O que acontece em Sedona, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Regra

  Trailhead shuttle only

  1 Jan – 31 DezFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Sedona International Film Festival

• Festival

  Sedona International Film Festival

  15 Fev – 2 Mar · normalmenteLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Sedona International Film Festival

• Feriado

  Spring break crowds

  1 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Red rock wildflowers

  20 Mar – 10 Mai · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sedona International Film Festival (15 Fev – 2 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Spring break crowds

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Spring break crowds (1 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)), Red rock wildflowers (20 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente))

Movimentado — Slide Rock swimming season

• Temporada

  Slide Rock swimming season

  15 Mai – 15 Set · normalmenteAbertura da temporada de verãoLotado

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Red rock wildflowers (20 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Risco

  Summer heat

  1 Jun – 10 Set · normalmenteCalor extremo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Slide Rock swimming season (15 Mai – 15 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Temporada

  North American monsoon

  1 Jul – 15 Set · normalmenteRisco

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Slide Rock swimming season (15 Mai – 15 Set (normalmente)), Summer heat (1 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Slide Rock swimming season (15 Mai – 15 Set (normalmente)), Summer heat (1 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)), North American monsoon (1 Jul – 15 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Slide Rock swimming season, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Natureza

  Dark-sky season

  15 Set – 20 Nov · normalmente

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Slide Rock swimming season (15 Mai – 15 Set (normalmente)), Summer heat (1 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)), North American monsoon (1 Jul – 15 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Sedona Arts Festival, Oak Creek Canyon colour

• Festival

  Sedona Arts Festival

  8–20 Out · normalmenteLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Oak Creek Canyon colour

  15 Out – 15 Nov · normalmenteCores do outonoLotado

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Dark-sky season (15 Set – 20 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Oak Creek Canyon colour, Thanksgiving break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em novembro.

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Dark-sky season (15 Set – 20 Nov (normalmente)), Oak Creek Canyon colour (15 Out – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Tlaquepaque Festival of Lights, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Tlaquepaque Festival of Lights

  8–16 Dez · normalmenteNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Trailhead shuttle only (1 Jan – 31 Dez)