Beginning about 15 million years ago, volcanism returned to the Sedona area in the form of basaltic cinder cones, shield volcanos, and lava flows. Volcanism lasted until about 10 million years ago and all of the volcanic rocks seen along Interstate …
Creation of the Verde Valley and Verde Lake
If someone were hiking in the Sedona area 10 million years ago, they would see the Sedona red rocks partially exposed in an ancestral form of the Mogollon Rim, which itself was partly buried by lava from the House Mountain volcano. This aspect of …
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Carving Oak Creek Canyon
Oak Creek Canyon, although not as deeply cut as Grand Canyon, is still a very pleasant place to hike with many trails leaving the canyon floor and accessing the rim on either side of it. One will note that Oak Creek Canyon is asymmetrical in …