Walnut Canyon National Monument • Arizona

Walnut Canyon's cliff dwellings are illuminated by the afternoon sun.

sunlight illuminates stone walls in a canyon cliff dwelling

a common raven landing on a barren juniper branch

warm sunlight illuminates a cliff dwelling wall beside a snowy trail

a visitor looks out over Walnut Canyon from the trail

a circular overlook at the edge of the canyon rim

Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived and traveled throughout Walnut Canyon’s dynamic landscape. Vibrant communities built their homes in the cliffs and farmed along the canyon’s rim. Today the park preserves this landscape, and the ancestral homes in and around the canyon.

The dynamic landscape of Walnut Canyon was home to a thriving Native American community roughly 900 years ago.
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Walnut Canyon National Monument protects a series of ancient cliff dwellings built between 1125 and 1250 CE.
NPS Photo / Marge Ullmann

At the rim of Walnut Canyon, visitors stand at eye level with soaring ravens, eagles, and other birds
NPS Photo / Case Griffing

The 0.9-mile (1.4 km) Island Trail leads visitors down 240 stairs to explore 25 cliff dwelling rooms.
NPS Photo

More than 125,000 people visit Walnut Canyon each year.
NPS Photo / Case Griffing

The 0.7-mile (1.1 km) Rim Trail reveals expansive views of Walnut Canyon and its cliff dwellings.
NPS Photo / Marge Ullmann

The one mile round-trip Island Trail provides access to 25 cliff dwellings.

View Cliff Dwellings on the Island Trail

The one mile round-trip Island Trail provides access to 25 cliff dwellings.

Last updated: November 17, 2025

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6400 U.S. 89
Flagstaff, AZ 86004

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928 526-3367

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