Arizona

 

10/24/09

NOTE: The travel information provided below is presented without any guarantee of accuracy or without endorsement of any business, individual, or government entity. All information is believed to be accurate, but is presented "as is" for your private use.

QUADRANT LOCATOR: The quadrant indicators (in brackets after each location name) are provided to help locate an attraction. The quadrant is based on dividing the state into four quadrants with the apex running through the geographical center of the state. For some states with outlying geographic areas, this may present a distorted view but is the best way I can think of to determine this information.

NOTE: If price is shown: 0$ = free, $ = under $10, $$ = $10 to $30, $$$ = $30 and above

Ajo [SW]
  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Attraction: Named for the organ pipe cactus that grows in a clump up to 20-ft high, this park celebrates the life and landscape of the Sonoran Desert, $

Apache Junction [SE]
  • Apache Trail (on SR88), Attraction: Starts in Apache Junction & climbs past Superstition Mountain, parallels the ancient route of the Apaches through the canyons, narrow winding gravel road
  • Fish Creek Canyon (25 mi NE of Apache Junction), Attraction: Massive vividly colored walls rising as high as 2,000 feet above the  highway, waterfalls, cactus, vegetation along the valley floor
  • Lost Dutchman State Park (5 mi NE of Apache Junction on SR88), Attraction: Hiking, camping, picnicking, $
  • Superstition Mountain/Lost Dutchman Museum, Attraction: Fact, fiction, & folklore of the Superstition Wilderness Area
  • Superstition Mountains (E of Apache Junction), Attraction: Named for the legends surrounding them, fabled Lost Dutchman Mine is located somewhere in these mountains
Benson [SE]
  • Kartchner Caverns State Park (S of Exit 302 off I-10), Attraction: Cave with fantastical formations discovered in 1974, $$

Bisbee [SW]
  • Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum, Attraction: History of the town & local mining. $

  • Lavender Pit Open Mine, Attraction: Open pit copper mine active from 1951 to 1974

  • Queen Mine, Attraction: 75-minute underground tours, $$

  • Shady Dell RV Park & Campground, Attraction: Eight restored vintage 1940s & 50s trailers plus RV sites, $

Bullhead City [NW]
  • Colorado River Museum, Attraction: Mojave Indian artifacts, Native American village, replica of 1859 Fort Mojave, gold mine replica, 0$

Camp Verde [NE]
  • Fort Verde State Historic Park (3 mi E of Camp Verde on I-17), Attraction: Four restored structures, Native American, pioneer, & military artifacts, period furnishings, $

  • Montezuma Castle National Monument (Exit 289 off I-17), Attraction: 20-room 5-story Indian ruins built on a 46 ft high cliff, $

  • Montezuma's Well (11 mi NE of Montezuma Castle), Attraction: Limestone sinkhole 470-ft wide & 55-ft deep, rimmed by pueblos & cliff dwellings, 0$

Cameron [NE]
  • Wupatki National Monument, Attraction: A major 4-story pueblo with more than 100 rooms accessible only by ladders, abandoned about 1225 AD, $

Canyon de Chelly National Monument [NE]

Ancient Anasazi civilization ruins (60 mi NW of Window Rock on Hwy191), Attraction: Canyons, archeological ruins, cliff dwellings

  • North Rim Drive, Attraction: 34-mi drive with 4 scenic overlooks

  • South Rim Drive, Attraction: 36-mi drive with 8 scenic overlooks

Casa Grande [SE]
  • Casa Grande Valley Historical Society & Museum, Attraction: More than 3,000 items relating to life in the desert & regional history, Native American artifacts, mining & agricultural exhibits, antique fire engines, barn, restored 1935 one-room schoolhouse, $
Cave Creek [SW]
  • Cave Creek Museum, Attraction: Life of early pioneers, miners, ranchers, artifacts from Hohozam, Anasazi, Mogollon Indian cultures, $

Chinle [NE]

See Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Chiracahua National Monument [SE]

Pinnacles, towers, spindle-thin columns, balanced boulders, $

  • Faraway Ranch, Attraction: Homestead of pioneers Neil & Emma Erickson, 0$

Clarkdale [NW]

  • Tuzigoot National Monument, Attraction: 110-room Sinaguan Pueblo, $

  • Verde Canyon Railroad, Attraction: 38-mi trip through old mining sites, Sinagua Indian ruins, spectacular scenery in Verde Canyon, $$

Coolidge [SE]
  • Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Attraction: Mysterious Indian ruins built around 1350 by the Hohokam Indians, remains of a walled village, $
  • Golden Era Toy & Auto Museum, Attraction: Collection of antique toys, dolls, model trains, restored automobiles, $
Cottonwood [NW]
  • Blazin' M Ranch (1 mi N of Cottonwood), Attraction: Cowboy-style entertainment & chuckwagon supper in a re-created Western town w/museum & farm animals, miniature train, $$
  • Clemenceau Heritage Museum, Attraction: Typical 1920s kitchen, dining room, bedroom, & schoolroom, 0$
  • Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Attraction: Fishing, bird-watching, hiking, picnic area, $
  • Honanki, Attraction: Remote ruins best accessed by four-wheel drive, one of the largest settlements at one time
  • Palatki, Attraction: Remote ruins best accessed by four-wheel drive, $
Dolan Springs [NW]
  • Hoover Dam (on Hwy93), Attraction: Completed in 1935, one of the highest concrete dams in the world, visitors center & tour, $
  • Lake Mead, Attraction: 110 miles long & averaging 200-ft deep, 0$
Douglas [SE]
  • San Bernardino Ranch National Historic Landmark - Slaughter Ranch Museum (16 mi E of Douglas), Attraction: Home of John Slaughter, former Texas Ranger & sheriff of Cochise County, $

Dragoon [SE]

  • Amerind Foundation Museum (1 mi S of Exit 318 off I-10), Attraction: American Indian artifacts & history from Alaska to South America, $

  • Cochise Stronghold (15 mi E of Dragoon on Hwy191), Attraction: These rugged canyons were the stronghold for famed Apache Chief Cochise

Flagstaff [NE]

  • Arboretum at Flagstaff (3 mi W of Flagstaff on SR66), Attraction: 2,500 regional plant species in natural settings & formal gardens, mountain wildflowers, $

  • Meteor Crater (44 mi E of Flagstaff at Exit 233 off I-40), Attraction: Crater 550-ft deep, 2.4 mi circumference, nearly 1 mi across created by a meteor nearly 50,000 years ago, $$

  • Museum of Northern Arizona (3 mi N of Flagstaff on US180), Attraction: Native cultures, natural science, reproduction of a kiva, $

  • Pioneer Museum, Attraction: Farm machinery, pioneer memorabilia, medical equipment, household items, 1929 Baldwin articulated locomotive, blacksmith shop, $

  • Riordan Mansion State Historic Park, Attraction: 40-room mansion built in 1904, rustic exterior, lavish interior, $

  • Shultz Pass Road (between US180 & US89), Attraction: Scenic dirt road between the San Francisco Peaks & the Elden Mountains

  • Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (12 mi N of Flagstaff on US89), Attraction: 1,000-ft high cinder cone of Sunset Crater Volcano, bright reddish hues glow brightly the hour before sunset, $

  • Walnut Canyon National Monument (Exit 204 off I-40 8 mi E of Flagstaff) , Attraction: More than 300 pre-Columbian cliff dwellings of Sinagua Indians around 1000-1200, $

  • Wupatki National Monument (22 mi N of Flagstaff on US89), Attraction: Hundreds of ruins, largest & most impressive sites is Wupatki Pueblo containing more than 100 rooms, Wukoki Pueblo ruins, $

