The refuge is home to bald eagles, peregrine falcons and desert bighorn sheep. The two units of Lake Havasu State Park are beautiful and well developed recreation areas. These National Monuments are located just east of Flagstaff. Wupatki protects more than 800 prehistoric Native American rock dwellings, many of which can be visited. Sunset Crater is a volcanic cinder cone which spewed ash and lava over an 800 square-mile area about nine centuries ago leaving a symmetrical cone 1,000 feet high.
Visitors can stroll through the mists of time among the ruins on paved trails.
The sheer cliffs of Canyon de Chelly shelter abandoned remnants of centuries-old civilizations. The National Monument contains more than 100 miles of secluded sandstone canyons. The walls go from 30 feet to 1000 feet above the sandy floor. More than 100 prehistoric sites have been preserved. Hiking, horseback and four-wheel drive tours for the canyon must be in the company of an authorized guide or park ranger.