FAMILY VACATIONS IN ARIZONA WITH CHILREN -WHAT TO DO IN ARIZONA WITH KIDS
FUN THINGS TO DO ON VACATION WITH KIDS - ARIZONA
Ideas For Family Summer Vacations in Arizona - If you want to take your family on a summer vacation, you might not think of Arizona as a top place destination.
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FUN & ENTERTAINMENT VACATIONS - NORTHERN ARIZONA (For example - Colorado City, AZ - Flagstaff, AZ - Grand Canyon, AZ - Page, Oak Creek Canyon, AZ )
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The Arboretum at Flagstaff - Explore 200 acres of botanic beauty featuring the landscapes of the High Southwest. Located at 7,150 feet above sea level, The Arboretum is dedicated to helping visitors understand the unique environment of the Colorado Plateau. Explore 200 acres of gardens and natural habitats with over 2,500 plant species representing everything from high desert to alpine tundra.
Location: The Arboretum at Flagstaff 4001 S Woody Mountain Road Flagstaff AZ 86001-8775 Telephone: (928) 774-1442
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Grand Canyon Railway - Relive the excitement of the Old West aboard a historic train to America's national treasure - Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon Railway departs daily from Williams, Arizona. The excitement begins at the Williams Depot where you can enjoy many attractions and activities such as a free museum and a live Wild West shoot-out and then...All Aboard The Grand Canyon – the most magnificent of the seven natural wonders. An inexplicable urge to get acquainted with Mother Nature's crown jewel. A lifelong desire to come face to face with the world's deepest chasm. Of all that may pull you to the Grand Canyon, nothing is more powerful than Grand Canyon Railway's fleet of vintage locomotives. As the mighty giant pulls you closer you're more than content to watch a remarkable world go by in the comforts of your train car. Out your window, high desert turns to prairie, prairie to pine. It's a view that's ever changing until you come across a view that changes so dramatically, it could very well change you. Welcome to the Grand Canyon.
Location: 233 N Grand Canyon Blvd., Williams AZ 86946 Telephone: 1.800.THE-TRAIN(1-800-843-8724)
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The Sedona Heritage Museum - The Sedona Heritage Museum tells the stories of Sedona pioneers, how they lived and the things they used. The museum also features a US Forest Service exhibit, a room that commemorates more than 80 feature movies made in Sedona, a room that shows the life of the real cowboys and how they worked, a 4000-square-foot Apple Barn and a gift shop. The Sedona Heritage Museum is located in Jordan Historical Park at 735 Jordan Road. (It's only 0.6 mile north of Hwy. 89A in Uptown Sedona.) The Museum is open daily from 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. Admission is $3.00; SHS members and children under 12 are free. Please call 928.282.7038 for information about special tours.
Location: Sedona Historical Society P. O. Box 10216 Sedona, AZ 86339 Telehone: 928.282.7038
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Lowell Observatory - In 1930, Pluto was discovered here. The 24 inch Clark Refractor Telescope is used for occasional viewing. Tours are available along with lectures and an outstanding slide show The mission of Lowell Observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach programs to bring the results of astronomical research to the general public. The Observatory was founded in 1894.
Location: 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001 - Telephone: (928) 774-3358
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Museum of Northern Arizona - Museum showcases the arts, the Native American cultures and the natural sciences of the Colorado Plateau. Tour the many galleries and exhibits. The mission of the Museum of Northern Arizona is to inspire a sense of love and responsibility for the beauty and diversity of the Colorado Plateau through collecting, studying, interpreting, and preserving the region’s natural and cultural heritage.
Location: 3101 N. Ft. Valley Rd. Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Telephone 928-774-5213
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Meteor Crater Visitors Center - Located in Northern Arizona, a visits to the Meteor Crater Visitor Center provides you with an enjoyable educational experience in well maintained, modern facilities, which are kept spotlessly clean. The former Museum of Astrogeology has been remodeled and includes new displays on the never ending process of impacts and collisions in our solar system. The Meteor Crater Interactive Learning Center includes twenty four exciting exhibits, making it the most extensive and informative museum of its type on planet earth.
