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Article: Arizona's red rock country.(outdoor recreation near Sedona, Arizona)(includes bibliography)
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- September 1, 1995
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Who could have anticipated that the natural palette of color, form, shadow, and artistic geology surrounding Sedona, Arizona, would end up drawing 4 million tourists a year, many of them seeking a mystical epiphany? Beyond the tourist glitz and New Age come-ons of downtown, though, lie more natural wonders than you could shake a crystal at. Beginning just outside of town, Coconino National Forest maintains more than 35 trials that carry hikers and equestrians through 350 million geologic years of spires, buttes, pinnacles, and bluffs. Along the way they pass through rainbow-hued layers of sandstone, limestone, and shale.
Most of Sedona's outdoor activity centers ...