Sedona Information
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SEDONA RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS
Together we can make a difference. A community that recreates together can develop the expression of community spirit.
-Red Rockin' Recreation
Posse Ground Park is our community park, located at the top of Posse Ground Road just south of West Sedona School (525 Posse Ground), is Sedona's first park.
Features a sky blue swimming pool, a popular destination during the summer  months; and two new state-of-the-art tennis courts are available year round.
There are ten covered and landscaped ramadas that can be reserved for parties and special events or just used as a place to sit and enjoy lunch. Adjacent to the ramada area is a large playground for kids, and the kids at heart. The park has two large softball fields, a soccer field, and two tennis courts. We also have a newly remodeled building next to the soccer field that can be reserved for meetings and used as a classroom. Just up the street from this park is the Sedona Community Swimming Pool. For more information, call (928) 282-7098.
Red rock cliffs surround two lush ballfields and a renovated soccer field. Visitors and residents can picnic at covered ramadas while children romp on the new kid friendly playground equipment.
An exercise parcourse and outdoor sand volleyball court beckon to those seeking ways to tone up and improve their physical fitness.
Guides/Pamphlets:
Other Areas of Interest
Aquatic programs/ maintenance
Recreation programs
Park & field reservations
General program information
Posse Ground Park
Jordan Historical Park
Sunset Park
Jamison Park
Grayback Park
Botanical Gardens
To request additional accessible services or information, please call the City of Sedona 928-282-3113.
Private Clubs:
Sedona Racquet Club and Spa, a private club, was founded in 1972 by local tennis enthusiasts Duane Miller and Tom Vincent. Offers daytime use fees for all facilities.
The tennis facility features 8 HarTru Green HydroCourts. The club holds several tournaments throughout the year including our Senior Tournament in May, our Family Tournament in June, our Junior Tournament in July, and our Club Championships in late Sept. There is also a Tennis Social every Fri evening (summer)/Sun afternoon (winter) that is open to members and non-members alike.
The club has a completely enclosed Swimming Pool that provides year round swimming and a gym separated into cardio, circuit and free weight areas. Offer over thirty classes per week including Step Aerobics, Strength and Tone, Jazzercise, Yoga, Pilates, Yogalates, Core 'n More, Aquacise, and Spinning.
The SPA at The Sedona Racquet Club offers full massage services, facials, and body wraps. With any of our services, you have access to our entire facility for the day. You can truly pamper yourself for a day at the club.
Active and Passive Sports
Sedona is a hiker's paradise offering from day hikes to wilderness explorations. Nearly all of the Sedona area has been linked with a system of biking trails, too. Golf and Tennis are almost year-round activities. Ballooning is a popular sport. At sunrise, balloons lift off for a view of the spectacular red rock scenery and set down along a river for a champagne brunch.
See below to view average Sedona weather conditions by the month and for sunset / sunrise schedules.
Annual Average Temperatures & Precipitation by Month
|
Month |
High |
Low |
Precipitation |
|
January |
55.0 |
29.7 |
1.70" |
| February |
59.1 |
32.2 |
1.54" |
| March |
63.3 |
35.0 |
1.67" |
| April |
72.1 |
42.1 |
1.17" |
| May |
81.2 |
49.2 |
.56" |
| June |
90.7 |
57.2 |
.49" |
| July |
95.1 |
65.1 |
1.89" |
| August |
92.3 |
63.7 |
2.42" |
| September |
88.3 |
58.1 |
1.51" |
| October |
77.9 |
48.5 |
1.16" |
| November |
65.1 |
36.9 |
1.32" |
| December |
56.4 |
30.5 |
1.73" |
Average temperature (F) and precipitation are based on a 30 year average. Average annual snowfall is 8.8"
Sedona Facts Did You Know...
The year round population of Sedona is approximately 10,400, while the seasonal population is approximately 11,300.
The elevation of Sedona is approximately 4,350ft (at Town Hall).
Sedona has almost 19 square miles, 51% of which are owned by private land owners, while the rest belongs to Coconino National Forest!
