Chiricahua protects the amazing array of vertical rock formations formed by ancient volcanic activity and eons of erosion in southeast Arizona. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit I visited Chiricahua during October when I had an afternoon free during a trip to Tucson. Our Weather Clear with […]
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Category: Arizona
Montezuma Castle
Montezuma Castle NM, Arizona, protects a well-preserved ancient Sinagua Indian ruin in the side of a rock wall off I-17 between Phoenix and Flagstaff. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Montezuma Castle as part of our 8-Park Southwest tour during March. In one day, we […]
Canyon de Chelly
Canyon de Chelly (pronounced de SHAY) is home to brilliant red canyons and ancient ruins set in the heart of the Navajo Reservation in northeast Arizona. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Canyon de Chelly as part of our 8-Park Southwest tour in March 2004. […]
Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, is home to the largest collection of colorful petrified wood in the US. Like many parks, Petrified Forest was formerly a National Monument. It achieved National Park status in 1962. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Scenery Uniqueness Wildlife Diversity ILNP Park Review In a Word. “Colorful” […]
Wupatki
Wupatki NM protects several Sinaguan Indian ruins 26 miles north of Flagstaff, Arizona on US 89. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Sunset Crater Volcano NM and Wupatki NM on the way to the Grand Canyon during March as part of our 8-Park southwest tour. […]
Walnut Canyon
Walnut Canyon, National Monument, Arizona, is home to a unique set of ancient Sinagua Indian ruins tucked into a scenic canyon 10 miles East of Flagstaff on I-40. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Walnut Canyon on the way to Petrified Forest NP in March […]
Tuzigoot
Tuzigoot NM protects a well-preserved ancient Sinagua Indian ruin on a hillside near Cottonwood, Arizona on US Alt 89. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Tuzigoot as part of our 8-Park Southwest tour in March. In one day, we were able to see three ruins […]
Sunset Crater Volcano
Sunset Crater Volcano, National Monument is home to an extinct volcano and its associated cinder cone and lava fields in the forests of north-central Arizona, about 20 miles north of Flagstaff on US 89. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki […]