Chapel of the Holy Cross (Sedona)

Hours, gift shop, last entry

From chapeloftheholycross.com/hours (read October 17, 2026): chapel visitor hours 9 AM–5 PM seven days a week, last entry 4:45 PM; gift shop 9:30 AM–4:30 PM daily on the lower floor, run by St. John Vianney Catholic Church, closed Christmas and Easter (also the gift-shop page); facilities are limited, with porta-potties at the base of the hill. Re-check the hours page and the chapel calendar for special services the morning of your visit — schedules move. Phone and email are on the chapel's contact page; confirm them there. The address is 780 Chapel Rd. Trip timing is on Plan a Sedona trip.

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Parking, crowds, steep approach

From the chapel's hours page (read October 17, 2026): parking is limited (45 spaces); park to the right of the roadway; use the hilltop turnaround to drop people before hunting a space; lower stalls mean a steeper walk up — plan mobility before you commit the drive; golf carts can assist to the chapel ramp when available (this is not a guaranteed accessibility rating); wheelchairs available for families as needed; no RVs or trailers. This page gives no ramp, stair or lift counts and does not suggest roadside Forest Service parking as a chapel workaround; nearby Forest Service trailheads are a different fee and pass system. If the lot is full or the climb is too much that day: Plan a Sedona trip, the hot-day guide, and the Phoenix day-trip guide — not a ranked list of better viewpoints. The chapel home page may link local shuttle info — confirm routes and stops on whatever operator page the chapel links; this page lists no stops or shuttle brands.

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Chapel lot vs Red Rock Pass

The chapel hours page describes chapel-lot parking rules and does not list a Forest Service Red Rock Pass (or America the Beautiful) as the lot ticket. These are separate things: Chapel of the Holy Cross covers visitor hours, the chapel lot, the gift shop and services; St. John Vianney Catholic Church runs the gift shop (per the hours page); the Red Rock Pass / America the Beautiful covers many Coconino National Forest fee sites and is separate from the chapel lot; the Sedona churches comparison lists congregation service times, not this landmark's logistics. If you also visit Forest Service trailheads the same day, pass planning is on Plan a Sedona trip.

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Quiet etiquette, pets, kids

Per the chapel hours page: maintain silence inside the chapel building; no eating or drinking inside; leave pets outside when entering the chapel building. For broader pet logistics see the dogs guide; for family pacing see the kids guide (no age cutoffs are stated here). For candles or sitting quietly, confirm the chapel's candles page.

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Services, Mass, weddings

Travellers ask about the healing Mass, whether the chapel is Catholic, and small weddings. Those answers come from the chapel's own pages: hours and religious services on the hours page, special services and cancellations on the calendar, and the weddings policy on the weddings page. This page states no booking rules. Notes read September 25, 2026 (reconfirm; not evergreen): Taizé Prayer Mondays 5:00 PM; Wednesdays and Fridays Adoration 12 PM–3 PM, Confession 1 PM–2:30 PM, Mass 3 PM; the page also showed a cancellation on September 23 and an October Healing Mass on Friday, October 16. The chapel site points weekend Masses to St. John Vianney, so no Sunday schedule is given here for the chapel building.

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Next steps

Confirm hours, last entry, parking, and service notes on chapeloftheholycross.com/hours the morning you go. Take the first available stall; expect a steeper walk from lower spots; treat golf-cart assist as something to confirm, not a guarantee. If the lot is full or the climb is too much, use Plan a Sedona trip and the hot-day guide for pacing; they are not a ranking of other landmarks. Corrections are free and need no account.

What this page will not say

It does not claim free admission, guarantee a golf cart, give ramp or stair counts, name shuttle brands or stops, or name lodging or restaurants.

About this page

This page names visit logistics from the chapel's own pages, not congregation service times and not a lodging list. Dated hours and parking figures below were read from chapeloftheholycross.com/hours on September 25, 2026; check them the morning you go (the page did not load on a later check). It makes no free-admission claim, no golf-cart guarantee, and names no shuttle brand. Chapel of the Holy Cross is a public visitor landmark on Chapel Road (SR-179 corridor) — a Catholic chapel built into Sedona's red rock (completed April 1956), at 780 Chapel Rd., Sedona, AZ 86336. Travellers mostly ask about hours and last entry, parking, the steep approach with golf-cart assist, and silence and pets outside the building — not about Sunday congregation listings. This page covers visit logistics; the Sedona churches and service times comparison covers congregations. As read from the chapel's own hours page on September 25, 2026: open 9 AM–5 PM seven days a week, with last entry at 4:45 PM. Parking is limited (45 spaces) on the chapel roadway (all parking to the right); a turnaround at the top allows drop-offs; golf carts can assist to the chapel ramp when available (availability varies); wheelchairs are available for families as needed; no RVs or trailers. Inside the chapel building: silence, no eating or drinking, and pets stay outside the building (per the hours page). Confirm hours, last entry, parking, and any closure banners on chapeloftheholycross.com/hours before you drive. The dated counts this page can honestly print are jeep, trolley and trail records this index already holds — they are not chapel admission figures or ramp counts: As of September 25, 2026 that is 24 trail records, 6 jeep tour records and 2 trolley tour records. The comparison pages below are the lists.