Arizona
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About Arizona
Arizona is the state of the great Grand Canyon, the magnificent beauty, with several national parks. Multi-day hikes and mule rides, a full spectrum view of the Grand Canyon by helicopter or airplane tour or a river rafting tour are some of the exciting options available to travellers. But there is more: Arizona enjoys a wide variety of national parks and national monuments like the wall caves of Canyon de Chelly ruins of Indian villages built between AD 350 and 1300, and Tuzigoot rock-walled rooms in the low hills of Mingus Mountain.
Good to know
- Capital: Phoenix
- Climate: Exceptionally hot summers and mild winters. However, the northern Arizona plateau (higher altitudes) has cold winters with occasionally temperatures below 20 °C.
- Timezone: UTC -7
- No. of inhabitants: 5,743,834 (2004)
- Travel alert: EnjoyYourWorld strongly advises you to take necessary precautions for a safe travel. For more info please follow this link
Highlights
- The Grand Canyon-one of the Seven Wonders of the World
- Organ Pipe Cactus national monument
- Petrified Forest/Painted Desert-prehistoric Native Americans lived among the stone trees
- The Colorado River
- Montezuma Castle located in the Verde Valley-once a "high-rise apartment building" for Sinagua Indians 600 years ago
- Oraibi-the oldest Indian settlement in the United States founded by Hopi Indians
- Scottsdale-the primary resort destination in Arizona
- Tombstone the historic western town with the O.K. Corral
- Saguaro National Park
- The Biosphere-the world-renowned controlled mini-world living laboratory
- Kit Peak National Observatory with the most diverse collection of astronomical observatories on earth
- Monument Valley with the red mesas and buttes, place of action of the famous John Wayne movies!
Getting Around
- Historic Route 66 (Ashfork to Topock)- The mother of all roads
- Coronado Trail Scenic Byway through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
- Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway along the spectacular north rim of the Grand Canyon
- Red Rock Scenic Road passes through the Coconino National Forest, Red Rock Country and the Montezuma Castle National Monument
- Sky Island Scenic Byway in the southwest with mountain forests, canyons, deserts, and breathtaking vistas to the upper reaches of Mt. Lemmon
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