Location: Meteor Crater Enterprises Inc. P O Box 30940 Flagstaff, AZ 86003-0940 Telphone: 800-289-5898, 928-289-5898
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John Wesley Powell Museum - An oversized yet accurate replica of the long boat used by John Wesley Powell on the Colorado River is on the front lawn of Page's only history museum. The boat was featured in the Disney Movie Ten Who Dared. Within the museum, you can see sketches, photos and other memorabilia of Powell's epic Colorado River voyages in 1869 and 1871, along with a unique collection of Native American and pioneer artifacts. Other exhibits focus on the geology of the canyons cut by the Colorado and the history and development of Page. Films on Lake Powell, dam construction and other subjects are shown free upon request. We also feature a book store/gift shop.
Location: John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum #6 N. Lake Powell Blvd. (corner of N. Lake Powell Blvd. and North Navajo Drive), P.O. Box 547 Page, AZ 86040; Telephone:(928) 645-9496
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Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts - Named for a picturesque suburb of Mexico's Queen City, Guadalajara, Tlaquepaque's construction began in 1971 with the creation of the wall along the highway. Soon artists and artisans, craftsmen and chefs were plying their art within its confines. Today, it's boundaries enclose more than 40 shops featuring one-of-a-kind items that make a visit to Tlaquepaque incomparable.
Location: PO Box 1868 · Sedona, AZ 86339 · Telephone: 928.282.4838
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Slide Rock State Park- Slide Rock State Park, originally the Pendley Homestead, is a 43-acre historical apple farm located in Oak Creek Canyon. Frank L. Pendley, having arrived in the canyon in 1907, formally acquired the land under the Homestead Act in 1910. Due to his pioneering innovation, he succeeded where others failed by establishing a unique irrigation system still in use by the park today. This allowed Pendley to plant his first apple orchard in 1912, beginning the pattern of agricultural development that has dominated the site since that time. Pendley also grew garden produce and kept some livestock.
Location: 6871 N. Highway 89A Sedona, Arizona 86336 Telephone : (928) 282-3034
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Red Rock State Park- The Red Rock State Park property was acquired by the Arizona State Parks Board in 1986 and the park was opened to the public in 1991. The park's 286 acres were originally part of the Smoke Trail Ranch, owned by Jack and Helen Frye. Arizona's famous Oak Creek meanders through this scenic park, creating a diverse riparian habitat abounding with plants and wildlife. This riparian habitat, the land-based ecosystem closely associated with Oak Creek, provides the setting and the opportunity for Red Rock State Park to offer a center for environmental education.
Location: 4050 Red Rock Loop Road Sedona, Arizona 86336 Telephone: (928) 282-6907
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Arizona Snowbowl- Ski area located amid the pine-topped lava flows and cinder cones of an extinct volcano in Arizona's San Francisco Peaks
Location: Highway 180 and Snowbowl Rd, P.O. Box 40, Flagstaff, Arizona 86002, Telephone: 520 779 1951
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FUN & ENTERTAINMENT VACATIONS - CENTRAL ARIZONA (For example - Phoenix, AZ - Scottsdale, AZ - Paradise Valley, AZ)
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Arizona Science Center - Located in Heritage and Science Park in downtown Phoenix, the Center features a five-story giant-screen theater, over 300 hands-on exhibits, and a 200 seat digital planetarium. Explore more than 300 hands-on exhibits in five themed galleries. Also see our featured changing exhibitions. Experience the sciences and technologies that flourish in Arizona and affect your everyday life.
Location: Telephone: 602-716-2000
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Phoenix Zoo - Phoenix Zoo offers four distinctive trails: Arizona Trail, Tropics Trail, Discovery Trail and Africa Trail. Visit Harmony Farm to experience life on a working farm and see Desert Lives, showcasing the bighorn sheep and Arabian Oryx in natural desert environments.
Location: Phoenix Zoo 455 North Galvin Parkway Phoenix, Arizona 85008 Telephone: 602.273.1341
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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Founded in 1999, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [SMoCA] is the only museum in Arizona devoted to the art, architecture and design of our time. Global in its focus, the Museum is a unique and vital cultural resource for the Southwest, serving local audiences as well as visitors from throughout the United States and abroad. Designed by award-winning architect Will Bruder, SMoCA's minimalist building (an ingenious renovation of a former movie theater) has five galleries for showcasing changing exhibitions and works from the Museum's growing permanent collection. SMoCA also features an outdoor sculpture garden housing James Turrell's Knight Rise, one of the renowned artist's few public skyspaces, and Scrim Wall, a monumental curtain of prismatic glass by James Carpenter Design Associates. The Museum presents a wide variety of educational programs and special events for adults and families, including lectures, docent-led tours, workshops and classes.
Location: Telephone: 480-874-4682
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Phoenix Art Museum - Opened in 1959, Phoenix Art Museum is one of the largest art museums in the Southwest and encompasses about 160,000 square feet. Its collection spans the globe and the centuries, with over 17,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary, and Western American art, and fashion design. Its building was designed by the architectural firm of Williams/Tsien and Associates in New York. Tod Williams and Billie Tsien are again designing the Museum's current expansion, which will add a new lobby, four-level gallery wing and sculpture court. Phoenix Art Museum welcomes over a quarter of a million visitors each year and presents exhibitions of the world's best art, a full slate of enlightening and fun public programs and events, and amenities designed to make your experience at the Museum comfortable and memorable.
Location: McDowell Road & Central Avenue 1625 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 Telephone: (602) 257-1222
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Heard Museum - For nearly 75 years, the Heard Museum has been a Phoenix landmark, a place where visitors from across the globe come to learn about the region's Native cultures and art. With every exhibit the Heard presents, education plays a major role throughout the planning process. Unlike many museums that show "objects on a shelf," the Heard strives to present voices and perceptions of the people who made the work on display, and Native American consultants play a vital role in the development of every exhibition.
Location: Heard Museum 2301 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004-1323 Telephone: 602.252.8848
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Deer Valley Rock Art Center - The Deer Valley Rock Art Center opened to the public in December of 1994. The mission of the Deer Valley Rock Art Center is to preserve and to provide public access to the Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site, to interpret the cultural expressions found here, and to be a center for rock art studies. The Deer Valley Rock Art Center museum building was designed by world-renowned Phoenix based architect and sculptor Will Bruder. The Deer Valley Rock Art Center buildings and grounds are owned by the County Flood Control District of Maricopa County.
Location: 3711 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, 85080 Telephone: (623) 582-8007
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Enchanted Island Amusement Park - One of the Valley’s best places to take the family is conveniently located just west of 7th Avenue on Encanto Blvd, right in the heart of Phoenix’s picturesque Encanto Park. Enchanted Island is filled with charm and magic, offering nine fanciful rides and a variety of popular attractions geared especially toward children aged 2 to 10. Ride the historic Encanto Carousel. Pedal-boat across fish-filled lagoons. Test your skill at our arcade games, and share the memories over a fluffy ball of cotton candy.
Location: 1202 W. Encanto Blvd. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Telephone: 602-254-1200
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Out of Africa Wildlife Park - OUT OF AFRICA WILDLIFE PARK reopened its gates on Thursday, May 26, after one year of construction on 104 wilderness acres in Camp Verde, near Sedona, Arizona. The park features the new Wildlife Preserve, where large land predators like lions, panthers and hyena prowl majestically in natural habitats. Visitors can choose to take an educational tram excursion or “walk about.” Great photo opportunities! The Park’s Serengeti is a large natural habitat, spanning over 40 acres, where giraffe, wildebeest, zebra and other animals of the African plains live as they do in nature.