The highest point in Sedona is approximately 5,600ft (Coffee Pot Rock), and the lowest point in Sedona is approximately 4,000ft (Oak Creek, Back O' Beyond Rd).
The average age is 50.
We have anywhere from 2 to 4 million tourists per year.
Natural Setting and Geological History
Geologically, the history of Sedona began about 500 millions years ago. Over a period of 300 million years, the land was alternately ocean bottom and coastal plain. Sedimentary layers of sandstone formed. Between 200 and 65 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the land. From 65 to 20 million years ago, there were uplifts in southern Arizona and down faulting and wind erosion in northern Arizona. From 20 to 12 million years ago, volcanic activity caused the Verde Valley to down fault into a deep basin with lakebeds, creating the Mogollon Rim.
About 3 million years ago, the Colorado Plateau uplifted. Since then, erosion by wind, rain and snowmelt has created Oak Creek Canyon and exposed the layers of sediment (Schnebly Hill Formation sandstone) to form the spectacular red rock formations we now see in Sedona. Vegetation and wildlife evolved and migrated. The process continues today, however slowly.
Red rocks catalogue Earth's traumas
Wed, 12 December 2007
With just about 3 million visitors a year, Sedona gets nearly as much traffic as the Grand Canyon.
Why? Among other things, people come to see the extraordinary rock formations.
Nestled right along the edge of the Colorado Plateau, "It's a geological wonderland," Grand Canyon tour guide and geology enthusiast Chad Graf said.
Every Monday at 10:15 a.m., Graf stops by the Institute of EcoTourism's Sinagua Theater to give a free presentation, "Geology of the Red Rocks."
His presentation, which is not a boring lecture filled with technical jargon only scientists could comprehend, does a good job of explaining a few of the Earth events responsible for Sedona's unique appearance. Graf also presents the information in ways the uninitiated can understand.
On the Colorado Plateau and in Sedona specifically, geologists don't need to drill deep into the Earth to get a good look at the past.
They can learn a lot about the Earth just by looking at what a massive geological event called the Laramide orogeny, forced thousands of feet above the surface.
With energy and enthusiasm, Graf gets into the details.
The Colorado Plateau — formed during the Paleozoic Era millions of years before the dinosaurs — spans the four corners of Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico.
Sedona, which is situated along the edge of the plateau, is a geological anomaly.
Here, layers of rock representing millions of years of the Earth's history are visible, particularly on Thunder Mountain, where even distinct sea fossil layers are visible from afar.
Rust, or iron oxide, is the simple explanation for why Sedona's rocks are red, but there's a little more to it than that, Graf said.
The concentration of iron in Sedona's soil is less than 1 percent, which is not even enough to mine, Graf said.
There are plenty of places on Earth with similar environments and a lot more iron that aren't red, so why is Sedona?
Millions of years ago, when Sedona was essentially a pile of mud and sand, iron mixed with the muddy sand and spread, rusting and creating a red dye, Graf explained.
When the Colorado Plateau formed, the western coast of what is now the United States was deep underwater and the North American Plate hadn't even floated north of the equator yet.
When the Pacific Plate shoved another smaller plate underneath the North American Plate, it slowly forced the Western states out of the ocean and the Colorado Plateau popped up as the land was bunched together.
The event, the Laramide orogeny, forced the North American Plate up at a range of about two to four inches every 100 years — over a 40-million year period, to about 15,000 feet, Graf said.
Iron particles drifted down from eroding mountain ranges and into Sedona where they mixed with the mud and sand, turned red, and were slowly compressed into rock.
If one were to rub two red rocks together, the scratches would be white, Graf said.
The reason is that the red dye only covers the outside of the individual sand particles that make up the rock. When the rocks are scratched, the sand particles are broken up and the white inside is revealed, Graf said.
It's not magic. It's science, he said.
With an entertaining teaching style, Graf keeps people engaged and interested, and his enthusiasm is contagious.
The institute is located at 91 Portal Lane, at Los Abrigados Resort & Spa.
For more information, visit www.ioet.org or call 282-2720.
By Tyler Midkiff, Red Rock News
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