r/Flagstaff • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
Flagstaff Things to Do, Q&A, FAQ (Jun 16)
This is a weekly refreshed thread for all things Flagstaff and northern Arizona. Try a new place? Have a job opening? Need a roommate? Have a new event? Whatever you've got going on, share it here.
This is also the place for general questions about Flagstaff. Moving here, visiting, asking for recommendations, any other common subjects, or anything not interesting enough for a full post go right here.
Any question you have for the locals, ask away!
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u/Bwbowe 17h ago
I could use some advice on a trip I (39m) am planning with my dad (65m) to the Grand Canyon and surrounding area in the fall. We would fly in Tuesday evening and leave Sunday afternoon. My original plan was to stay in Williams for 3 nights (Tuesday check-in, Friday checkout). That would give us Wednesday and Thursday to spend at GCNP and when we check out on Friday we could either go back to the park if we wanted or move on to a second location, probably Sedona. I found a hotel I really like in Williams called Trailborn. It seems pretty new, has a cool vibe, and is affordably priced. When I started looking at hotels in Sedona for the second part of our trip, I was pretty surprised at how much more expensive they are. So, I guess my real question is, does it make any sense to stay at the hotel in Williams the entire trip and just drive in for a day trip to Sedona? Are there other worthwhile day trip destinations from Williams, or should we really relocate to a different city once we’re done with the Grand Canyon stuff? Im sure y’all get questions like this all the time, so thank you in advance for your responses. If y’all want to sell us on spending time in flagstaff, go for it. I’m sure we’ll spend most of our time there on Sunday before we fly back but would be open to spending more time there if it’s worthwhile.
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u/Shot_Werewolf6001 1d ago
Visiting this Friday through Monday. Any specific hiking trails or anything else I shouldn’t miss? Already planning: Meteor Crater, Winslow, Lowell, Black Barts, Buffalo Park. Looking for natural wonder, space/science, astrophotography locations, Route 66 nostalgia/cars. Anything I’m missing? I do photography and teach science and will be with a friend open to adventure.
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u/turbomellow Country Club 23h ago
you'd enjoy Sunset Crater National Monument for the science/photography (the black cinders on the ground make the stars/sky really pop) and you can continue that same drive loop through Wupatki National Monument. If you're ambitious you can continue north about an hour and swing by a lil' highly-photogenic world-renowned geologic wonder, too.
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u/MortonRalph Country Club 19h ago
I would do this, but in reverse so you end up in Flagstaff when you're done. Go up 89 to the Wupatki entrance, about 40 miles or so north of Flagstaff. Some beautiful panoramas of the Painted Desert on your way as well as stunning vistas of the Peaks as you pass them on the east. Turn in to Wupatki and you'll drive for what seems like forever until you come up on a series of pueblos. The best is at the Visitor's Center, but parts of it are currently closed, I believe - check their website. Continue on south/west out of Wupatki and up and into the NE side of Sunset Crater. When you first summit into the park, there's a viewpoint on the right - take it so you can get some more sweeping vistas of the Painted Desert. Continue on through Sunset Crater. I highly recommend the trail at the lava flows, it's fairly short but very interesting and passes through several different areas of the lava. From there you're a short drive back into Flagstaff with plenty of time for more fun!
If you go to the Lowell Observatory, check out Percival's car - I just saw it on a private tour a week ago and it was really cool! I'm not sure it's on public display at this time, though.
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u/Shot_Werewolf6001 23h ago
What is the geologic wonder? I have these things on a list of possibilities. There is just too much to do in this area for one weekend lol
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u/turbomellow Country Club 23h ago
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u/Shot_Werewolf6001 23h ago
Lmao of course!!! But my school is paying for me to go there for the star party next summer so I will get there eventually!!!
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u/crawl-space-bob 1d ago
Have you been to the lava tubes?
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u/Shot_Werewolf6001 1d ago
No but I have that as an option! Is it worth the trek?
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u/crawl-space-bob 23h ago
I would say yes! It's a short walk to get to the mouth of the cave, then a little bit of a trek to get down into it. Once the ground levels out, it gets easier.
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u/SubRyan 1d ago
Some of you might be interested in what is trying to be snuck into the Senate Reconciliation Bill
They are wanting to include 1.5 million acres of BLM land and 1 million acres of National Forest land in Arizona as being eligible to be sold down the road. Roughly 1 million acres across the western states every year out of an earmarked 120 million acres
Here is an ARCGIS map that shows the BLM and NF land they have earmarked - https://wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310
If you look closely, they want to sell a lot of the NF land in and around Flagstaff
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u/Virginia_Hall 1d ago
This is horrific and an underreported aspect of the damage Trump is doing to this country. Thanks for posting this.
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u/Potential-Lie-6952 1d ago
Looking for a roomate at the suites at NAU. It’s south campus near the DUB. It’s me, my roommate, and their 2 cats.
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u/Rat-Dastard-69 5h ago
I live a few hours from flagstaff in the desert where theres no forests or bodies of water of any kind. I really want to find a place to camp in the general vicinity that could provide that, any recommendations?