Photos: Wupatki, Sunset Crater and Walnut Canyon national monuments
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Under-the-radar and usually not crowded: The three national monuments easily accessible from Flagstaff – Wupatki, Sunset Crater and Walnut Canyon. Go to tucson.com/parks for more on Arizona's National Parks and Monuments.
Wupatki National Monument
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Lomaki Pueblo
Wupatki National Monument
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Citadel Pueblo and Nalakihu Pueblo
Wupatki National Monument
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A young bobcat at Wuptaki National Monument.
Wupatki National Monument
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A monsoon storm
Wupatki National Monument
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Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) can often be found posing at Lomaki.
Wupatki National Monument
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Early Morning light at Wupatki.
Wupatki National Monument
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Storms Over Wupatki Pueblo
Wupatki National Monument
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Sunset over Crack in Rock Mesas
Wupatki National Monument
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For 900 years, the Wukoki tower withstood wind, rain, and sun.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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Sunset Crater is seen just west of Flagstaff, Ariz., in this May, 1999 file photo. Explorer John Wesley Powell is often credited with discovering Sunset Crater, but at least one researcher now believes the crater was first charted by Lt. George Wheeler on expedition for the United States government in 1871.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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NASA space suit engineers Brian Daniel and Dustin Gohmert travel in a rover similar in size to the Apollo moon mission rovers as they drive along a volcanic lakebed near Sunset Crater on Sept. 12, 200.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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Sunset Crater as seen from O'Leary.
Walnut Canyon National Monument
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Walnut Canyon National Monument near Flagstaff, Ariz.
Walnut Canyon National Monument
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Cliff dwelling along the Island Trail at Walnut Canyon National Monument near Flagstaff, Ariz.
Walnut Canyon National Monument
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Winter at Walnut Canyon National Monument near Flagstaff, Ariz.
Walnut Canyon National Monument
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Walnut Canyon National Monument near Flagstaff, Ariz.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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Sunset Crater is seen just west of Flagstaff, Ariz., in this May, 1999 file photo. Explorer John Wesley Powell is often credited with discovering Sunset Crater, but at least one researcher now believes the crater was first charted by Lt. George Wheeler on expedition for the United States government in 1871.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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NASA space suit engineers Brian Daniel and Dustin Gohmert travel in a rover similar in size to the Apollo moon mission rovers as they drive along a volcanic lakebed near Sunset Crater on Sept. 12, 200.
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