COTTONWOOD
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Verde Valley
The Verde Valley is rich in beauty as well as history. Cottonwood is one of seven towns located in the Verde Valley with Cottonwood being the largest. The Verde Valley is over-looked by Cleopatra Hill and the Mingus Mountains to the west, the Mogollon Rim (the southern crest of the ancient Colorado Plateau) to the north, and the Bradshaw Mountains to the south. The Verde River and several tributaries like Oak Creek run through it and it is surrounded by the Prescott National Forest.
If that isn’t enough to make one want to ride around this ‘historical valley’ on their motorcycle all day long than maybe the fact that the Verde Valley contains the beauty of Sedona, the Red Rock country, with its magnificent array of red sandstone formations. These famous red rock monoliths are a special layer of red rock that is only found in Sedona.
The Verde Valley is not only a valley of great beauty it is also provides a window to the past with the best preserved cliff dwelling in North America. To be clear, how about a thousand year old 20 room condo nestled in to the side of a cliff? This is Montezuma’s Castle. One of the first four of our national monuments in the United States built by the Sinaqua people over 700 years ago.
Just a few miles north adjacent to old town Cottonwood and Clarkdale lies another national monument. Tuzigoot National Monument is an ancient pueblo situated on the top of a desert hill. Tuzigoot was built and inhabited by the same Sinaqua people.
Mining is a big part of the history of the Verde Valley. Over a billion dollars of copper, gold and silver were taken from the depths of Cleopatra Hill situated on the west side of the valley in the Mingus Mountains. Here we find the old copper mining town of Jerome. Once a thriving mining community Jerome now attracts folks with its many art and gift stores, not to mention the ‘billion dollar view of the Verde Valley below.
Although there are a lot of fantastic roads to ride around the Verde Valley one cannot dismiss the beautiful Oak Creek Canyon gorge that rises from about 4000 feet to over 7000 feet in about 11 miles through a series of shaded twisties along the creek. If the beauty and history of the Verde Valley doesn’t inspire you than riding the Oak Creek Canyon on a beautiful day should!