Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki National Monuments

We took a day trip to three national monuments east and north of Flagstaff, Arizona: Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki National Monuments:

Map

Starting with Walnut Canyon National Monument, with cliff dwellings:

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Visitor center video:

Visitor center video

Model:

Model

Walnut Canyon path:

Walnut Canyon path

Walnut Canyon:

Walnut Canyon

Walnut Canyon

Info

Walnut Canyon

Walnut Canyon

Structure

Info

Structure

Structure

Then the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument:

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

Visitor center

Visitor center

Info

Lava field:

Lava field

Lava field

Lizard:

Lizard

Lava field

Lava field

Lava field

Info

Lava field

Lastly, Wupatki National Monument, with pueblo communities:

Wupatki National Monument

The Wukoki house was our favorite part of all three parks:

Info sign

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Info sign

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Very windy:

Jenn & David

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Wukoki house

Visitor center:

Visitor center

Visitor center

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo:

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

Wupatki pueblo

In our travels, we encountered lots of tumbleweeds:

Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweed GIF