Located in the high country mountains of northern Arizona, Flagstaff is not the Arizona experience you may expect. At 7,000 feet elevation, temperatures rarely exceed 90 degrees in the summer, fall brings a brilliant change of color, winter snowfall averages 108 inches and spring bursts with blossoms. Flagstaff is in the center of northern Arizona at he juncture of Interstate 17 and Interstate 40, about 150 miles north of Phoenix, AZ and just 80 miles south of the Grand Canyon. The Flagstaff area got its start in 1876 with a pioneer legacy that centers on ranching, lumber mills and the railroad. Many of the buildings in Flagstaff's historic downtown area date to the early 1900's and are used today as stores, galleries, hotels, bars, restaurants and has become an attraction in itself.
