Another 20 or so miles leads to the Verde Valley and Cottonwood. This is a good place to spend a few days and take trips to surrounding sights. The area sports many motels and campgrounds. The Verde Valley Fair Grounds located on Historic 89 in Cottonwood has several RV Parking sites and charges minimal fees with water and electrical hookups. There are two fairly accessible dump stations.
Restrooms are clean and usable for a wheelchair.
They irrigated crops and built houses of sticks and mud. About 500 years later, other people started building homes of stone placed on hill tops or on cliffs. Examples of these societies can be seen around Cottonwood. Montezuma Castle at the Intersection of 117 and 260 can be seen in the distance. Close by is the Montezuma Well.