Travel Guide of Sedona in United States by Influencers and Travelers

Sedona is a city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,031. Most of the city lies in Yavapai County, with a portion in the east located in Coconino County. Sedona's main attraction is its array of red sandstone formations.

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1 - Cathedral Rock

   6 km away

Cathedral Rock is a natural sandstone butte on the Sedona skyline and one of the most-photographed sights in Arizona, United States.

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2 - Sedona Airport

Sedona Airport is a small non-towered airport located 2 miles southwest of the central business district of Sedona, a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The airport covers 220 acres and has one runway and one helipad.

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3 - Kayaking Tours in Sedona

A very unique tour in Arizona that combines the fun of a kayak trip down the Verde River with wine tasting! There IS water in the desert, and wine with this exclusive Water to Wine Tour.

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4 - Bell Rock

   8 km away

Bell Rock is a popular landmark and tourist attraction just north of the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona, south of Sedona in Yavapai County. With an elevation at its summit of 4,919 feet, it is just west of Courthouse Butte. Geologically, Bell Rock is a butte composed of horizontally bedded sedimentary rock of the Permian Supai Formation.

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5 - Airport Mesa

Mesa Del Rey Airport is a public airport a mile northeast of King City, in Monterey County, California, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.

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6 - Helicopter Tours in Sedona

Sedona’s many natural landmarks and ancient sprawls await your camera lens on this helicopter flight! The 30-minute aerial jaunt takes you to the much-photographed Cathedral Rock, several stunning canyons and the unforgettable, 700-year-old settlement of the Anasazi people! 

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7 - Chapel of the Holy Cross

The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic chapel built from 1954 to 1956 into the red rock buttes of Sedona, Arizona, within the Coconino National Forest.

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8 - Red Rock State Park

   6 km away

Slide Rock State Park is an Arizona State Park located in Oak Creek Canyon 7 miles north of Sedona, Arizona, United States. It takes its name from a natural water slide formed by the slippery bed of Oak Creek.

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9 - Archaeology Tours in Sedona

Our most diverse Grand Canyon tour, blends remarkable ruins, dramatic lava fields, majestic volcanoes and the magnificent Grand Canyon. Guests will appreciate riding in a comfortable touring van, usually with a group size of no more than 10 guests total. In the morning you will experience Wupatki and Sunset Crater Volcano National Monuments. After lunch on the Navajo Nation, get amazing views from the East and South Rims of the Grand Canyon and still have time and flexibility to explore in the afternoon.

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10 - Courthouse Butte

   8 km away

Courthouse Butte is a butte just north of the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona, south of Sedona in Yavapai County. Summit elevation is 5,454 feet. It is just east of Bell Rock.

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11 - Red Rock State Park

   9 km away

Red Rock State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a red sandstone canyon outside the city of Sedona. The main mission of this day-use park is the preservation of the riparian habitat along Oak Creek.

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12 - Safaris in Sedona

Roll along the base of the Sedona Red Rocks on this "not too rough" off-road outback adventure. Learn about the history, geology, and ecology of this magnificent land scenic and not too bumpy tour. Great for sunset!

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13 - Oak Creek Canyon

   6 km away

Oak Creek Canyon is a river gorge located in northern Arizona between the cities of Flagstaff and Sedona. The canyon is often described as a smaller cousin of the Grand Canyon because of its scenic beauty.

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14 - Devils Bridge

   6 km away
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15 - Culinary Tour in Sedona

The reason we are Listed #1 for Wine tours in Sedona, is we have the most fun! Plus we are the best priced wine tour in town. Also we have the nicest vehicles, a Mercedes Benz or Ford Sprinter, if you have a bigger group ask about a private tour in our limo party bus. We go to the BEST wineries like D A Ranch, not the cheapest ones, like some "all inclusive" tours companies do. We go to 4 wineries S-F and 3 wineries on Saturday, You will receive discounts on tastings/bottles of wine, at some of the wineries. Plus bring your own alcoholic beverages if you like. You will have a picnic served on linens, this includes your own personal charcuterie tray consisting of French bread, gourmet cheeses, hard salami, olive oil with balsamic vinegar, grapes, nuts and chocolates, At one of the wineries, if they are open, we will be touring the production facility & barrel room. We will discuss the wine making process and what it takes to turn a cluster of grapes into an award winning bottle of wine.

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16 - Bear Mountain

   12 km away

Bear Mountain is a peak of the southern Taconic Mountains. It lies within the town of Salisbury, Connecticut, in the United States.

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17 - Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness

   14 km away

The Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness is a 47,195-acre wilderness area located within the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona.

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18 - Palatki Heritage Site

   14 km away

The Palatki Heritage Site is an archaeological site and park located in the Coconino National Forest, near Sedona, in Arizona, United States. In the Hopi language Palatki means 'red house'.

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19 - Coconino National Forest

   22 km away

The Coconino National Forest is a 1.856-million acre United States National Forest located in northern Arizona in the vicinity of Flagstaff.

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20 - Tuzigoot National Monument

   27 km away

Tuzigoot National Monument preserves a 2- to 3-story pueblo ruin on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge just east of Clarkdale, Arizona, 120 feet above the Verde River floodplain.

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21 - Montezuma Castle National Monument

   30 km away

Montezuma Castle National Monument protects a set of well-preserved dwellings located in Camp Verde, Arizona which were built and used by the Sinagua people, a pre-Columbian culture closely related to the Hohokam and other indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, between approximately 1100 and 1425 AD.

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22 - Flagstaff

   38 km away

Flagstaff is a city in, and the county seat of, Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2019, the city's estimated population was 75,038. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has an estimated population of 139,097.

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This small town of just over 10,000 people welcomes 3.5 million visitors each year, almost as many as the Grand Canyon. The sumptuousness of the landscape contributes to this. The Red Rocks rise into the blue sky, emerging from a thick layer of vegetation and framing Verde Valley, where Sedona is buried. On a sunset horizon, the mountains are round and ochre-white, or bright orange-red and mesa-shaped, as in Monument Valley.

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