Found this on the map on our drive from Sedona back to PHX airport. Quite a bumpy dirt road to get there (coming from the north) but well worth it! No admission fee, just a steep short walk to the top to see the well. Beautiful and interesting!

A real hidden gem!! This place is an outstanding beauty with a wonderful and cool history! Take a walk on the going down trail and discover a cave where women used to give a birth! And - this site is free! Don’t miss it!

Very interesting place that I had never heard of. It is a beautiful oasis in what is mostly a desert area. The walk to the well is about 1/3 mile round trip and involves some stairs. It was a great surprise addition to our trip.

Interesting stop. There are a couple of trails to walk. Uneven ground so if you have mobility issues, this would not be a great stop. You can wander around this area for about an hour or so. There is some interesting history surrounding this area.

This is a short stop, but a vital one of you want to see the brilliance of native irrigation. They understood the nature of this unusual sinkhole and used it to irrigate food that wouldn’t absorb the hard minerals. A sign says it’s the most studied desert pool in the world

Beautiful view when they had so much water, the trail was actually closed beyond the exit point. You can walk down into or go down outside, the walls to witness the water exiting the well and entering the river. A very well maintained facility, with a remote location (4 miles on a dirt road). Part of a package, an essential visit.

We were pleasantly surprised by Montezuma Well National Monument. It's rather small by NPS standards, and you won't need a lot of time here. But how surprising to find this rather deep well in the middle of a desert. It also has pueblo ruins that show this was once the home to Native Americans. The Ranger here was most informative and he spent a lot of time answering our questions. There are also information signs that explain what you are looking at. There are several walking trails, although with bad knees, our group took a pass on this. There is no charge for Montezuma Well National Monument.

90 something degrees and NO SHADE But the walk was interesting with some elevation change. Definitely walk down the side path to the bottom. The cliff dwelling down there was COOL!!!! Both in temperature and construction. Snake signs are for study. We were told they chip the snakes. We saw no rattlesnakes. The water in the well takes thousands of years to get there according to the info sign.