Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

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Overview

Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived and traveled throughout Walnut Canyon’s dynamic landscape. Vibrant communities built their homes in the cliffs and farmed along the canyon’s rim. Today the park preserves this landscape, and the ancestral homes in and around the canyon.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Hiking
  • Front-Country Hiking
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Park Film
  • Shopping
  • Bookstore and Park Store

Browse hiking, biking and paddling routes on AllTrails

Plan your visit

Hours

Park Hours: Walnut Canyon National Monument is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Access to park's trails and views of the canyon are not accessible outside of operating hours. Access to the Island Trail closes at 4:00 pm. Visitors are encouraged to begin the Rim Trail by 4:30 p.m. to ensure enough time to complete the trail by 5:00 p.m. when the park's gates are closed. *The park is closed on December 25th, and January 1st. During these closures there is no access to park trails or viewpoints.

Fees and passes

  • Entrance - Private Vehicle — $25.00
  • Entrance - Motorcycle — $20.00
  • Entrance - Per Person — $15.00
  • Entrance - Non-commercial Groups — $15.00
  • Entrance - Education/Academic Groups
  • Commercial Entrance - Sedan — $28.00
  • Commercial Entrance - Van — $40.00
  • Commercial Entrance - Motor Coach — $100.00
  • Annual Entrance - Park — $45.00

The America the Beautiful pass covers entrance fees at federal recreation lands across all four agencies.

Getting there

Walnut Canyon National Monument is located approximately 7.5 miles (12 km) east of Flagstaff. From Interstate 40, take Exit 204, and turn south. The Walnut Canyon Visitor Center is located at the end of this 3-mile (5 km) road.

Visitor centers

  • Walnut Canyon Visitor Center

Weather

Be prepared for variable and extreme weather conditions. You may expect high winds any time of year, summer temperatures above 95ºF (35ºC), afternoon storms July–September, and heavy snow from fall to spring. Dress in layers, as weather at Walnut Canyon can change quickly at any time of year.

Phone: 9285263367

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

sunlight illuminates stone walls in a canyon cliff dwelling
Cliff Dwellings · NPS Photo / Marge Ullmann
a common raven landing on a barren juniper branch
Walnut Canyon Raven · NPS Photo / Case Griffing
warm sunlight illuminates a cliff dwelling wall beside a snowy trail
Walnut Canyon Snow · NPS Photo
a visitor looks out over Walnut Canyon from the trail
A Visitor at Walnut Canyon · NPS Photo / Case Griffing
a circular overlook at the edge of the canyon rim
Walnut Canyon Rim Overlook · NPS Photo / Marge Ullmann

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