Quote Originally Posted by 556Cliff View Post
That is actually surprising to me... I had to go look at Google Earth to check it out and there is indeed a green strip forest-like terrain running East to West through the middle of the state. I always thought that Arizona was just a big & flat, sandy, dry desert with a big canyon running through it. It's still too hot there, but it's nice to know it has more inhabitable greener areas.
Definitely isnt flat. We are one of the "Mountain States" with an average elevation of around 4000 feet. The South Rim of the Grand Canyon (where the main park is located) sits at 7000 feet. Also the mountain towns dont get hot like the desert towns. The average high temperature in July for Flagstaff is in the low 80s. It does get really cold there in the winter though.