Northern Arizona

Wander Around the World or Across the Street™

Northern Arizona, with its mountains, streams, and pine woods, offers visitors Route 66 history, impressive National Parks like the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest, along with great outdoor adventures.

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Drive Through Arizona’s Explosive Past

Sunset Crater-Wupatki Loop Road explores a volcanic landscape and pueblos from ancient residents. About 900 years ago, the ground north of Flagstaff rumbled and shook. A fountain of fire spewed lava and ash into the air, destroying much, yet also creating two sites now crowned as national monuments. The 35-mile Sunset Crater-Wupatki Loop Road lets you explore Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument and the pueblo remains at Wupatki (pronounced wuh-POT-kee) National Monument.

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