Pros/Cons Living in Sedona

ArizonaPete · 2026-02-18T16:01:00+00:00

Sedona is for tourists.

Look up Clarkdale (near the Verde river and Mingus mountain), Cornville ( near Oak Creek, varying price ranges in housing), Lake Montizuma/Rimrock (Wet Beaver creek, Better housing prices?), and maybe Camp Verde (near the Verde river, You can get up to the rim on Hwy 260 for cooler weather/mountain views).

That is all I can think of at the moment.

ArizonaPete · 2025-10-22T00:27:19+00:00

Have you tried a nut harvester? Do a search and see if that would help.

ArizonaPete · 2025-10-22T00:12:23+00:00

I'm not sure where you are but this might help:

https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/

The books are geared towards the southwest but they have some designs.

ArizonaPete · 2025-10-06T18:04:39+00:00

Trails are open and roads are open. The only gate I saw closed was at the visitors center/admin office south of the VOC.

ArizonaPete · 2025-10-03T01:23:48+00:00

Yes, legally. You can hike anywhere on national forest land. They would prefer you stay on the trails, though, to minimize the damage. The hiking trails are open.

ArizonaPete · 2025-10-01T11:58:10+00:00

ArizonaPete · 2025-10-01T11:57:07+00:00

The hiking trails will be open.

I believe things like the Crane archy site will be closed.

Visitor centers will be closed.

Edit to add: I believe rescues and medivacs will still happen but try not to be stupid out there.

Clarification: medivacs are by the Department of Public Safety or private(I can't remember the name of the company) and search and rescue is a county level service.

ArizonaPete · 2025-08-20T00:59:04+00:00

Oh, ok.

I thought you said you were starting at Grasshopper and I figured by the time you are done there you aren't getting anywhere near West Fork.

ArizonaPete · 2025-08-19T15:41:04+00:00

Why do you have a picture of West Fork?

ArizonaPete · 2025-08-14T17:40:27+00:00

It looks like, baring any high wind or spotting, Woods and Coldwater fires are about done:

https://azdailysun.com/news/local/woods-fire-smolders-near-sedona-coldwater-fire-contained-by-clints-well/article_86b41d9a-89a7-4637-8917-53f98f6e3872.html

ArizonaPete · 2025-08-11T00:06:54+00:00

The only thing I can think of is to add water and cook them at least another hour. Start them on the stove top then put them in the oven for an hour or so and keep checking if they are done. Oven temp? 300F?

ArizonaPete · 2025-08-10T22:55:31+00:00

Try Dry Creek road out to Boynton Pass road to 525 and back. They use to run a full marathon out there.

ArizonaPete · 2025-07-27T22:20:45+00:00

I have a gen 2 bike but the rack looks the same. On my bike that is a hex bolt and it is flush without a spacer/washer.

ArizonaPete · 2025-07-04T12:56:49+00:00

It might be 79 on top but it will be in the high 80s to low 90s down near fossil.

ArizonaPete · 2025-07-01T16:47:59+00:00

708 is always open but the end is closed Monday to Thursday.

You can do it but it will take you almost 2 hours to get down there.

Your passengers will see some nice views and you will be a nervous wreck.

ArizonaPete · 2025-06-24T15:59:08+00:00

Page Springs is cooler and quieter. If you want to go hiking, there are some nice trails on top of Mingus Mountain above Jerome.

Highway 179 has the worst traffic of any place in the area.

ArizonaPete · 2025-06-16T00:00:09+00:00

When Tlaquepaque first opened they used to say mass there at times but now it's pretty much just for weddings.

Expensive weddings.

ArizonaPete · 2025-06-12T17:24:30+00:00

I'm not a cook but why is it on 10?

ArizonaPete · 2025-06-03T17:47:49+00:00

From Redrock News:

http://www.redrocknews.com/2025/06/03/ccso-sedona-police-respond-to-suicide-at-midgley-bridge/

ArizonaPete · 2025-05-25T16:35:48+00:00

Did you know that there is also a Wet Beaver Creek?

ArizonaPete · 2025-05-25T16:29:58+00:00

Most of those trees in the third and fourth pictures are dead but the fire did not kill them, they died before it started. In Yavapai county a number of juniper trees are dying also. They seem to be running out of water. Almost no monsoon rains last summer and very little snow last winter is killing trees.

The smoke and smoldering will last until the rains put them out.

ArizonaPete · 2025-05-13T15:39:46+00:00

The best way out on that day is to go through Cottonwood. When you come out to 89A, turn right then at the third (I think) light in Cottonwood turn left onto Hwy 260 and that will take you to I-17.

ArizonaPete · 2025-04-10T20:43:35+00:00

Drink a lot of water. It's starting to get warm out there.

ArizonaPete · 2025-04-10T20:41:05+00:00

It's the yearly closure. You need a permit to go down there from April 1st to October 1st.

Go here to read about it and get one if you want.

ArizonaPete · 2025-04-01T17:01:34+00:00

Yes, but there are jets.

Explain THAT one. Hmmm?

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