Walnut Canyon National Monument

On Sunday, December 1st, I drove to Walnut Canyon National Monument from warm and sunny Phoenix. Walnut Canyon is located about 10 miles southeast of Flagstaff. The canyon rim elevation is 6,690 feet and the canyon floor is 350 feet lower.  During the 1100s, many of the Sinagua constructed cliff dwellings in the limestone alcoves. They lived here for about 150 years.