Florence [SE]
  • McFarland State Historic Park, Attraction: First Pinal County courthouse built in 1878, exhibits on jail, courthouse, hospital once housed there, $
Fort Apache [SE]
  • Fort Apache Historic Park (off SR73), Attraction: Pre-Columbian & historic petroglyphs, re-created Apache village, more than 20 original buildings, 0$
  • White Mountain Apache Cultural Center & Museum, Attraction: Cultural & historical relics, weapons, dolls, $

Four Corners National Monument [NE]

Only place in the U.S. where four states meet - Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah

Ganado [NE]
  • Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (1 mi W of Ganado on Hwy264), Attraction: Oldest continuously operating Indian trading post dating to 1878, Hubbell home, outbuildings, 0$
Glendale [SW]
  • Historic Saguaro Ranch (Exit 138 off I-10), Attraction: 70-acre fruit farm developed in 1855, 7 original buildings including an adobe house, lavish rose garden, free-roaming peacocks, 0$
Globe [SE]
  • Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park, Attraction: 700-year old 300-room pueblo inhabited 1225-1400 by Salado Indians, several restored rooms w/period furnishings, $
  • Devil's Canyon (W of Globe on US60), Attraction: Noted for its sharp ridges, rock strata, cathedral-like formations
Goldfield [SE]

Ghost town (5 mi NE of Apache Junction on SR88)

  • Goldfield Mine, Attraction: Mine tours, gold panning, gunfights, antique mining equipment, $
  • Goldfield Narrow Gauge Railroad, Attraction: Scenic train rides, $
  • Goldfield Superstition Historical Society Museum, Attraction: Glimpse into the area's past

Grand Canyon National Park [NW]

1,904 sq mi National Park with spectacular canyons, $$

North Rim

Cooler than South Rim, less crowded, camping, higher elevation than South Rim, 5,700 ft above the canyon bottom, closed in winter

  • Marble Canyon (on US 89A), Attraction: Colorado River is 500 ft below the level plain the highway crosses, 616-ft Navajo Bridge

  • North Kaibab Trail, Attraction: 14.2 mi trail descends 5,820 ft to Colorado River & Phantom Ranch

  • Toroweap Overlook, Attraction: Spectacular view from the rim to the Colorado River, primitive access road

South Rim 

Most spectacular view of the Canyon, open all year

  • Bright Angel Trail, Attraction: Descends 4,460 feet to the Colorado River in 9 miles

  • Canyon View Information Plaza (4 mi N of South Entrance Station, Attraction: Indoor displays, outdoor exhibits, views of the South Rim, 0$

  • Desert View Drive, Attraction: Passes many viewpoints on way to Desert View, 25 miles from Grand Canyon Village

  • Hermit Road, Attraction: Passes superb observation points on way to Hermit's Rest, closed to private vehicles March to mid-October

  • Lipan Point, Attraction:  7,250 ft viewpoint offers fine view of the Colorado River, Unkar delta, San Francisco Peaks

  • Phantom Ranch (in Bright Angel Canyon), Attraction: Accessible only via Bright Angel trail, only lodging available below the rim

  • Rim Trail, Attraction: Extends nearly 12 miles along the South Rim from Hermits Rest to Desert View Drive, relatively flat & partially paved

  • South Kaibab Trail (3.5 mi E of Grand Canyon Village), Attraction: Steep 7-mi trail to a suspension bridge over the Colorado River

  • Tusayan Ruin & Museum (22 mi E of Grand Canyon Village), Attraction: Development of Native American culture at the canyon, Anasazi artifacts

  • Watchtower (26 mi E of Grand Canyon Village), Attraction: 70-ft tower built in 1932 as a re-creation of prehistoric towers found throughout the southwest, view of the river, the canyon, the Painted Desert

  • Yavapai Observation Station (1.5 mi E of Grand Canyon Village), Attraction: Exhibits explaining the geologic history of the region, panoramic view of the canyon

Hackberry [NW]
  • Hackberry General Store, Visitors Center, & Museum (25 mi NE of Kingman on Route 66), Attraction: Vintage signs, gas pumps, & more from the grand days of Route 66
Hayden  [SE]
  • Ray Mine, Attraction: Open-pit copper mine, 0$

Holbrook [NE]

See Petrified Forest National Park

  • Wigwam Motel, Attraction: Classic motel on famous Route 66

Jerome [NW]

Historic copper mining town of 1880s

  • Jerome State Historic Park, Attraction: Mining history of Jerome, $

  • Mine Museum, Attraction: Jerome's history through mine artifacts & equipment, $

Kayenta [NE]
  • Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (on Hwy163), Attraction: Colorful region covering several thousand square miles within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Mystery Valley where isolated monoliths tower as much as 1,000 ft above the valley floor, $
  • Navajo National Monument (on SR564 off US160), Attraction: Preserves some of the largest & most intact of Arizona's known cliff dwellings, overlook provides view of Betakin (ledge house) nestled in an alcove across the canyon
Kingman [NW]

Main stop on the longest existing stretch of Historic Route 66 - the Main Street of America

  • Bonelli House (Exit 48 off I-40), Attraction: Built in 1915, depicts the lifestyle of a prominent Arizona family in the early 1900s, original furnishings & period pieces, 0$
  • Mohave Museum of History & Arts (Exit 48 off I-40), Attraction: Collections of turquoise, re-created Mohave & Hualapsi dwellings, local artifacts, Andy Devine memorabilia, re-created copper mine w/original mining equipment, $
Lake Havasu City [NW]
  • London Bridge, Attraction: Famed span over the Thames River in London, dismantled & moved here in 1968, 0$
Litchfield Park [SW]
  • Wildwood World Zoo, Attraction: More than 320 rare & exotic animals including camels, giraffes, jaguars, rhinoceroses, tigers, tropical birds, $$
Mesa [SE]
  • Commemorative Air Force - Arizona Wing, Attraction: Dedicated to the preservation of WWII warplanes, flight equipment, ration coupons, restored WWII B-17 bomber in flying condition, $
  • Mesa Southwest Museum, Attraction: History of Arizona from the days of the dinosaurs to the 1900s, Arizona's prehistoric life, dinosaur skeletons, fossil specimens, archeology displays highlight life of Arizona's Hohokam people, old Mesa's past, $
  • Orangewood Shadows RV Park, Attraction: Camping, $$$
  • Rockin' R Ranch, Attraction: Re-created Western town, pan for gold, all-you-can-eat chuckwagon cowboy-style suppers, stage show, $$
Oatman [NW] Former mining town on Route 66, now famous for wild burros who think they own the town
  • Gold Road Mine Tour, Attraction: , $$

Page [NE]

  • Antelope Canyon (5 mi SE of Page on Hwy98), Attraction: Upper & lower canyon (lower canyon requires guide), $$

  • John Wesley Powell Museum & Visitor Information Center, Attraction: Native American culture, geology, paleontology, the Colorado River, $

  • Lake Powell, Attraction: 186-mi long lake w/multi-colored rock formations

  • Navajo Village Heritage Center, Attraction: Re-creation of traditional Navajo home site

  • Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Attraction: 290-ft high, 275-ft wide natural arch

