Red Rock, Yavapai County, Arizona

Red Rock, Arizona
Populated place
Red Rock Crossing in 1959
Red Rock Crossing in 1959
Red Rock is located in Arizona
Red Rock
Red Rock
Red Rock is located in the United States
Red Rock
Red Rock
Coordinates: 34°49′31″N 111°48′32.1″W / 34.82528°N 111.808917°W / 34.82528; -111.808917
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyYavapai
Elevation
3,976 ft (1,212 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
Area code928
GNIS feature ID33497[1]

Red Rock is a place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Red Rock is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Sedona.

Red Rock Crossing is a former ford across Oak Creek with views of Cathedral Rock. The crossing was washed out in a flood in 1978,[2] and there are no current plans to reopen it to automobile traffic. Most of the crossing is included in the Coconino National Forest's Crescent Moon Ranch recreation area.

Baldwins Crossing is an alternate name for the ford.[3]

Education

Red Rock is in the Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District.[4]

Previously Red Rock was in the Red Rock School District, which did not operate any schools and sent students to Flagstaff Unified School District, which at the time operated Sedona School, along with Flagstaff High School. Circa 1959 to 1963 Flagstaff USD administrators told Red Rock that the Red Rock district should create an in-house school. Circa 1963 Flagstaff USD administrators told the Red Rock district that soon it may not be able to continue having students from Red Rock. That year, a bill to create a new bi-county school district that would take over the Sedona-Oak Creek district and take territory from Flagstaff USD had been introduced in the Arizona Legislature.[5]

  • Cathedral Rock at Red Rock Crossing, 2009
    Cathedral Rock at Red Rock Crossing, 2009
  • Cathedral Rock over the old mill at Crescent Moon picnic area
    Cathedral Rock over the old mill at Crescent Moon picnic area

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Red Rock, Yavapai County, Arizona
  2. ^ "The Past". Red Rock Crossing. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Water Resources Data for Arizona. U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division. 1980. pp. 391–.
  4. ^ "School District Map" (PDF). Yavapai County. Retrieved December 28, 2024. - Indicates locations of unincorporated areas.
  5. ^ "Bi-County School Bill Hit: Senate Unit Refuses Its Introduction". Arizona Daily Sun. Vol. 17, no. 154. January 31, 1963. pp. 1-2 – via Newspapers.com.