E x p lo r at i o n
The Sedona Peace Tour
features three categories
of peace sites—ancient,
environmental, and
modern—with a total of 18
sites, several of which are
cross-referenced. The Peace
Tour can be accessed by car,
inspiring walks of explora-
tion, and some longer hikes
available at many sites. The
Tour starts at Bell Rock, just
north of the Village of Oak
Creek on S.R. 179, but can
begin at any peace site and
continue from there.
Introducing the Sedona Peace Tour
w
hat is it that stirs the heart upon seeing red earth rise up
to meet cobalt blue skies? Is it merely Sedona’s startling
beauty that cradles your senses, releasing a primordial
ahhhh from deep within?
In the spirituality practiced by many First Peoples
there is the notion of “walking the Red Road,” or liv-
ing a life of truth and humility that respects Mother
Earth and is in friendship with all of one’s relations. For
millennia the Sedona environs has served as a refuge for their ceremonies,
prayers and peacemaking. And today Sedona continues to inspire residents
and visitors alike to fall into harmony with its sacred resonance.
The metaphor of the Red Road seems to be rolled out quite literally in Sedo-
na, and it is with that recognition that the Sedona International City of Peace
created a circular path of discovery through its red rocks. You are invited to
take that journey in your imagination in the following pages, and then make
time to follow your own Red Road and experience the raw beauty, peace and
healing of the Sedona Peace Tour.
by Jane Perini and Paula Donnelly-Roark
4 IMAGINE l Autumn 2015
l Bell Rock is both an ancient
Native American sacred site and
one of Sedona’s vortex sites, which
are said to be places of concentrated
energy that help amplify whatever
is needed for healing and growth.
Native Americans have tradition-
ally recognized Bell Rock as a
sacred site of masculine energy; it
is matched to Boynton Canyon on
the northwestern side of Sedona,
a sacred site of feminine energy to
which the Yavapai-Apache groups
continue to honor with their annual
spring trek. It is believed Bell Rock
and Boynton Canyon were to be
preserved for rituals of life, peace
and restoration, and within which
no one should live.