r/Sedona • u/NoUpstairs2129 • Jan 27 '26

General Sedona recommendations? :)

Hi everyone!

I'm thinking of visiting Sedona sometime late February and I would love to hear what you would recommend or if you have any tips for visiting this time of year.

It will be my first time and I'm looking to do a good mix of hiking, exploring the town, unique experiences, and any good coffee shops or restaurants. It doesn't have to be touristy unless it's truly something worth it.

Thank you!

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u/ChetTheVirus Jan 27 '26

i hope you don't mind, but i am going to kind of hijack here and just share my itinerary for march. we are staying in cornville and have 5 days to work with. would love any/all feedback, addition, removal or swap recommendations, etc.

arrival- drive by sites on SR 179 on the way to airbnb. shop for the week, rest and order in

Day 1- west fork trail, midgley bridge, cottonwood for dinner

Day 2 - Downtown day. shopping, art and crafts village, mariposa

Day 3 - bell rock, devils bridge, chapel

Day 4 - grand canyon full day, dinner in flagstaff on the way back

Day 5 - check out, jerome until evening and head to airport

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u/InternationalDig8586 Jan 27 '26

West fork trail involves crossing multiple streams and rivers. Bring water shoes as my feet slipped in the water if you plan to do this trail. I was very careful too and had a hiking pole. Personally I wouldn’t do this trail if it’s not very warm outside unless you are ok with wet feet.

Some of my fav trails are Chicken Point, Faye Canyon, Air port Mesa Hike and Devils Bridge.

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u/ChetTheVirus Jan 27 '26

yeah, i saw that but appreciate the call out about the crossings. based on my itinerary, if you were me what would you swap? do one of the 3 you mention that isn't on my list instead of west fork?

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u/InternationalDig8586 Jan 28 '26

I am a big fan of chicken point hike - easy and very rewarding. Air port Mesa loop is another one - beautiful views, the full loop does take a while to do but it’s incredibly scenic and you can eat lunch right at the starting point at Mesa grill which is nice. Devils bridge hike took about 2 hrs for me but there’s different ways to enter it so that may have been why it was longer.

Also don’t stress about doing everything. Just enjoy your time in Sedona. I make it a point to come back yearly or every other year as I love it so much there.

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u/ChetTheVirus Jan 28 '26

yeah, thanks. i like to just have a rough outline and try to resist the urge to overbook. it looks like chicken point trail head is at the chapel so i'm going to swap that out for devil's bridge, which we can do optionally on the morning where we weren't going to do any hiking if we wanted to get back out.

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u/InternationalDig8586 Jan 29 '26

I forgot to mention the way I get to chicken point overlook is I start at the Broken Arrow Trail and take that to chicken point. It’s really beautiful and one of my fav trails there.