01/04/2024
Flagstaff Trivia points from our partners at Discover Flagstaff.
How many of these did you know about?
Happy National Trivia Day! 📝
Here are some Flagstaff trivia facts to kick off 2024!
🌲: Flagstaff was founded July 4, 1876, named after a stripped pine tree made into a flagpole placed at Old Town Spring, now called Old Town Spring Park.
🌲: Flagstaff is the world's first International Dark Sky City, receiving this designation on October 24, 2001.
🌲: Pluto was discovered at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff on February 18, 1930.
🌲: Flagstaff smells of vanilla or butterscotch during the summer, due to the terpines in the Ponderosa Pine Trees.
🌲: Flagstaff is located in the world's largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest.
🌲: Flagstaff is home to about 15 miles of The Motherroad, Route 66.
🌲: 100 to 150 trains pass through Flagstaff each day.
📸: Arizona Historical Society - https://azhsarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15812coll3/id/13/rec/2