Old Town Cottonwood

Center of the Verde Valley

Though the population is only 13,000, about the same as Sedona, Cottonwood’d central location in the Verde Valley makes it the most important town in the area, with big box shopping and a regional hospital.

A gas station rehabbed into a nightclub
A mural
A small alley reclaimed as outdoor dining space
One of the classic Forties motels
The old jail, now part of the Tea House
Mural, Cottonwood Old Town
Mural, Cottonwood Old Town
This old gas station has turned into a diner…
…with the original gas pumps still in place
The cottonwoods themselves, winter-bare here, cluster near the Verde river