Walnut Canyon National Monument

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Address:c/o Flagstaff Area National Monuments
6400 N Hwy 89
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
Phone:928-526-3367
Fax:928-527-0246
Web: www.nps.gov/waca/
Size: 3,579 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on November 30, 1915; transferred from Forest Service on August 10, 1933.
Location:10 miles east of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona. From I-40, take Exit 204 to entrance road.
Facilities:Picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center, museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities:Hiking, guided walks.
Special Features:These cliff dwellings were built in shallow caves under ledges of limestone by the Sinagua People more than 700 years ago. Though the Sinagua were the canyon's only permanent residents, artifacts found here indicate that they were preceded by Archaic peoples who traveled throughout the Southwest thousands of years ago.

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Government established Walnut Canyon National Monument in 1915 to conserve cliff-dwelling structures constructed between 1125 and 1250 by people of the Sinagua culture along the walls and rim of Walnut Canyon (Clark, 1968).

With a population of over 2, 000 Arizona walnut trees and most exhibiting good health, Walnut Canyon National Monument's namesake species does not appear currently threatened.

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