Parker [SW]
  • Colorado River Indian Tribes Museum, Attraction: Characteristic life styles, histories, & cultural attributes of the Mojave, Navajo, Hopi, & Paiute Indians, Beebee Brown Basket Collection, 0$
Patagonia [SE]
  • Patagonia-Sonita Creek Preserve, Attraction: Home to many species of birds, mountain lions, bobcats, deer, javelinas, coyotes, turtles, rattlesnakes, $
Payson [SE]
  • Museum of Rim Country Archeology, Attraction: Petroglyphs, pottery, ancient tools, ceremonial room, culture of Native Americans who lived in the rim country, archeology & its relationship to other sciences such as astronomy, botany, paleontology, $
  • Tonto Natural Bridge State Park (3 mi NW of Payson on SR87), Attraction: 185-ft high, 150-ft wide, 400-ft long natural bridge, $
Peach Springs [NW]
  • Grand Canyon Caverns (12 mi E of Peach Springs on SR66), Attraction: Limestone caverns accessible via 21-story elevator, $$
Peoria [SE]
  • Challenger Space Center of Arizona, Attraction: Space exhibits, planetarium programs, simulated space mission, mission control room based on the Johnson Space Center, $

Petrified Forest National Park [NE]

Petrified forest, painted desert (25 mi E of Holbrook on I-40 or Hwy180), $$

  • Agate Bridge, Attraction: Petrified log that spans a 40-ft ravine

  • Agate House, Attraction: Indian ruins made of petrified wood

  • Giant Logs Trail, Attraction: Provides good overview of Rainbow Forest

  • Newspaper Rock, Attraction: Prehistoric petroglyphs

  • Old Faithful, Attraction: Largest petrified log in park

  • Painted Desert (N end of park), Attraction: Dream-like multi-hued landscape created by mineralized water flows & mineral deposits

  • Puerco Pueblo, Attraction: Remains of an ancient Indian pueblo, petroglyphs along trail

  • Rainbow Forest Museum (near S entrance), Attraction: Best place to view giant stone trees and brilliant colors, polished petrified wood, fossil leaves, fossil casts

Phoenix [SW]
  • Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum, Attraction: More than 3,000 specimens including industrial minerals, gemstones, copper, other ores, mining equipment, $
  • Arizona Capitol Museum, Attraction: Territorial capitol 1900-1912, early historical artifacts, 0$
  • Bo Ho En Japanese Garden, Attraction: Koi pond, waterfalls
  • Desert Botanical Garden (in Papago Park), Attraction: Devoted to arid land plants of the world, succulents, cactuses, aloes, century plants, height of wildflower blooming season is March through May, $
  • Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting, Attraction: Large collection of firefighting equipment dating from 1725, hand- & horse-drawn pumpers, hook-&-ladder wagons, vehicles from 1800-1969, $
  • Heard Museum, Attraction: Museum of native cultures & art, ethnological, historical, contemporary materials of Southwestern Native Americans, Native American basketry, jewelry, pottery, kachina dolls
  • Heritage & Science Park
    • Arizona Doll & Toy Museum, Attraction: Antique dolls & toys from around the world, lat 1800s schoolroom, $
    • Arizona Science Center, Attraction: Hands-on displays explore aerospace, geology, computers, weather, biology, psychology, physics in a fun environment, planetarium, $
    • Heritage Square, Attraction: 8 structures that were part of late 1800s Phoenix
    • Phoenix Museum of History, Attraction: Discover how time & place have influenced development of Phoenix from a dusty desert town to a modern metropolis, $
    • Rosson House, Attraction: Restored Victorian mansion built in 1895, period furnishings, $
  • Museo Chicano, Attraction: Artworks dedicated to Chicano heritage, $
  • Mystery Castle, Attraction: Folk art castle built over 15 years in the 1930s by Boyce Luther for his daughter, $
  • North Mountain Park (9 mi N of Phoenix), Attraction: More than 7,000 acres of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, nature trails, 0$
  • Pioneer Living History Museum (Exit 225 off I-17), Attraction: More than 28 original & reconstructed buildings replicate the 1880s Southwest, $
  • Pueblo Grande Museum, Attraction:
  • South Mountain Park (8 mi S of Phoenix), Attraction: 16,500 acres of peaks, canyons, strange rock formations, petroglyphs, native Arizona flora, drive to the crest of South Mountain, 0$
Picacho [SE]
  • Picacho Peak State Park (Exit 219 off I-10), Attraction: Site of Arizona's westernmost Civil War battle in 1862, camping hiking, picnicking, $
Portal [SE]
  • Cave Creek Canyon, Attraction: Brilliant colors & rugged towering cliffs of red rhyolite rising from the canyon floor, bird watching, camping, hiking, 0$
Prescott [NW]
  • Fort Whipple Museum, Attraction: Former officer's residence, now a museum with memorabilia from the fort
  • Granite Dells (4 mi N of Prescott on SR89), Attraction: Granite formations line the highway, camping, $
  • Phippen Museum, Attraction: Western art
  • Sharlott Hall Museum, Attraction: First Territorial Governor's Mansion, Arizona pioneer artifacts, 6 historic buildings including a replica of the first public school in arizona, heritage of area
  • Smoki Museum, Attraction: Patterned after early Pueblo structures, prehistoric Native American artifacts, ceramics, jewelry, paintings, $
  • Thumb Butte (4 mi W of Prescott), Attraction: Rugged granite outcropping, extensive views from summit, $
Quartzite [SW]
  • Tyson Wells Stage Museum, Attraction: Maps to abandoned mining sites

