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Welcome to our regional tour, and thank you for exploring some of our favorite local sights. To navigate through this tour, you can select any location by using the list OR by clicking directly on the map. You can also explore any particular location in more detail by clicking the interactive elements of a stop.
In the high country mountains of northern Arizona, Flagstaff features a four-season climate and picturesque setting that break the Arizona stereotype and contribute to its reputation as one of the nation's best college towns. At 7,000 feet in elevation, summer temperatures rarely exceed 90 degrees, fall brings a brilliant change of color, winter snowfall averages more than 100 inches, and spring bursts with blossoming flowers. Our most striking vertical feature is the San Francisco Peaks, which are sacred to many Native tribes. While Flagstaff is a popular vacation destination and tourism gateway for visitors from around the world, you may be lucky enough to call it home for four years.
Sedona
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A short and scenic drive south places you in one of the most stunning places in the world. Characterized by its massive red-rock formations and rippling canyon creeks, Sedona is as beautiful as any national park. The area features sprawling vistas that are the perfect setting for sunbathing, swimming, and hiking along twisted trails that wind through colorful rocks, canyons, and high-desert forests. With its reputation as a spiritual mecca, Sedona draws people from around the world seeking spiritual and personal enrichment. And when you're looking for a good meal, local culture, or a little retail therapy, you'll find some of the best restaurants, art galleries, and shopping around.
Walkup Skydome
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In addition to housing Lumberjack Athletics, our Skydome hosts some of our most beloved campus traditions. Jam out at our exclusive spring concert with student-selected performers—Blink 182, Ellie Goulding, and Macklemore are among past headliners. The infamous "Running of the Freshmen" is a chance to join your classmates and show your #TrueBlueNAU spirit as you tear from end zone to end zone before the first home football game kicks off. Throughout the season, the Forestry Club saws "tree cookies" on the sidelines for each Lumberjack touchdown. You'll even realize your greatest accomplishment right here, when you walk across the stage to receive your diploma and join our alumni family.
NAU Challenge Course
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At more than 40 feet tall, NAU's Challenge Course towers over our signature Ponderosa pine forest. The course features adventure-based team-building opportunities—from ground-level group activities to heart-pounding leaps and obstacles four stories in the air. Work through a series of mental and physical challenges with your class, club, or any other group, and you'll emerge stronger and a more confident, more unified team. The Challenge Course is an excellent community-building opportunity, but it's also loads of fun and a great way to spend an afternoon on campus.
Flagstaff Urban Trail System
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Outside Magazine ranks Flagstaff among the Top 10 places to live in the U.S., and our urban trails are just one reason why. More than 56 miles of non-motorized pathways offer bikers, hikers, runners, and walkers a safe and beautiful recreational setting. You might even cross paths with Olympic competitors who come here to live and train at our high altitude. The trails criss-cross all over Flagstaff city limits, spanning cityscapes, public parks, and pure wilderness. And with 75 more miles of trails in the works, which will bring the overall total to 130, the "FUTS," as locals call it, will be a recreational staple for many years to come.
Lowell Observatory
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As the world's first International Dark Sky City, Flagstaff has epic night skies for stargazing. You can even stand near the very spot where Pluto was discovered at Lowell Observatory in 1930. Here you can contemplate the cosmos though widescreen multimedia shows, exhibits, live presentations, and immersive space theater. And thanks to Flagstaff's dry, clear skies and dark, cloudless nights, you can even step outside to try and catch a glimpse of the Milky Way with your naked eye. Back on campus, you can study the stars and track asteroids at our very own atmospheric research observatory, which is open for viewings on clear Friday evenings.
Wupatki National Monument
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A visit to this secluded archaeological site about an hour north of Flagstaff is a journey back in time. The striking ancient pueblos and the remarkably varied landscapes of Wupatki National Monument are all that remain of a once-populated region where human history spans at least 10,000 years. Visitors can walk among six historic pueblos, where earth and artifacts whisper their stories. Rangers are even available to lead guided hikes to backcountry sites that are normally off-limits. The picturesque site offers an ideal backdrop for photography enthusiasts, while its 35,000 acres with more than 240 species of plants provide ample research opportunities for archaeology, botany, climate science, geology, and more.
Grand Canyon
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Spanning more than 1.2 million acres, Grand Canyon National Park is both a world-class recreation area and a spectacular living laboratory—right in our backyard. Just 75 miles north of campus, this stunning setting is close enough that your studies might bring you here to collect water samples from the Colorado River, discuss issues related to Native populations, participate in interactive painting workshops, or explore the art and culture of the region. Our Honors College's unique Grand Canyon Semester offers adventurous students a once-in-a-lifetime experience to work directly with top faculty and researchers in this awe-inspiring environment. And you might want to add a rim-front sunrise to your bucket list.
