 | | | Welcome to Arizona! Arizona is known for its sunshine and year-round nice weather; no matter the time of year, there is always nice place to visit. Arizona offers all types of landscapes from the desert floor to the highest pine covered mountain peak. Visitors can plan time for sightseeing, playing a round of golf, skiing a slope, hiking the Arizona Trail, or exploring one of six National Forests. |
| | | | The Phoenix metro area, known as the Valley of the Sun, offers opportunities for shopping and relaxing by a sparkling swimming pool, while Tucson offers a blend of new and old world cultures. Flagstaff, located in the beautiful mountain country, is the perfect jumping off place for camping, skiing, hiking, and enjoying Arizona's high country. Historic Route 66 also traverses the state.Arizona is also home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Grand Canyon. Other popular natural wonders include Lake Powell and Rainbow Bridge, Petrified Forest and Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, Sedona Oak Creek Canyon, Salt River Canyon, Superstition Mountains, Picacho Peak State Park, Saguaro National Park, Chiricahua National Monument, and the Colorado River.Arizona Facts: Capital City: Phoenix Admission to Statehood: February 14, 1912, 48th stateBird: Cactus Wren Flower: Saguaro cactus blossom Tree: Palo Verde |
|  | The 13 rays of red and gold on the top half of the flag represent both the 13 original colonies of the Union, and the rays of the Western setting sun. Red and gold were also the colors carried by Coronado's Spanish expedition in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola in 1540. The bottom half of the flag has the same Liberty blue as the United States flag. Since Arizona was the largest producer of copper in the nation, a copper star was placed in the flag's center. The Arizona flag was adopted in 1917. |
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