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=Palatki Heritage Site= Boynton Pass Rd Sedona, AZ 86336 Palatki Heritage Site webpage Palatki Heritage Site map

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Palatki Heritage Site
Coordinates: 34.9160769, -111.9020444 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Palatki Heritage Site
The Palatki Heritage Site and its sister site, Honanki, were the largest cliff dwellings of the Red Rock Country between AD 1150 - 1350. They were first described by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, famous turn-of-the century archaeologist from the Smithsonian Institution, who gave them the Hopi names of Honanki (Badger House) and Palatki (Red House). The Hopi, however, have no specific names for these sites.

The Palatki Heritage Site cliff dwelling and rock art site is located near the town of Sedona in north-central Arizona. Currently managed by the U.S. Forest Service under the Red Rock Pass Program, the site is open to the general public for visits seven days a week (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas). A small visitor center and bookstore, run by the Arizona Natural History Association, is located a short distance from the parking lot.

There are three trails at Palatki Heritage Site, one trail that takes you up to the Sinagua cliff dwellings, one that takes you to a view of the dwellings and a third that goes to the alcoves that shelter the painted symbols, or pictographs from every native culture to ever occupy the Verde Valley. These trails, each .25 mile one way making the round trip distance one and one-half mile, are fairly easy but they are not accessible to most wheelchairs.

The area next to the cliff dwelling is limited to ten visitors at a time. Reservations are strongly encouraged. From Palatki Heritage Site webpage



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