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Cornville

Cornville is in the Verde Valley, about 100 miles and less than 2 hours from the Phoenix airport. It's a tiny town, not even a crossroad. More like a side road. But, it has a post office, gas stations, more than one good restaurant, a feed store (hey, we're in the country here), and a lovely park. Oak Creek runs through town, and it's surrounded by lovely cottonwood trees. We have our own post office / zip code - which is more than Perinton (our former home) has. And they really mean "Speed Limit 25", so pay attention when you drive through town.

Also in the valley are the major metropolis of Cottonwood (pop 10,000) and Sedona, one of the most beautiful areas anywhere.

We are about 45 minutes from Flagstaff, where they typically get more snow than Rochester! Flagstaff is ~3000 feet of elevation higher than Cornville, and much cooler. One of the most frequent questions we are asked: What's the temperature like?

Records and Averages (from yahoo weather)

Month Avg. High Avg. Low Avg. Precip. Rec. High Rec. Low
January 60.0° F 26.0° F 1.26 in 82.0° (01/26/1951) -1.0° F (01/13/1963)
February 65.0° F 29.0° F 1.40 in 89.0° (02/26/1986) 7.0° F (02/01/1949)
March 70.0° F 34.0° F 1.47 in 94.0° (03/10/1972) 12.0° F (03/02/1971)
April 78.0° F 39.0° F 0.69 in 99.0° (04/27/1996) 16.0° F (04/04/1945)
May 87.0° F 47.0° F 0.43 in 107.0° (05/28/1958) 24.0° F (05/05/1950)
June 97.0° F 54.0° F 0.33 in 117.0° (06/25/1970) 36.0° F (06/02/1951)
July 100.0° F 63.0° F 1.58 in 115.0° (07/29/1995) 45.0° F (07/03/1971)
August 98.0° F 63.0° F 2.11 in 112.0° (08/11/1980) 39.0° F (08/23/1968)
September 92.0° F 55.0° F 1.80 in 111.0° (09/01/1950) 31.0° F (09/20/1978)
October 81.0° F 43.0° F 1.30 in 104.0° (10/02/1980) 20.0° F (10/30/1971)
November 69.0° F 31.0° F 1.06 in 88.0° (11/04/1980) 8.0° F (11/20/1956)
December 59.0° F 25.0° F 1.06 in 78.0° (12/29/1980) 4.0° F (12/23/1990)

Nearby attractions   

Tuzigoot Nat'l Monument
Sinagua ruins

Arcosanti
An urban experiment

Montezuma Castle
It's not a castle, and Montezuma was never here

Verde Canyon Railroad
From Clarkdale to Perkinsville
(where?)
Jerome
"America's Most Vertical City" and "Largest Ghost Town in America". , once the 4th largest city in the Arizona territory
Sedona
Site of vortexes (not to be confused with vortices) and red rocks
Cornville Out of Africa Wildlife Park
We finally visited here with Rebecca in 2008 and it was awesome. Pictures Here
Blazin M Ranch
Haven't been here yet but we know it's a touristy cowboy "town", show, and dinner
Verde Santa Fe Golf Course
right in our neighborhood
Slide Rock State Park
swim in Oak Creek Canyon near the historic apple orchards
Red Rock State Park
Oak Creek and gorgeous red rock views. Sunset from here is terrific.
Hiking - there are numerous opportunities for gentle or more strenuous hikes, within 1/2 hour of us. Balloon rides, red rock jeep tours and more. V-Bar-V Ranch
wonderful, easy to access petroglyphs

A Longer drive

These two (to the right) are on the way to the Grand Canyon

Sunset Crater Volcano last erupted sometime between 1040 and 1100.

Less than 800 years ago, Wupatki Pueblo was the largest pueblo around.
These two are adjoining each other, and farther east of Flagstaff Painted Desert Petrified Forest  with geologic and fossil records of the Late Triassic period.

Farther away

Laughlin, NV Grand Canyon Las Vegas
~ 3-1/2 hours ~ 3-1/2 hours ~ 5 hours
If you are really into Casino's, though, Cliff Castle Casino is just 20 minutes from us on the Yavapai-Apache Nation