Major Arizona Attractions
Perhaps the greatest attraction in Arizona - both in land mass, popularity and grandeur - is the Grand Canyon. Located in northern Arizona, the mile-deep, 277-mile long gorge draws nearly five million visitors annually to the lofty rims and world-class whitewater that await the active traveler.
Here are some other attractions worth checking out:
Northern Arizona
- Riordan Mansion State Park - Flagstaff
- Oak Creek Canyon and Slide Rock - Sedona
- Red rocks formations surrounding Sedona
- Arizona Snowbowl Ski Area - Flagstaff
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Canyon Skywalk - Peach Springs
- Grand Canyon Railway - Williams
- Montezuma's Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments - Camp Verde
- Revitalized ghost town of Jerome
- Wupataki National Monument - Flagstaff
- Petrified Forest National Park - Holbrook
- Courthouse Square - Prescott
- Out of Africa Wild Animal Park - Camp Verde
- Cliff Castle Casino - Camp Verde
Central Arizona
- Desert Botanical Garden - Scottsdale
- Phoenix Zoo - Scottsdale
- Old Town Scottsdale - Scottsdale
- Phoenix Art Museum - Phoenix
- Heard Museum - Phoenix and Scottsdale
- Mill Avenue shopping and dining - Tempe
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West - Scottsdale
- Lake Pleasant Recreation Area - Phoenix
- Camelback Mountain - Phoenix
- Rawhide Western Town - Chandler
- Phoenix area casinos - Phoenix and Scottsdale
Southern Arizona
- Kartchner Caverns - southeast of Tucson
- Saguaro National Park - Tucson
- Reid Park Zoo - Tucson
- Town of Tombstone - southeast of Tucson
- Picacho Peak State Park - Tucson
- Mount Lemmon Ski Valley - northeast of Tucson
- Mission San Xavier del Bac - south of Tucson
- Tucson Botanical Gardens - Tucson