Roosevelt [SE]

  • Tonto National Monument (on SR88/188), Attraction: Most accessible cliff dwellings in south-central Arizona, occupied by Solado culture in the 1200s-1300s, visitor center & museum, $

Sacaton [SE]

  • Gila River Cultural Center (Exit 175 off I-10), Attraction: Reconstructed Indian homes from various tribes depicting more than 2,000 years of Native American life in the Gila River Basin, tribes represented include Akimel, Apache, Hohokom, Pee-Posh, Tohono O'odham cultures, 0$

Sahuarita [SE]

  • Titan Missile Museum (Exit 69 off I-19), Attraction: Formerly active Intercontinental Ballistic Missile complex preserved as a museum, only remaining site of 54 original bases, $

Scottsdale [SW]
  • McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, Attraction: 1907 Baldwin steam engine, 1914 Pullman baggage car, 1928 Pullman luxury car, miniature model trains, Navajo hogans, $
  • Rawhide Western Town (4 mi N of Scottsdale), Attraction: Re-creation of an 1880s Western town, craftsmen in 20 antique buildings & shops, live shootouts daily, $
  • Scottsdale Historical Museum, Attraction: Replica of barbershop, old-fashioned kitchen, replica of a 1900 schoolroom, town memorabilia, $
  • Taliesin West, Attraction: Winter home & studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, gardens, terraces, $$
Second Mesa [NE]
  • Hopi Cultural Center Museum (5 mi W of SR87 on SR264), Attraction: Basketry, weaving. jewelry, Kachina dolls, centuries-old villages, $

Sedona [NE]

  • Honanki Southern Sinagua Cliff Dwellings, Attraction: One of the largest ruins of Southern Sinagua cliff dwellings in the Red Rocks area, pictographs predating Sinagua habitation, $

  • Oak Creek Canyon (on SR89A), Attraction: Red rock formations along 16-mi canyon known for spectacularly colored white, yellow, red cliffs, rocky gorges, unusual rock formations & buttes

  • Palatki Red Cliffs Heritage Site (16 mi W of Sedona), Attraction: Structures dating from 900 years ago, Native American petroglyphs & pictographs, $

  • Red Rock State Park (3 mi S of Sedona off US89A), Attraction: Hiking, bird-watching, $

  • Sedona Heritage Museum, Attraction: Restored on-room cabin, movies made in Sedona area, lifestyle of the cowboy, $

  • Slide Rock State Park (7 mi N of Sedona on SR89A), Attraction: Natural 70-ft water slide, $

  • V-Bar-V Ranch Petroglyph Site (Exit 298 off I-17), Attraction: More than 1,000 petroglyphs, $

