Guys! Quick Autumn Leaves advice please please! (Phoenix, Prescott: camp, castle)

[acrylic]

I'm planning on leaving here in about 2 hours, but I'd like to take a little day trip somewhere that has the changed leaves. I don't know if I'm already too late for that or not, but I'm hoping there's somewhere?

If not, where's a good place at a 2-hour maximum of Phoenix to go and visit for a couple hours? Payson area/Sedona area/Prescott area? I've been to all 3 before, but I'd like to take someone, and show some nice scenery.

Thanks all!!!

[Ponderosa]

Your kind of late for up north, but you might see some fall color in the sycamore/cottonwoods in the mid-elevation riparian (stream) areas. A good trip would be to Montezuma Castle National Monument. There is a prehistoric cliff dwelling there along a nice stream with huge, old trees. It is a short distance north of Camp Verde off I17.

[acrylic]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Your kind of late for up north, but you might see some fall color in the sycamore/cottonwoods in the mid-elevation riparian (stream) areas. A good trip would be to Montezuma Castle National Monument. There is a prehistoric cliff dwelling there along a nice stream with huge, old trees. It is a short distance north of Camp Verde off I17.

Alright, thank you Ponderosa! I appreciate it. I actually heard really cool things about that national monument.

[BevK]

We were in Sedona last weekend. The trees in town are still turning, but if you go up Oak Creek Canyon they are past their peak.