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Flagstaff (Navajo: Kinłání Dook'o' ooshid Biyaagi) is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2008, the city's estimated population was 60,222.[1] The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was estimated at 127,450 in 2007.[3] It is the county seat of Coconino County.[4] The city is named after a Ponderosa Pine flagpole made by a scouting party from Boston (known as the "Second Boston Party") to celebrate the United States Centennial on July 4, 1876.[verification needed]
Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, along the western side of the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest in the continental United States.[5] Flagstaff is located adjacent to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (3,850 m), is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness.
Flagstaff's early economy was based on the lumber, railroad, and ranching industries. Today, the city remains an important distribution hub for companies such as Nestlé Purina PetCare and Walgreens, and is home to Lowell Observatory and Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff has a strong tourism sector, due to its proximity to Grand Canyon National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, and historic Route 66. The city is also home to medical device manufacturing, including such companies as W. L. Gore and Associates, and Machine Solutions.

Downtown Flagstaff lies immediately to the east of Mars Hill, the location of Lowell Observatory. Streets in the downtown area are laid out in a grid pattern, parallel to Route 66 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail Line, running east-west through the city. Milton Road branches off from Route 66 west of downtown, and travels south, adjacent to the Northern Arizona University campus, to the junction of Interstate 17 and Interstate 40. Milton continues to the south, becoming State Route 89A, and traveling through Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona. Traveling north from downtown, Fort Valley Road (U.S. 180) connects with the Museum of Northern Arizona, Arizona Snowbowl, and Grand Canyon National Park. Traveling east from downtown, Route 66 and the railroad run in parallel toward East Flagstaff (and beyond), at the base of Mount Elden. Much of Flagstaff's industry is located east of downtown, adjacent to the railroad tracks, as well as in East Flagstaff.
Several towns are located close to Flagstaff along Interstates 40 and 17. Approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south are the small urban areas of Kachina Village (west of I-17) and Mountainaire, Arizona (east of I-17; 2 miles). Both of these areas were built in the early 1960s as second homes for people escaping the Phoenix heat in summer. Recently these areas are now permanent all-year-round housing. About 35 miles (56 km) to the west is Williams, 20 miles (32 km) to the south is Munds Park, which features a semi-public Golf Course called Pinewood, and 30 miles (48 km) to the south on AZ HWY 89a is Sedona. 15 miles (24 km) to the east of Flagstaff is the town of Winona, mentioned in the famous song, Route 66. Holbrook is 90 miles (144 km) to the east.

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[atreveteaz]

I loved your video, and I loved the music too... Are you still in Az? Would love to share to you my videos. Keep in touch=)

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

Thanks for watching I have not been to AZ for a while

[quietonesam]

I've lived in Flag most of my life. Nice little town, you can't walk the streets without running in to 4 people you know.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

yes I love Flagstaff

I need to get back there next year

Maybe I will go there for Christmas Next Year

[JesseniaRabie]

I am considering moving to this town, and this makes me want to !!!

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

i am plased about that

I Love Flagstaff AZ

It is a cool desert town with cool air a mile high in the arizona desert

its great

[tlowery04]

When I moved from flagstaff to Oklahoma I was warned that Flagstaff had a boomerang effect on people. That once you've lived there you would always keep coming back. There is nothing I have found in Oklahoma that equals the serenity and friendship I found in this town. Someday I hope to return - I'll have to make my fortune at a lower altitude first though, not a lot of financial opportunity there.

[321daywalker123]

i love it there, i grue up there, i miss it so

[drwiiguy5]

I live in flagstaff AZ

[atreveteaz]

@ROCKsquareANORACK Okay. I'd love to hear when you're going back... Take care=)

[edmeej47]

OMG i miss my Flagstaff soo much it hurts, i lived there for twenty nine years,im in San Antonio Texas now is like two diffrent worlds NOTHING COMPARES like day and night

[Arizonaa34]

my friends dad used to own primos!!