Location: 4020 N. Cherry Rd. Camp Verde, AZ 86322 Telephone: 928.567.2840
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Rawhide Wild West Town - Rawhide Western Town & Steakhouse is celebrating 34 years of providing quality 1880's style family entertainment. This authentic frontier town is Arizona's largest western-themed attraction situated on 163 acres of scenic Sonoran Desert. Rawhide has a chuck wagon full of fun in store for you -- gunfights, stunt shows, shootin' gallery, gold panning, stagecoach rides, desert train, camel rides, petting zoo, burro rides, live country music, Sundown Cookouts, a real blacksmith, and much more. Browse more than 21 specialty shops with everything from authentic western wear to Native American art to handmade jewelry to cowboy toys.
Location: 23023 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Telephone: 480-502-5600
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Sanctuary Camelback Mountain - Situated on 53 acres, high above the Valley, Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain recalls the era when the finest resorts were elegant and intimate. Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain offers its guests unparalleled privacy and peace. Every aspect of the property blends into the ageless mountain setting, yet guests enjoy the most modern of pleasures and conveniences.
Location: 5700 East McDonald Drive, Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253 Telephone: 480.948.2100
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Cracker Jax Family Fun & Sports Park - CrackerJax is Arizona's largest Family Fun & Sports Park with over 27 acres of excitement! With innovative new twists, from traditional miniature golf courses and single venue sporting activities, CrackerJax has been designed to provide a complete family recreation and sporting experience in a resort-like setting.
Location: 16001 N. Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Telephone: (480) 998-2800
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Phippen Museum - Museum of Western Art whose exhibits lend insight into the lives of people in the region.
Location: The Phippen Museum 4701 Highway 89 North Prescott, AZ 86301 Telephone: (928)778-1385
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Fort Apache Historic Park - Located in the heart of Apache country, Fort Apache was an isolated outpost of Anglo expansion. Today it recalls a turbulent period of both conflict and cooperation between representatives of the United States and the various bands of the Western Apaches. Fort Apache is perhaps most widely recognized in association with the famous renegade leaders from various Apache bands, such as Geronimo and Cochise, who were pursued by the soldiers from Fort Apache and the White Mountain Apache Scouts, including Chiefs Alchise and Diable. It was these men who were instrumental in bringing a lasting peace to the Southwest.
Location: Fort Apache Historic Park P.O. Box 628 Fort Apache, Arizona 85926 Telephone: (928) 338-1392
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Rim Country Museum - The Rim Country Museum is quaintly set in the award winning Green Valley Park in Payson, Arizona. The Museum is comprised of several historical buildings and objects of local significance. an excellent presentation on Zane Grey including many of his personal items such as chaps, saddle, guns, books and posters.
Location: Telephone (520) 474-3483.
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Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum - Casa Malpais Foundation located in Springerville Arizona offers Guided Daily Tours of its archaeological site. During the tour you may encounter ongoing excavations of The Ruins while exploring the Pueblos, Great Kiva, Observatory and more.
Location: Telephone: (928) 333-5375
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Jerome Artists Cooperative Gallery - Jerome has been a Mecca for artists since its near ghost town days. The picturesque buildings, mining sites, and stately ruins provide rich materials for a variety of art forms. As people began trickling back to Jerome, an eclectic mix of artists, craftspersons, writers and musicians made Jerome their home. Today, many of Jerome's residents are artists, living and working on this beautiful mountainside.
Location: 502 Main St. P.O. Box 392 -- Jerome, AZ 86331 Telephone: (928)634-5642
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Sharlot Hall Museum - The Sharlot Hall Museum is the largest museum in the central territory of Arizona, and is dedicated to providing educational adventures in human and natural history. Founded by historian and poet Sharlot M. Hall in 1928, the Museum today explores the rich diversity of regional heritage through festivals, living history events, outdoor theater performances, changing exhibits, publications and research services.
