"The Beautiful Southwestern Town of... " a Sedona Travel Page by Royal63

Located in Arizona's high desert under the towering southwestern rim of the vast Colorado Plateau, the city of Sedona has 4 mild seasons with abundant sunshine and clean air. The annual average high and low temperatures are 74.7 and 45.7 degrees, respectively.
Characterized by massive red-rock formations, as well as the contrasting riparian areas of Oak Creek Canyon, the area surrounding this beloved community is considered at least as beautiful as many national parks.

The story about how Sedona was named is well known. As the story goes, after Theodore Carl Schnebly and his wife, Sedona, moved to Sedona from Gorin, Missouri, the few families living here convinced T.C. to establish a post office in his large home, which already had become the community's hotel. Various interpretations of this story suggest that he asked the government to name the post office Schnebly Station or Red Rock Crossing. He was told the names were too long, and following a suggestion by his brother, Dorsey Ellsworth Schnebly, he submitted his wife's name, Sedona. And so it was.

The city of Sedona, one of Arizona's premier tourism, recreation, resort, retirement and art centers, was incorporated in 1988. Historically, it was a rural ranching community located far off the beaten path, but its natural beauty became nationally known through the motion picture industry. Today, commercials and television shows still are filmed in the unsettled areas surrounding this city, which annually attracts more than 4 million tourists from around the world.
This 19-square-mile city is split between Coconino and Yavapai counties, and only 51 percent of its area is privately owned - the rest is part of the Coconino National Forest. The average population totals approximately 12,000 and the elevation generally is considered to be 4,500 feet, though well-known red-rock formations extend to more than a mile-high elevation. Even this city's airport, high on a mesa, is situated at an elevation of more than 4,800 feet, and when airplanes zoom off the end of the runway, the term airborne takes on new meaning.

I stopped here on the way to the Grand Canyon. It is an absolute MUST SEE. As I got closer to the city limits, the red rock formations started taking shape.

Sorry it is so dark. It was raining so I took a chance anyway. Those are homes or buildings at the base of the mountain. All the buildings and homes are built with a south western appearance.

You can't help but notice the red rock mountains all around the small town of Sedona. If the weather was better, I would have taken more pictures. I'll go back again someday. It was a historic place to visit.