Walnut+Canyon+National+Monument

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Facts:
 * Southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona
 * The small seasonal stream called Walnut Creek made a 600 feet deep canyon that flows East
 * Has a museum and visition center
 * 0.7 mile Rim Trail, a flat land along the canyon rim and ends at a veiwpoint on the edge, from where the island can be seen to the west
 * 0.9 mile Island Trail (very steep, 185 feet) has a 240 stairs
 * Elevation of 7,000 feet
 * Workers have to provide oxygen bottles for hikers
 * Canyon is made out of sandstone, limestone, and other ancient desert rock and reaches to 20 miles long and 400 feet
 * Occupied by the Sinagua people from about 1100 to 1250 AD
 * Takes up 36,000 acres in Flagstaff Arizona
 * Canyon was formed by 6 million years of water flowing first as a gentle creek across the plateau