Location: 415 West Gurley Street Prescott, Arizona 86301
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Butterfly Lodge Museum - The storied past of a famous Western writer and his artist son springs to life at Butterfly Lodge Museum. Nestled on a knoll among towering pines near a spring that trickles to the Little Colorado River we're a destination not to be overlooked! Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, you'll enjoy a visit to the picturesque Butterfly Lodge Museum. Inspiring and rustic, you'll find beautiful butterflies still fluttering in the meadow! A step back in time, you'll enjoy the original furnishings, artifacts, and a gift and book area that include the creative works of both father and son. Butterfly Lodge was built in Greer in 1914. The cabin's name ("Apuni Oyis" in Blackfoot) was inspired by the countless butterflies in the nearby meadows. It was the mountain residence and hunting lodge of James Willard Schultz (1859 - 1947) and his son, Hart Merriam Schultz, known as Lone Wolf (1882-1970).
Location: P.O. Box 76, Greer, AZ. 85927, Telephone: 928-735-7514
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Verde Canyon Railroad - Verde Canyon Railroad is an excursion train that takes you on a 3-hour, 40-mile round trip through the Sycamore Wilderness Area and North Verde River Canyon. Some call this region the 'other' Grand Canyon.
Location: 300 North Broadway - Clarkdale, Arizona 86324 - Telephone: 800-320-0718
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Smoki Museum - The Smoki Museum was built in 1935 of native stone and wood. It was constructed with labor provided by the Civilian Works Administration and the Smoki People. The Smoki People were a group of Prescott citizens organized in 1921 and dedicated to the perpetuation of American Indian ceremonies and dances. As late as 1990, the Smoki People held annual pageants at the Yavapai County Fairgrounds.
Location: Smoki Museum American Indian Art and Culture 147 N. Arizona St. P.O. Box 10224 Prescott, AZ 86304-0224 Telephone: 928.445.1230
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Heritage Park Zoo - Heritage Park Zoo is a non-profit facility dedicated to the conservation and protection of indigenous and exotic animals. Located in scenic Prescott, Arizona, the zoo provides a source of recreation, education and enter-tainment for all ages. The philosophy is simple: to preserve Earth's heritage for generations to come.
Location: 1403 Heritage Park Road Prescott, AZ 86301 Telephone: 928-778-4242
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FUN & ENTERTAINMENT VACATIONS - WESTERN ARIZONA (For example - Yuma, AZ - Parket, AZ - Cibola, AZ )
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Hoover Dam - Hoover Dam is a testimony to a country's ability to construct monolithic projects in the midst of adverse conditions. Built during the Depression; thousands of men and their families came to Black Canyon to tame the Colorado River. It took less than five years, in a harsh and barren land, to build the largest dam of its time. Now, years later, Hoover Dam still stands as a world-renowned structure.
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The Historic Yuma Theatre - Located on Main Street in the City of Yuma's central business district, the Yuma Theatre building was constructed in 1912 and originally functioned as a vaudeville and movie house. The Yuma Theatre building has performed an important role in Yuma's commercial, cultural, and social history ever since.
Location: Telephone (928) 373-5243
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Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge - With its majestic rock cliffs; its ribbon of cool water running through classic Sonoran Desert; and its cattail-filled marsh harboring rails and waterfowl, Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge offers a little bit of everything for both wildlife and people.
Location: Richard A. Gilbert, Manager 60911 Highway 95 Parker, Arizona 85344 Telephone: 928/667-4144
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Havasu National Wildlife Refuge - Established in 1941, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is one of more than 530 refuges throughout the United States managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the only national system of lands dedicated to conserving our wildlife heritage for people today and for generations yet to come. Havasu National Wildlife Refuge protects 30 river miles (300 miles of shoreline) of the Colorado River from Needles, California, to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Location: Havasu National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 3009 Needles, CA 92363 Fed Ex/UPS: 317 Mesquite Ave Telephone: (760) 326-3853
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The London Bridge - In 1962, London Bridge was falling down. The British government decided to put the bridge up for sale, and Robert McCulloch, Founder of Lake Havasu City, submitted the winning bid of $2,460,000. The bridge was dismantled, and each stone was carefully marked. Reconstruction began on September 23, 1968, and the bridge was dedicated on October 10, 1971.
