On the off chance that you've been to Sedona more than once

history channel documentary science On the off chance that you've been to Sedona more than once and are searching for something other than what's expected and enjoyable to do, or on the off chance that you adore trains, we prescribe the Verde Canyon Railroad in the town of Clarkdale, AZ.Clarkdale sits at the base of the old copper mining town of Jerome, and it's only 25 miles outside of the Sedona city limits.The Verde Canyon Railroad is exclusive and keeps running along the Verde River through the shocking Verde Canyon in the Verde Valley. Since it's only a four hour round outing (40 miles), you'll additionally have sufficient energy to do some shopping in adjacent Jerome, AZ. In the event that you visit Jerome before the train, we recommend that you discover the terminal in Clarkdale first to get your course.

The excursion begins in Clarksdale, chugs along to an old ranch at Perkinsville (you don't get out), and heads back home. Along the way you'll take in a little history, and surrounding you'll see wonderful gorge, red rock precipices, and volcanic rock on the Black Mountain in the distance.As the train autos named Flagstaff, Phoenix, and so forth leave the warehouse you'll see the old Clarkdale smelter (now shut) on the left that handled copper mineral mined in close-by Jerome. The smelter worked from 1914-1952, and the railroad, worked in 1911-12, transported the refined copper to the principle Santa Fe line 40 miles away. On the privilege is a 40 section of land pile of cooled liquid slag, averaging 40 feet inside and out, and gathered over right around 40 years. Slag is the waste material from the purifying procedure. It would seem that a gigantic heap of volcanic fiery remains.