Sedona, Arizona
Sedona, Arizona City of Sedona Sedona /s do n / is a town/city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S.
Sedona's chief attraction is its array of red sandstone formations.
Sedona was titled after Sedona Arabella Miller Schnebly (1877 1950), the wife of Theodore Carlton Schnebly, the city's first postmaster, who was jubilated for her hospitality and industriousness. Her mother, Amanda Miller, claimed to have made the name up because "it sounded pretty". The first documented human existence in Sedona region dates to between 11,500 and 9000 B.C.
There is an assortment of modern art left by the Archaic citizens in places near Sedona such as Palatki and Honanki. In 1902, when the Sedona postal service was established, there were 55 residents.
Some parts of the Sedona region were not electrified until the 1960s.
Sedona began to precarious as a tourist destination, vacation-home and retirement center in the 1950s.
Sedona played host to more than sixty Hollywood productions from the first years of movies into the 1970s.
Stretching as far back as 1923, Sedona's red rocks were a fixture in primary Hollywood productions including films such as Johnny Guitar, Angel and the Badman, Desert Fury, Blood on the Moon, and 3:10 to Yuma.
West Sedona - Route 89 - A Sedona is positioned at 34 51 36 N 111 47 21 W, which is in the Upper Sonoran Desert of northern Arizona.
At an altitude of 4,500 feet (1,372 m), Sedona has mild winters and hot summers.
The famous red rocks of Sedona are formed by a layer of modern known as the Schnebly Hill Formation.
The Schnebly Hill Formation is a thick layer of red to orange-colored sandstone found only in the Sedona vicinity.
Sedona has a temperate semi-arid climate.
Climate data for Sedona, Arizona Panoramic view of Sedona from the "vortex" point near the Sedona airport.
Panoramic view of the immediate Sedona area, covering an angle of view of approximately 90 degrees.
Aerial view of West Sedona, Arizona Sedona Airport viewed from the south, showing its locale up on Airport Mesa At the 2000 census there were 7,229 citizens living in the Yavapai County (western) portion of the town/city (70.9% of its population) and 2,963 living in the Coconino County (eastern) portion (29.1%).
Politically, Uptown Sedona, the Gallery District and the Chapel region (all in Coconino County) and West Sedona (in Yavapai County) form the City of Sedona.
The unincorporated Village of Oak Creek, 7 miles (11 km) to the south and well outside the Sedona town/city limits, is a momentous part of the Sedona community.
The Sedona region hosts various affairs annually, including: Sedona International Film Festival Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival, established in 1982, takes place annually at Poco Diablo Resort and other locations over four days in late September.
Sedona Marathon The Sedona Miracle Annual Charity Fundraiser Sedona Bluegrass Festival (2007-2014) The Sedona Solstice Festivals (Summer and Winter) at Unity of Sedona (2012 present) Sedona hosts a several notable arts organizations in Northern Arizona: Chamber Music Sedona sponsors a chamber-music program annually from October to May.
They also sponsor the MET: Live in HD opera broadcasts in Sedona.
The Sedona Arts Center, established in 1958, is the earliest arts center in northern Arizona.
Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop was established in 1995.
Gumption - Fest, established in 2006, is one of the biggest no-charge music- and arts-festivals in Northern Arizona, as stated to the Sedona Red Rock News.
NORAZ Poets, extant from 2003 to 2007, was a nonprofit poetry network based in Sedona.
Aa specialized New Age tourist trade operates in Sedona, where Jose Arguelles organized the "Harmonic Convergence" in 1987.
Some[who?] purport that "spiritual vortices" are concentrated[by whom?] in the Sedona region at Bell Rock, Airport Mesa, Cathedral Rock, and Boynton Canyon.[not in citation given][dead link] Sedona is served by the Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District.
West Sedona School, serving grades K 6, is positioned at 570 Posse Ground Road.
It is licensed by the ADHS, and positioned in West Sedona Elementary School building 300.
Verde Valley School, a boarding International Baccalaureate high school with many global students, is positioned between the Village of Oak Creek and Red Rock Crossing.
Sedona Red Rock High School (SRRHS), assembled in 1994, is positioned on the edge of town in West Sedona.
The high school's new campus, a series of single story buildings, is positioned opposite the Sedona ground of Yavapai College.
As of 2016, Sedona Red Rock High School holds grades 7-8 in the Junior High portion of campus.
Sedona Charter School (SCS) is positioned behind the Sedona Public Library, serving as a Montessori-based school for grades K-8.
Yavapai College's Sedona Center for Arts & Technology includes the Sedona Film School, which offers certificates in autonomous filmmaking, the Business Partnership Program, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and the University of Arizona Mini Med School.
Verde Valley Medical Center - Sedona Campus is an outpatient facility providing 24/7 emergency services, cancer services, and major and specialty healthcare to the Sedona/Oak Creek area.
The song was written by Loren while living in Sedona.
The Band, Pixies mention Sedona in their song Havalina from the album Bossanova.
The lyrics include only 14 words, two of which are; Sedona, Arizona. A film titled Sedona was released in 2012.
It was the first feature film to be shot entirely in Sedona since the 1970s, when the heyday of Hollywood filmmaking in the region ended.
Houndmouth, a band from New Albany, Indiana, released a song titled "Sedona" in 2015.
In the Supernatural episode "Clap Your Hands if You Believe", while visiting a woman who believes in fairies, Sam mentions to Dean that it's "like Sedona, Arizona crapped in here." Sagan Lewis - actress, former program director of the Sedona International Film Festival A colorful sunset over rocks in Sedona, Arizona.
Sedona Airpor"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sedona city, Arizona".
Territorial Women's Memorial Rose Garden: Sedona Arabelle Miller Schnebly.
"Arizona Scenic Roads ~ See for yourself why the Scenic Roads of Arizona are truly a hidden treasure!".
Heidinger & Trevillyan, 2007, Images of America: Sedona, Arcadia Publishing.
Gateway To Sedona.
"Arizona's Little Hollywood: Sedona and Northern Arizona's Forgotten Film History 1923-1973" (2010, Northedge & Sons) "SEDONA, ARIZONA - Climate Summary".
"Monthly Averages for Sedona, AZ (86351)".
"Sedona Marathon".
"The Sedona Miracle".
"Unity of Sedona New Age Spiritual Center, New Thought Church and Energy Vortex".
NY Times: Sedona Sedona Charter School Verde Valley Medical Center - Sedona Campus "Watch Houndmouth: "Sedona" from Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC.com".
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Geographic data related to Sedona, Arizona at Open - Street - Map Sedona, Arizona - 1902 establishments in Arizona Territory - Cities in Arizona - Cities in Coconino County, Arizona - Cities in Yavapai County, Arizona - Populated places of the Mogollon Rim
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