Every Sunday from May through October, Flagstaff Community Market brings together Arizona farmers, food producers, food trucks, makers, musicians, nonprofits, small businesses, and neighbors in the heart of downtown Flagstaff.

Come shop fresh, support local, and spend your Sunday morning with the people who make this community what it is.

Our Mars Hill campus features state-of-the-art visitor spaces, including the Open Deck Observatory featuring six public viewing telescopes, and the Astronomy Discovery Center, home to an open-air planetarium that showcases the real night sky. Lowell has been a pioneer in dark sky protection since 1958, helping make Flagstaff the world’s first International Dark Sky City. Research today spans our solar system and beyond, including planets, comets, and asteroids, distant exoplanets, galaxies, and dark matter. Research is supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and generous donors. Whether you join us on Mars Hill or follow our work from afar, Lowell Observatory remains “America’s Observatory,” connecting people everywhere to the wonder of the cosmos.

Nestled between the Painted Desert and ponderosa highlands of northern Arizona, Wupatki National Monument is an unlikely landscape for a thriving community. The early 1100's marked a time of cooler and wetter weather, when the ancestors of contemporary Pueblo communities created a bustling center of trade and culture. For indigenous peoples, these sites represent the footprints of their ancestors.

Often described as Earth's greatest geological showcase, the breathtaking ensemble of colorful rock layers, impressive buttes and shadowed side canyons sets Grand Canyon apart. Enjoy the views, hike a trail, observe the wildlife, watch a sunrise or sunset, or immerse yourself in almost two billion years of geology. Just 1.5 hours north of Flagstaff!

One of our favorite hiking trails!

Red Mountain, located 25 miles northwest of Flagstaff, is a volcanic cinder cone that rises 1,000 feet above the surrounding landscape. It is unusual in having the shape of a "U," and in lacking the symmetrical shape of most cinder cones. In addition, a large natural amphitheater cuts into the cone's northeast flank. Erosional pillars called "hoodoos" decorate the amphitheater, and many dark mineral crystals erode out of its walls. Studies by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Northern Arizona University scientists suggest that Red Mountain formed in eruptions about 740,000 years ago.

Explore the wonders of the Colorado Plateau with engaging exhibits featuring geology, paleontology, archaeology, art, and Native American cultures.