Walnut Canyon National Monument is located 10 miles southeast of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona. The cliff face dwellings were built here between 112- 1250 A.D. by the Sinaguan. Sinagua is Spanish for 'without water'. They built the one room pithouses (seen in the photos below) to tae advantage of the natural shelter and the water recessed in the limestone walls. It is assumed that these people were assimilated into the Hopi culture. A one mile trail walks around the canyon walls to look the ruins close up. 

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