The stone stackers inhabited this timeless place from about 600 until 1400 CE. Located in a pine forests, the ruins can be found in a steep canyon, one which severs the rolling plateau above the home of these indigenous people.

This canyon is twenty miles long, 400 feet deep and a quarter mile wide, a canyon which was carved by Walnut Creek over a period of 60 million years. Within the winding walls of this canyon, there is an abundant mix of plants and animals that are drawn here by water and a vast variety of topography. Most likely, this is what was the reason that these stone stackers made this canyon their homeland.

Located on the north slope of the ridge between the Verde River and Little Colorado River, the Walnut canyon drains north into the Little Colorado River, which then drains into the Colorado River.