Location: 314 London Bridge Road Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Telephone: (928) 453-3444
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Yuma Crossing State Historic Park - Yuma Crossing State Historic Park, site of the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, was used by the US Army to store and distribute supplies for all the military posts in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas. A six month supply of clothing, food, ammunition, and other goods was kept at the depot at all times. The supplies were brought from California by ocean vessels traveling around the Baja Peninsula to Port Isabel near the mouth of the Colorado River. There, cargos were transferred to river steamers and brought upstream to Yuma.
Location: 201 N. 4th Avenue Yuma, Arizona 85364 Telephone: (928) 329-0471
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Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park - The Yuma Territorial Prison, overlooking the Colorado River, was built between 1876 and 1909. This penitentiary housed many of Arizona Territory’s most dangerous and notorious criminals. The prison was depicted in literature, movies and television, and its remains are now Arizona’s most-visited state historic park.
Location: 1 Prison Hill Road Yuma, Arizona 85364 Telephone: (928) 783-4771
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Cibola National Wildlife Refuge - Cibola NWR is located in the floodplain of the lower Colorado River and surrounded by a fringe of desert ridges and washes. These waterbodies are home to many wildlife species that reside in this portion of the Sonoran Desert. Visitors can enjoy the many wildlife-oriented activities the refuge has to offer and enjoy the scenic beauty of this oasis in the desert.
Location: Route 2, Box 138 Cibola, Arizona 85328 Telephone: 928/857-3253
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FUN & ENTERTAINMENT VACATIONS - SOUTHERN ARIZONA (For example - Tucson, AZ - Sahuarita,AZ - Safford, AZ )
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Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium - The center, on the UofA campus in Tucson, presents both standard star shows and laser light shows set to music. Exhibits feature minerals and hands-on demonstrations for all ages. During clear evenings, visitors may gaze through the 16-inch telescope.
Location: Flandrau Science Center 1601 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85719 Telephone: (520) 621-STAR
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International Wildlife Museum - Founded in 1988, the museum has over 400 kinds of insects, mammals and birds from all over the globe. Some of the collections are more than 100 years old and all the species found at the museum were donated by various government agencies, wildlife rehabilitation centers, captive breeding programs, zoos and individuals. The museum features a collection of animals from all over the world, along with dioramas re-creating the natural environment in which these animals live. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to see animals up close and gain a better understanding of their size and adaptive characteristics.
Location: International Wildlife Museum 4800 W Gates Pass Road Tucson, AZ 85745. Telephone: (520) 629-0100
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Kitt Peak National Observatory - The world's largest collection of optical telescopes is located high above the Sonoran Desert under some of the finest night skies in the world. Kitt Peak, on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, is home to twenty-two optical and two radio telescopes representing eight astronomical research institutions. Many call southern Arizona the 'astronomy capital of the world.' Kitt Peak is one reason why. The observatory located 56 miles east of Tucson sits atop a 6,882-foot mountain, and features five major telescopes, tours, a visitor's center and exhibits.
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Old Tucson Studios - Theme park and movie studio, built in 1939 and used for more than 300 film and television productions. Highlights include skits, gunfights, gold panning and a ride through a haunted copper mine.
Location: 201 South Kinney Road, Tucson AZ 85735. Telephone: 520.883.0100
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Asarco Mineral Discovery Center - This award-winning facility is Arizona's only public exhibit center and tour of a modern, working, open-pit copper mine and mill. The free exhibit center explains the production and uses of the red metal, and The Company Store gift shop offers a variety of Southwestern arts and crafts, copper and silver jewelry, books, rocks and minerals.
