~ Little Colorado River
The Little Colorado river flows from the mountains of northeastern Arizona toward the Colorado River, joining it near Cameron, just east of the Grand Canyon. Usually dry or just a trickle, it carries huge volumes of water after storms, draining a vast area of northern Arizona. The Grand Falls of the Little Colorado is formed east of Flagstaff, where a lava flow from a cinder cone in the San Francisco Peak volcanic area once forced the river to stop flowing west and turn straight north. It’s a beautiful grassland area and home to pronghorn antelope.