Sierra Vista [SE]
  • Fort Huachuca Museum, Attraction: Fort built in 1877, southwest history, US Army activities in the area, 0$
  • Ramsey Canyon Preserve (9 mi SE of Sierra Vista), Attraction: Scenic beauty & excellent birding, particularly hummingbirds, $

Springerville [SE]

  • Casa Malpais Pueblo, Attraction: Restoration of Mogollon & ancient pueblo ruins, $

St Johns [NE]

  • Apache County Historical Society Museum (Jct US191 & SR61), Attraction: Pioneer artifacts, mammoth bones, Native American artifacts, antique guns, slot machines, 0$

Superior [SE]
  • Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park (3 mi W of Superior on US60), Attraction: More than 300 acres of desert plants from all over the world, $
  • World's Smallest Museum, Attraction: Artifacts of ordinary life, 0$
Tempe [SW]
  • Arizona Historical Society Museum, Attraction: History of Arizona, 1900s saloon & general store, $
  • Arizona State University R.S. Dietz Museum of Geology, Attraction: Working Seismograph, 6-story Foucault pendulum, Columbian mammoth bones, minerals, gemstones, 0$
  • Petersen House Museum, Attraction: 1892 Queen Anne Victorian house built by leading Tempe businessman Niels Petersen, exhibits from the Great Depression, 0$
  • Tempe Historical Museum (Exit 174 off US60), Attraction: Story of Tempe, prehistoric Hohokam tribe, Tempe's first settlers, history of water development in the desert, 0$
Thatcher [SE]
  • Graham County Historical Society, Attraction: Development of Graham County from earliest prehistoric times to pioneer days of ranching & farming

Tombstone [SE]

One of the most famous Old West ghost towns, the city known as "Too tough to die"

  • Boothill Graveyard, Attraction: 300 marked graves of early citizens, as well as graves of some of the town's famous & infamous residents, reportedly the first cemetery to be called "Boot Hill," 0$

  • Historama, Attraction: 25-minute multimedia presentation offers look at Tombstone history, good starting point for tour of town, $

  • OK Corral, Attraction Site where Earp-Clanton gunfight took place on Oct 26, 1881, gunfight re-enactment, $

  • Rose Tree Museum, Attraction: World's largest rosebush covering over 8,000 sq ft planted in 1885, $

  • Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, Attraction: Built in 1882, contains exhibits with antiques and artifacts describing life in Tombstone & Cochise County in the 1880s, $

Tubac [SE]
  • Tubac Presidio State Historic Park (off I-19), Attraction: Underground archaeological display shows portions of the original foundation, walls, and plaza floor of the 1752 Commandant's quarters, artifacts representing the various periods of Tubac's unique history, $

Tuscon [SE]

  • Arizona Historical Society/Tuscon Museum, Attraction: Arizona's cultural history, mining, $

  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum  (14 mi W of Tuscon), Attraction: More than 300 live animal species, 1,300 species of plants indigenous to the Sonoran Desert region in authentic settings, $

  • Arizona State Museum, Attraction: History of Southwestern cultures from prehistoric mammoth hunters to present-day Native Americans & northern Mexico natives, collection of Hohokam artifacts, 0$

  • Asarco Mineral Discovery Center, Attraction: Tour of modern, working open-pit copper mine

  • Fort Lowell Museum, Attraction: Ruins of old fort that played a major role in Apache Indian wars, military life at Fort Lowell, military equipment, $

  • International Wildlife Museum, Attraction: Interactive natural history museum, $

  • Justin's RV Park, Attraction: Camping

  • Kit Peak National Observatory (56 mi W of Tuscon off SR86), Attraction: World's largest solar telescope, nightly stargazing program, $$

  • Mission San Xavier del Bac (Exit 92 off I-19 9 mi S of Tuscon), Attraction: Mission built in the 1700s, impressive example of Spanish mission architecture, 0$

  • Pima Air & Space Museum (Exit 267 off I-10), Attraction: Over 250 vintage aircraft on display in 5 large hangars, $

