Flagstaff Community Labyrinth

Flagstaff Community Labyrinth The Flagstaff Community Labyrinth is amazing. It is located off of the Flagstaff Urban Trail System, off Lonetree Road. http://www.flagstafflabyrinth.com

People built labyrinths in ancient Egypt, India, Greece, South America, North America (including Hopi & Tohono O’odham), and in European cathedrals. A labyrinth is not a maze, in that there are no choices along the single path that leads in to the center and back out. The intent of a labyrinth is not to confuse the walker, but to slow the mind and engage in a walking meditation. The original devel

opers of labyrinths were pagans. They may have considered labyrinths as analogs for the journey of life. Perhaps the inward walk represented birth and life to adulthood (or some other life stage) and the outward walk was an analog for old age, death, and rebirth. Or perhaps they had other ideas – we don’t really know. Experience your walk without worrying about whether your interpretation is the “correct” one. Or experience your walk without interpreting it at all…

The Flagstaff Community Labyrinth was built using a pattern which was recorded (and perhaps designed) by Sigmund Gossembrot of Augsburg, Germany in 1480 . This installation of the Gossembrot labyrinth is made of about 15 tons of lichen-covered lava boulders, all gathered within 200 ft. The rock is andesitic basalt, part of a river of lava that flowed about 1 million years ago from the vicinity of downtown Flagstaff and ended here. On your way to the labyrinth on the Arizona Trail, you walk past the advancing front of the flow. The other side of the canyon is Kaibab limestone (the white rock you see across the canyon). The lichen (the thin coat of dull green or orange on most of the rocks) is alive. It makes interesting patterns as it grows on the rocks. The mosses (the thick, dark green mat growing on a few rocks, like the rocks under the 2-trunk tree on the west edge) are delicate; please don’t sit on the mosses. The path length of the labyrinth is a quarter mile (round trip). Most people take about 20 minutes to walk to the center, reflect a few minutes, and walk back out. Most people are amazed that the walk out feels quite different than the walk in. You can, of course, get bored and quit at any time, or you may be abducted by aliens, in which case you might not walk out :0)

Please visit the labyrinth, and then visit again. Every walk will feel different. You can bring beads, seashells, or bling and leave them at the center of the labyrinth. If you feel a trinket (smaller than your pocket) was left here especially for you, take it. Please do NOT take any larger decorations or other items that are at the labyrinth. Feel free, however, to leave you own if you feel it would make the labyrinth a nicer place. To get to the labyrinth, head South off of Butler onto Lonetree. A couple blocks past REI, make a left turn onto Brannen Circle. Immediately on your left, you'll see an entrance to the urban trail. Enter on foot there, heading North on the trail. After just a minute or two, you'll see white chalk-written arrows on your left indicating where to go to get to the labyrinth. It is only about a five minute walk, total, from where you can park your car. Sorry - this is not wheelchair accessible. Please visit our website, which includes comments left in the Visitor Comments book next to the labyrinth, here: https://sites.google.com/site/flagstafflabyrinth/welcome

There is a City Council Meeting today at 6pm.Please consider attending to support "Friends of the Rio de Flag" (or just ...
10/15/2019

There is a City Council Meeting today at 6pm.

Please consider attending to support "Friends of the Rio de Flag" (or just to learn more about the issue and importance), it would help immeasurably to get our voices heard.

Flagstaff is about to spend several million dollars to bury our Rio de Flag in concrete boxes underground. In addition to the financial burden, it will take years of disruptive construction efforts, including re-routing the railroad tracks. The cost-benefit analysis is so low that the currently-involved contractors may not even be willing to take on the project. And, of course, we would all lose our beautiful Rio (permanently!) - which is probably especially meaningful to you if you live near one of the many spots that has a beautiful flow up to 6 weeks out of the year - like the area right below the labyrinth!

Friends of the Rio has other solutions that will be just as effective at controlling flooding, could better serve the residents in current flood areas, and will keep and even enhance the presence and aesthetics of the Rio in Flagstaff. These fixes won't require moving of the railroad tracks, and are likely to cost much less than the current solution. At tonight's meeting, we are asking the council to please reconsider their next steps and at least perform a financial assessment of what the Friends of the Rio are proposing.

If you care and want to come, we need you. The council needs to know that we believe the Rio is an educational, beautiful, recreational asset in our city.

The Friends of the Rio de Flag is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose goal is to protect, restore, clean up and improve the Rio de Flag and its tributaries to maximize their beauty, educational, recreational, and natural resource values, including the riparian habitats* they provide. The Friend...

06/03/2019

Summer has FINALLY arrived! Visit your friendly neighborhood labyrinth for some sunshine!

03/17/2019

🎶 🎶 Happy birthday, Flagstaff Labyrinth,
Happy birthday to you! 🎶 🎶
It's a beautiful day St Patrick's day in Flagstaff! If you choose to walk the labyrinth in the sunshine today, you'll be doing so on its 6th birthday! 🧘🏽🌞🚶❤️🎂

10/09/2018

Did you know that October 20th is National Make a Difference Day?

If you can, go out and volunteer somewhere, or help a someone in need. If you aren't sure what to do, meet at NW corner of the super walmart at 8am, bring work gloves, and pull w**ds from a nearby wash from 8-noon. Usually 30-50 people show up, so it is a nice social event. Whatever you do, I know it will make your own day better too!

09/18/2018

Did you make it to The Big Sing this past weekend? It was so nice making beauty in the sunshine with the larger community!

04/27/2018

Q: How is a labyrinth different than a maze?
A: You go to a maze to get lost, and you go to the labyrinth to get found.
☀️🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️🌲🌲🐞🦋💗🐝🌹🐾🌲🌲🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️☀️

We love that someone artfully stacked these rocks near the labyrinth. Thank you, artful contributor. :) Precarious and b...
07/17/2017

We love that someone artfully stacked these rocks near the labyrinth. Thank you, artful contributor. :)

Precarious and beautiful, just like life.

05/23/2017

I think that it's officially done snowing until Winter!
Come enjoy the first few beautiful days of true, sunny summer at Flagstaff Community Labyrinth!

03/08/2017

The ☀ is OUT, Flagtown! Bring a friend and come enjoy a sunny walk at the Flagstaff Community Labyrinth!

11/23/2016

Need a healthier plan for Turkey Day? Or perhaps a place to go to feel all your thankfulness? Consider walking the labyrinth! :)

Nice write-up in the Arizona Daily Sun! Have you hugged your neighborhood labyrinth today?
07/27/2016

Nice write-up in the Arizona Daily Sun!

Have you hugged your neighborhood labyrinth today?

Maze or labyrinth?

04/26/2016

Want to help preserve beauty and nature in Flagstaff and get to walk the labyrinth with like-minded folks this weekend?

Please arrive 9:00 AM Saturday April 30, at Willow Bend Environmental Education Center (703 E Sawmill) to receive bags and protective gear, and to choose to work on cleanup, w**d removal, or planting. Bring water and sunscreen. If you arrive late, walk the FUTS and look for a crew to join. Some work will continue till noon, but you can leave whenever you need to!

The Flagstaff Community Labyrinth is the official Trail Steward for this section of Sinclair Wash! Please help to clean the area around the labyrinth, and the nearby Urban Trail, and help us restore native plants!

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Flagstaff, AZ
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