LIZARD HEAD
LIZARD HEAD: Sedona. Lizard Head (center) is a familiar sight along Dry Creek Rd. L-R: Lizard Head, Capitol Butte, Chimney Rock She’s impossible to miss. Agaves frame views from Chimney Pass The dragon-esque rock formation that looms above Dry Creek Road in Sedona’s northwest sector looks like a sentinel guarding the western edge of Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness. Created by eons of plate tectonics, running water and blowing dust, had the prominent nub been sculpted by human hands instead, it might have been titled Reptile in Repose . Chimney Rock seen from the Andante trail Aptly named Lizard Head, the stony escarpment is one of several impressive geological features visible from a cluster of trails that wander along the southern slopes of Capitol Butte, a 6,355-foot massif that’s also known as Thunder Mountain. Several trailheads provide easy access to the Lizard Head trail which passes just below the pseudo-reptile’s snout. Lizard Head stands out over Lower Ch...