MARCH 28-29, 2019 SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA · Saguaro Canyon de Chelly Mogollon Rim Tucson Fort Huachuca Ocotillo Gila monster Havasaupai. Canyon de-shay – in four corners region, owned
Large enough to fit all of New England plus the state of Pennsylvania inside it.
Fun Facts about ArizonaHome to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World- the only one in the United States
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Grand Canyon 277 miles in length 18 miles across at widest point 6000 feet deep Rock at the bottom on canyon is approximately 2 billion years old 5 million visitors every year
Fun Facts about Arizona78 degrees - Average Phoenix temperature in March
Lake Havasu City holds the all-time record for the high temperature in Arizona.◦ 128 degrees◦ June 29, 1994
Mount Lemmon in the Catalina Mountains is the southernmost ski resort in the United States.
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8.04 Average annual rainfall in Phoenix 329 days without precipitation in Phoenix 1.0 Greatest amount of snowfall ever recorded in Phoenix Snow December 22, 1937. There have only been 8 instances of recordable snow in Phoenix history. Ranging from 0.1 to 1 inch. Most recent was 0.4 on December 22, 1990. Sun shines in Phoenix 85 percent of the year, even more than Florida and Hawaii. (310 days)
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Things to do in ArizonaGolf
Grand Canyon – 4 hour drive
Sedona – 1.5 hour drive
Hoover Dam – 4.5 hours
Kartchner Caverns – 2.5 hours
Bisbee / Tombstone – 3 hours
Saguaro National Park – 2 hours
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Sedona Chapel of the Holy Cross Kartchner Caverns – living cave – formations still growing. Discovered in 1974, kept a secret, State park in 1988 Tombstone is home to the most famous shootout in American Old West History O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, and Doc Holliday versus Ike Clanton, Billy Clanton and Billy Claiborne 1881 Lasted only 30 seconds
Things to do in PhoenixGolf
Heard Museum
Musical Instrument Museum
Wrigley Mansion
Camelback Mountain
South Mountain
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Heard Museum – American Indian art MIM – over 6,800 instruments from around the world Wrigley Mansion – smallest of William Wrigley’s homes. 16,000 ft2 mansion with 24 rooms and 12 bathrooms. Built in 1931.
Arizona pronunciationSaguaro
Canyon de Chelly
Mogollon Rim
Tucson
Fort Huachuca
Ocotillo
Gila monster
Havasaupai
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Canyon de-shay – in four corners region, owned by the Navajo Nation (40 Navajo families live in the park) Moe-gee-yawn – high cliffs of limestone and sandstone. Created by erosion and faulting. Tucson – Town South of Phoenix – Home to University of Arizona Fort Huachuca – Army base – South of Tucson Ocotillo – AZ plant He-la Gila Monster – venomous lizard, heavy, slow-moving lizard. Can get up to 2 feel long. Protected by Arizona state law. Havasupai people – American Indian tribe who have lived in the Grand Canyon for at least the past 800 years.
