State Route 89A is an 83.85-mile (134.94 km) state highway that runs from Prescott north to Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona. The highway begins at SR 89 in Yavapai County and heads northward from Prescott Valley, entering Jerome. From Jerome, the route then heads to Cottonwood and Clarkdale. The road then continues out to Sedona. The highway is notable for its scenic value as it winds over and through Mingus Mountain as well as passing through Sedona and the Oak Creek Canyon. The route then enters Coconino County soon after leaving Sedona. The highway proceeds to Flagstaff, where it crosses Interstate 17 (I-17) and I-40. The highway ends at I-40 Business in Flagstaff. What is now SR 89A became a state highway in the late 1920s as SR 79. The highway was extended and improved several times through 1938. SR 79 was renumbered to U.S. Route 89A in 1941 and then to SR 89A in the early 1990s.
SR 89A north of Cottonwood
SR 89A in Sedona
SR 89A descending Oak Creek Canyon
View of Oak Creek Canyon
Prescott is a city and the county seat of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. As of 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827.
Courthouse and Buckey O'Neill statue
First Territorial Capital and Governor's Mansion, 1864. Now part of Sharlot Hall Museum.
First Prescott Courthouse, c. 1885
"Execution of a soldier of the 8th Infantry in Prescott, Arizona 1877" is the caption. In fact, it is the execution of Private James Malone of Company K 12th US Infantry in Prescott Arizona March 15, 1878, for his part in a January 1876 murder.