Location: Asarco Mineral Discovery Center 1421 W Pima Mine Road Sahuarita, AZ 85629
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Pima Air & Space Museum - One of the largest air museums in the world, with commercial and military aircraft, an assortment of bombers, fighters, cargo planes and helicopters, as well as Air Force memorials. It also includes the SR-71 Blackbird, a once top-secret spy plane.
Location: Arizona Aerospace Foundation. 6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706 U.S.A. Telephone: (520) 574-0462
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Discovery Park - Discovery Park offers you the opportunity to explore 200 acres of scientific, historical, and cultural exhibits. Currently open to visitors is the Gov Aker Observatory, containing a 20-inch optical telescope, the world's largest known Camera Obscura, and many fascinating science exhibits and programs, including a state-of-the-art space simulator ride, the "Shuttlecraft Polaris". Gov Aker Observatory is the official visitors' center for the Mt. Graham International Observatory (MGIO), a division of Steward Observatory, the research arm for the department of astronomy at the University of Arizona. "Nature's Hideaway" features a wildlife habitat, native flora and fauna in a desert - riparian setting. You will be able to access the refuge from Discovery Park's hiking trails, or take the Discovery Park Express narrow-gauge train to the Circle D Ranch, a ranch patterned from the 1880s.
Location: 1651 West Discovery Park Blvd. Safford, Arizona 85546 Telephone: (928) 428-6260
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Biosphere 2 - Biosphere 2 is one of the largest living laboratories in the world. It is an air tight greenhouse covering 3.15 acres and 7.2 million cubic feet of volume. Inside Biosphere 2 is a rainforest, a million gallon salt water ocean, a coastal fog desert, and four other wilderness ecosystems.
Location: 32540 S. Biosphere Road/Oracle, AZ 85623
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Arizona State Museum - At Arizona State Museum you experience the vibrant indigenous cultures of Arizona and northern Mexico through exhibitions, educational programs, a research library, and a museum store. The museum’s scholars and extensive collections are among the most significant resources in the world for the study of Southwest peoples.
Location: Arizona State Museum The University of Arizona P.O. Box 210026 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0026
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Arizona Folklore Preserve - Nestled beneath towering Cottonwood and Sycamore trees, in the beauty of Ramsey Canyon, an unforgettable experience awaits you. Where Arizona's songs, legends, poetry and myths are preserved and presented.
Location: Arizona Folklore Preserve P.O. Box 235 Sierra Vista, AZ 85636 Telephone: 520-378-6165
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Colossal Cave Mountain Park - Colossal Cave, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, had been used for centuries by prehistoric peoples when it was "discovered" in 1879. Since then it has been the object of interest and attention by people ranging from train robbers to a President of the University of Arizona. The first tours were taken through the unimproved Cave in 1923, tours which involved ropes and lanterns.
Location: Colossal Cave Mountain Park P.O. Box 70 - 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail Vail, AZ 85641 Telephone: 520.647.PARK (7275)
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - For a half-century the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has enchanted millions of visitors with its exhibits of live animals in astonishingly natural settings, while intriguing and instructing them with fascinating educational programs. At the same time, the Museum has gained a worldwide repute in the scientific community as an institution committed to researching and protecting the land, plants, and the animals of the Sonoran Desert region. The mission of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the Sonoran Desert.
Location: 2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona 85743 U.S.A. Telephone: (520) 883-2702
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Mission San Xavier del Bac - Mission San Xavier del Bac is situated in the Santa Cruz Valley nine miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Framed in the warm browns of the surrounding hills and the violet shadows of more distant mountains, it rises, brilliantly white from the desert floor of dusty green mesquite and sage. The imposing dome and lofty towers, the rounded parapets and graceful spires etched against the vivid blue complete a skyline with a graceful enchantment.
Location: 1950 W. San Xavier Road, San Xavier District Telephone: (520) 294-2624
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Sonoran Sea Aquarium - The Sonoran Sea Aquarium™ is organized as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to bringing a world-class public aquarium to Tucson promoting education, conservation and preservation of Arizona's rivers and the Gulf of California for future generations. The Sonoran Sea Aquarium Bringing the sea to the desert!
