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Mar 29, 2016Explorer
jolooote wrote:Sedona itself is not much but a tourist trap. I also would not drive AZ-89A with an RV, but it is a scenic drive worth taking. In my opinion, there are a number of places worth seeing in the Sedona/Cottonwood/Camp Verde area including:
...Plz don't waste u'r time going down to see Sedona. Its a very curvy 2 lane road with Wall to Wall traffic...
Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well National Monuments
Tuzigoot National Monument
Palatki and Honaki Ruins
V-Bar-V Heritage Site
Verde Canyon Railroad
Fort Verde State Park
Cathedral Rock
Gold King Mine
Jerome State Historic Park
the town of Jerome
Schnebly Hill Road
In the Flagstaff area are: Sunset Crater National Monument, Wupatki National Monument and Walnut Canyon National Monument.
There a lot to see along I-40. In Amarillo, there is Palo Duro Canyon State Park and the Big Texan on Old Route 66. In New Mexico, Tucumcari still has dinners along Historic Route 66 and numerous murals painted on buildings plus other attractions. Santa Rosa is another Route 66 town and has the The Blue Hole and Santa Rosa Lake State Park which has a nice campground. In Albuquerque, the Pueblo Cultural Center and Petroglyph National Monument are worth visiting in my opinion. In Grants, there is the Mining Museum. Just South of I-40 going West from Grants are El Malpais National Monument, El Moro National Monument and the Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano. Acoma Sky City is said to be the longest occuppied location in the U.S. They give tours of the pueblo and there is an RV park next to the casino.
If you go North of Albuquerque to Santa Fe, check out the Galleries on Canyon Road. Take a drive up Hyde Park Road (NM-475) to the Ski Basin. We enjoyed Pecos National Historic Park not far Northwest of Santa Fe on I-25. Drive the Turquoise Trail(NM-14) and visit the shops in Madrid where the movie "Wild Hogs" was made. Tent Rocks National Monument is South of Sante Fe West of I-25. There is a nice campground nearby at Chociti Lake.
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