  • Postal History Foundation, Attraction: Stamps, postmarks, books tracing history of the US Postal Service, 0$

  • Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Attraction: Hiking, wildflowers, cactus

  • Saguaro National Park (17 mi E of Tuscon), Attraction: Saguaro cactus grow only in southern Arizona, California along the Colorado River, & in northern Mexico, $

  • Signal Hill Petroglyphs, Attraction: Native American rock carvings

  • Titan Missile Museum, Attraction: Tour underground Titan missile ICBM site

  • Triple C Chuckwagon Suppers (W of Tuscon), Attraction: Chuckwagon dinner, western music show

  • Tuscon Botanical Gardens, Attraction: Cactus, Native American crop garden, Native American round house, butterfly garden, $

  • Tuscon Mountain Park (8 mi W of Tuscon), Attraction: 17,000 acres of the Tuscon Mountains, one of the largest areas of saguaro & natural desert in the Southwest, 0$

Vail [SE]
  • Colossal Cave Mountain Park (Exit 279 off I-10), Attraction: Considered by some to be the world's largest dry cavern, only partially explored, $
Valle [NW]
  • Air Museum Planes of Fame (Jct SR64 & US180), Attraction: Collection of airplanes from WWI through supersonic jet age with emphasis on World WarII "warbirds", $
Wickenburg [SW]
  • Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Attraction: Re-creation of an early Wickenburg street scene, ancient native artifacts, collections of gems & minerals, 600 pieces of cowboy gear including saddles, spurs, chaps, $
  • Robson's Mining World (24 mi W of Wickenburg on Hwy 71), Attraction: Re-created old mining town, 30 buildings with antique mining equipment, replicas of of old stores stocked with period goods, newspaper office w/original printing equipment, early telephone system, $
Wilcox [SE]
  • Chiricahua National Monument (36 mi S of Wilcox on Hwy186), Attraction: Forest of rock spires eroded from layers of ash
  • Chiricahua Regional Museum, Attraction: Railroad exhibits, Butterfield Stage Line, US Cavalry, Apache Indian artifacts, 1900s hardware store, 0$
  • Ft Bowie National Historic Site (on Hwy186), Attraction: Ruins & historical exhibits
  • Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum & Cowboy Hall of Fame, Attraction: Honors career of Western star Rex Allen who was born here in 1920, highlights pioneers & ranchers who shaped the West, $
  • Stout's Cider Mill, Attraction: Famous apple pie & other desserts
Williams [NW]

See Grand Canyon National Park

  • Gateway RV Park, Attraction: 102 RV sites
  • Grand Canyon Railway Exit 163 off I-40), Attraction: 65-mi steam train to South Rim of the Grand Canyon, $$$

Window Rock [NW]

See Four Corners National Monument

  • Hubbell Trading Post (see Ganado)

  • Navajo Nation Tribal Museum, Attraction: Culture & history of the Navajo, 0$

  • Navajo Nation Zoological Park, Attraction: Animals and plants important to the history and culture of the Navajo people, $

Winslow [NE]
  • Homolovi Ruins State Park (Exit 257 offI-40), Attraction: More than 300 archeological sites including large pueblo ruins & petroglyphs, $
Yuma [SW]
  • Arizona Historical Society/Sanguinetti House Museum & Gardens, Attraction: Home of pioneer merchant E.F. Sanguinetti, late 1800s period rooms, gardens, aviaries, $
  • Coronado Motor Hotel, Attraction: Museum to one of four remaining Best Western Motor Hotels from the original chain
  • Standin' On The Corner Park, Attraction: Named after lyrics from the famous 60's song "Take It Easy"
  • Yuma Crossing State Historic Park, Attraction: Salutes 5 centuries of transportation across the Colorado River, 5 restored buildings, $
  • Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park (Exit 2 off I-8), Attraction: Former territorial prison from 1876 to 1909, $
 

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