Walnut Canyon National Monument
The Sinagua people built cliff dwellings in the 350-foot deep Walnut Canyon near Flagstaff, Arizona around 1100 A.D., abandoning them perhaps 150 years later for unknown reasons.
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Walnut Canyon National Monument Details
The Sinagua people built cliff dwellings in the 350-foot deep Walnut Canyon near Flagstaff, Arizona around 1100 A.D., abandoning them perhaps 150 years later for unknown reasons. Carved from the sandstone walls of the canyon, the cliff houses accompanied other homes built on the canyon rim and floor and outlived both due to their sheltered location. The wooded creek in the canyon provided water for agriculture as well as attracting game animals. Visitors to Walnut Canyon National Monument can descend from the canyon rim on the steep, 0.9-mile Island Trail to view the 25 rooms of the cliff dwellings or peer into the canyon from the 0.7-mile Rim Trail.
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