Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Sedona, Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Trailhead shuttle only

  1 jan – 31 decSluitingen

  The car parks at Cathedral Rock, Soldier Pass and Dry Creek are closed to cars on the days the free shuttle runs, which is most of the week. Park in town and ride, or walk a long way in. Bron ↗

Druk — Sedona International Film Festival

• Festival

  Sedona International Film Festival

  15 feb – 2 mrt · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  Nine days of independent film in late February, in the quiet stretch before the spring crowds. It fills the town's small hotel stock for a week. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Sedona International Film Festival

• Feestdag

  Spring break crowds

  1 mrt – 20 apr · meestalSchoolvakantiesDruk

  Phoenix is two hours south and it all comes up in March and April. State Route 179 through the village backs up for miles on those weekends and the trailheads fill by eight. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Red rock wildflowers

  20 mrt – 10 mei · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  Prickly pear, penstemon and Indian paintbrush along the Bell Rock and Boynton Canyon trails from late March, and the cottonwoods along Oak Creek come into leaf at the same time.

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Sedona International Film Festival (15 feb – 2 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Spring break crowds

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring break crowds (1 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)), Red rock wildflowers (20 mrt – 10 mei (meestal))

Druk — Slide Rock swimming season

• Seizoen

  Slide Rock swimming season

  15 mei – 15 sep · meestalZomerseizoen opentDruk

  The natural chute in Oak Creek is the summer answer to the heat, and the state park car park fills and closes to new arrivals by mid-morning at weekends. High bacteria counts close it some weeks.

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Red rock wildflowers (20 mrt – 10 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Summer heat

  1 jun – 10 sep · meestalExtreme hitte

  At 1,300 metres Sedona is cooler than Phoenix and still too hot to walk red rock after ten in the morning. Slide Rock on Oak Creek is where everyone goes instead, and it fills by nine. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Slide Rock swimming season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  North American monsoon

  1 jul – 15 sep · meestalRisico

  Storms build over the rim most summer afternoons and break hard over the canyon, then clear into the best light of the year. Slot canyons and creek crossings are the risk, not the road.

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Slide Rock swimming season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Summer heat (1 jun – 10 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Slide Rock swimming season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Summer heat (1 jun – 10 sep (meestal)), North American monsoon (1 jul – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Dark-sky season

  15 sep – 20 nov · meestal

  Sedona keeps a lighting ordinance and the skies after the monsoon clears are the clearest of the year. Go on the nights either side of a new moon and get out of town towards Boynton Pass. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Slide Rock swimming season (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Summer heat (1 jun – 10 sep (meestal)), North American monsoon (1 jul – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Sedona Arts Festival, Oak Creek Canyon colour

• Festival

  Sedona Arts Festival

  8–20 okt · meestalDruk

  A two-day juried art fair at the middle school campus in mid-October, running since the eighties and timed to the best fortnight of Sedona weather. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Oak Creek Canyon colour

  15 okt – 15 nov · meestalHerfstkleurenDruk

  The maples and sycamores in the canyon north of town turn from the top down through late October and into November, so the colour walks downhill towards Sedona over a month.

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Dark-sky season (15 sep – 20 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Oak Creek Canyon colour, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec), Dark-sky season (15 sep – 20 nov (meestal)), Oak Creek Canyon colour (15 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Tlaquepaque Festival of Lights, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Tlaquepaque Festival of Lights

  8–16 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Six thousand candle bags are lit at dusk across the courtyards of the arts village on one Saturday in mid-December, and the whole town drives in for it. Parking on 179 is the entire problem. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Trailhead shuttle only (1 jan – 31 dec)