. A lot of the sandstone found in the desert Southwest of the United States is reddish in color - consider Grand Canyon, in Arizona, or Canyonlands National Park, in Utah.

Is Sedona too hot in June?

Is it the summer season? June through Septembe. Summer is a great time to visit Sedona because the weather is warm but not as hot as in the Valley of the Sun.

Is Cathedral Rock a hard hike?

The trip to the top of Cathedral Rock is an amazing hike in the southern part of Sedona. It's just under 1.5 miles round trip but the 740+ ft elevation gain make this a moderately difficult hike with portions where near vertical climbing is required. From the trailhead the hike can be half hour to an hour each way.

By Tarr Frogge

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