Location: Sonoran Sea Aquarium™ P.O. Box 86870 Tucson, AZ 85754 Telephone: 520-908-1600
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Tohono Chul Park - Tohono Chul Park is the Southwest's center where nature, art, and culture connect. Walk down the winding nature trail through our various gardens. Tour the exhibits in a renovated historic home. Enjoy breakfast, lunch, or afternoon tea in the Tea Room. Shop in the Greenhouse and Museum Shops. Tohono Chul Park is a Tucson treasure: a privately-funded, not-for-profit nature preserve offering life-long learning opportunities.
Location: Tohono Chul Park 7366 N. Paseo del Norte Tucson, AZ 85704 Telephone: (520) 742-6455
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Reid Park Zoo - Meet the more than 400 animals—rhinos, elephants, anteaters, polar bears, lions, and many more! Adventure in our African, Asian, and South American regions. Explore the Flight Connection, our full-flight, walk through aviary. Go behind the scenes and discover the inner workings of the zoo. Have a howl at your next birthday party—at the zoo. Spend the day adventuring with your family at one of our many classes, programs, and camps.
Location: Tucson Zoological Society 1030 South Randolph Way, Tucson, Arizona 85716 Telephone: 520-881-4753
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El Tiradito Shrine - The El Tiradito Shrine (The castaway). The shrine is located in a South Tucson barrio neighborhood. People come from all over the southwest to visit this shrine which is said to provide magical powers, they ask for help and pray for many things. Some visitors wish for help with a sick child or relative by leaving a photograph, a piece of clothing or a small momento. Some ask for the love of their romantic interest by lighting a candle with their secret lovers name written on the bottom, or maybe a poem or some flowers. Some people leave quarters under a candle to ask for help with money troubles. It is said if your candle burns throughout the night, your wish will be granted.
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El Presidio Gallery - Established in 1980 in Tucson, El Presidio Gallery offers a diverse collection of art featuring some of the most exciting and accomplished artists in the country. The 6,000 square-foot gallery in 'Gallery Row at El Cortijo' in Tucson and the 2,000 square-foot gallery in Ruidoso offers a wide variety of subjects and styles, making El Presidio Gallery of interest to collectors of all levels. With its friendly staff and comfortable surroundings, El Presidio Gallery has established itself as a dynamic component of art in the Southwest.
Location: Tucson Gallery 3001 E. Skyline Drive, Tucson, AZ, 85718 Telephone: (520) 299-1414
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Catalina State Park - This scenic desert park offers camping, hiking, picnicking, bicycling, horseback riding, plant and wildlife viewing, and an archaeological site, all just a few minutes from Tucson. Catalina State Park is located within Coronado National Forest, and is managed by Arizona State Parks in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. The park encompasses 5,493 acres at elevations near 3,000 feet.
Location: Telephone: (520) 628-5798
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Casino of the Sun - Casino complex, owned and operated by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, measures 50,000 square feet housing 410 gaming devices, a bingo hall and three restaurants.
Location: 7406 S Camino De Oeste, Tucson, Arizona 85746-9308, Tel: (520) 883-1700
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Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass - In 1975, Tom Philabaum arrived in Tucson, leased a building, and built a glass studio. By 1976, he was selling glass. Today, over 26 years later, the Philabaum glass furnaces are still roaring
Location: 4280 North Campbell Avenue, Suite 105, Tucson, Arizona 85718, United States Tel: 520 299 1939
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Justin's Water World - A Disney-type theme park around water... bring the kids, let them fly down those water slides till they get real tired (they won't have any trouble falling asleep that night) while you relax at the picnic table. And don't forget to bring plenty of suntan lotion; there's no shelter from the blazing Arizona sun once you get into the water. Go to the spacious ramada for shade and food services. Admission: $8.95. Inquire about group rates on weekends
Location: 3551 San Joaquin Road, Tucson, AZ US, 85735 Telephone: 520 883 8340
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