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arizona’s best fall mountain town 🍁🍂📸 📍flagstaff, arizona’s best fall mountain town 🍁🍂📸

📍flagstaff, arizona

a few of the best things to do in the fall in flagstaff include:

🚠 ride the scenic gondola through fall colors
🍁 hike aspen nature loop
☕️ stroll through cute downtown shops & grab coffee
🎃 visit a pumpkin patch
🍂 see the aspen corner swing

***2025 footage

for more things to do, places to stay & where to eat in flagstaff in the fall, comment 🔗
outdoorsy things to do in flagstaff (september edi outdoorsy things to do in flagstaff (september edition) 🌲👇🏼

there’s always so much to do in arizona’s mountain town, but here’s some ideas specific to the end of summer/ beginning of fall (ad)

🥾hikes
•fatmans loop trail
•sycamore falls
•bear jaw-abineau trail
•humphreys peak (perfect time) 

🏕️ camping
•wing mountain dispersed
•bonito campground developed
•fort tuthill campground developed
•schultz pass road dispersed

🚠 activities
•ride the snowbowl scenic gondola
•drive snowbowl road
•visit one of the 3 national monuments
•walk around buffalo park
•fish at lake mary

🌻 flowers during wildflower season
•i spotted lupines & indian paintbrush off dirt roads/ trails off snowbowl road
•sunflowers in fort valley off the I-80, schultz pass road & the road into sunset crater 

🧀 food
•best outdoors!!! 

grilled cheese & tomato soup at the end of the day is >>>

i may not have realized before, but the butter you choose matters!!! @redbarncreameryofficial ‘s butter is made with 84% butterfat (made in the US) as opposed to the common 80%, which means it contains less water & has a richer flavor. my friends literally noticed the better taste! 🧈
had the iconic hole in the rock to MYSELFFFF for a had the iconic hole in the rock to MYSELFFFF for a few minutes & it was wonderful 😎🫶🏻
don’t get me wrong, i LOVE the desert. but it make don’t get me wrong, i LOVE the desert. but it makes me sad when visitors only see 1% of what arizona really is, and what it really is is beautiful and diverse and colorful 🫶🏻

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