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E Pioneer Museum VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
2340 N. Fort Valley Rd. Tel (928) 774-
6272. Open 9am–5pm Mon–Sat Practical Information
(10am–4pm Sep–May), 10am–4pm Road map C3. * 68,000.
Sun. Closed public hols, Sun (Sep–May). n Flagstaff Visitor Center, at
& ∑ arizonahistoricalsociety.org Amtrak depot, 1 East Route 66,
Flagstaff’s Pioneer Museum Flagstaff (928) 213-2951. Open
occupies an elegant stone build- 8am–5pm Mon–Sat, 9am–4pm
ing that was originally built as a Sun. Closed public hols. _ Hopi
hospital in 1908. The museum Festival of the Arts (early July).
∑ flagstaffarizona.org
Arts and Crafts swinging settee at opened in 1960 and incorporates
Riordan Mansion the Ben Doney homestead cabin. Transport
On display in the grounds are a ~ Pulliam Airport, 4 miles
E Riordan Mansion State steam locomotive of 1929 and a (6 km) south of town. £ Amtrak
Historic Park Santa Fe Railroad caboose. Inside, Flagstaff Station, 1 East Route 66.
409 W. Riordan Rd. Tel (928) 779-4395. a particular highlight is a selection @ Flagstaff bus station,
Open May–Oct: 9:30am–5pm daily; of Grand Canyon photographs 800 E. Butler Ave.
Nov–Apr: 10:30am–5pm Thu–Mon. taken in the early 1900s by photo-
Closed Dec 25. & 7 graphers Ellsworth and Emery Kolb.
∑ azstateparks.com lower slopes of the 12,356-ft-
In the mid-1880s, Michael and Arizona Snowbowl (3,766-m-) high Agassiz Peak.
Timothy Riordan established a Snowbowl Rd, off Hwy 180. Tel (928) Facilities include six chairlifts, and
lumber company that quickly 779-1951. Tel Flagstaff Snow Report: a ski school with group and private
made them a fortune. The (928) 779-4577. Open Dec–mid-Apr. lessons for all experience levels.
brothers then built a house ∑ arizonasnowbowl.com In summer, there is a hiking
of grandiose proportions, a Downhill skiing is available at the trail up to the peak, while, for
40-room log mansion with two Arizona Snowbowl just 7 miles (11 those less inclined to walk, the
wings, one for each of them. km) north of town. The moun tains Arizona Scenic Chairlift offers
Completed in 1904 and now here are the San Francisco Peaks, spectacular views of the scenery.
preserved as a State Historic which receive an average of 260
Park, the house has a rustic, inches (660 cm) of snow every E Museum of
timber-clad exterior, and Arts year, enough to supply the Northern Arizona
and Crafts furniture inside. various ski runs that pattern the See p72.

Flagstaff
1 The Lowell Observatory The Lowell
Observatory
2 Historic Downtown N AZTEC STREET Arizona Snowbowl,
Pioneer Museum,
District TOLTEC ST MOGOLLON STREET N. SITGREAVES ST Museum of Northern
Arizona
N. PARK ST
3 Northern Arizona WEST MARS H ILL ROAD BONITO STREET CHERRY AVENUE
BIRCH AVENUE
University SANTA FE AVENUE ASPEN AVENUE HUMPHREYS ST
4 Riordan Mansion State GRAND CANYON AVENUE Downtown District
Historic
Historic Park NORTH COCONINO AVENUE SANTA FE AVENUE
MIKES PIKE Amtrak
PHOENIX AVENUE
W CLAY AVE BENTON AVENUE Station
COTTAGE AVE
K AIBAB LN DUPONT AVENUE
B U T L E R AV E N U E
HISTORIC U-66 Old Main UNIVERSITY DRIVE S BEAVER STREET SOUTH SAN F R A NCISCO STREET
Building
S O U T H M I LTON ROA D CREE DRIVE
University
S PLAZA WAY SOUTH RIORDAN RANCH STREET Northern Arizona
W RIORDAN RD
Riordan Mansion
State Historic Park
300
SOUTH YALE STREET
0 yards
Pulliam Airport UNIVE R S I TY DRIVE 0 meters 300
6 km (4 miles)
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