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727 attractions

301Score 41.8 out of 100
Landmark
Hi Corbett Field
A baseball park in Tucson seating about 9,500, home to the University of Arizona Wildcats and formerly to two Major League clubs.
302Score 41.7 out of 100
State Park
Dead Horse Ranch State Park
423 acres on the Verde River at Cottonwood, with ten miles of trail and access to the Dead Horse Trail System.
206,069 visits in 2024.
303Score 41.7 out of 100
Zoo or Aquarium
Reid Park Zoo
A 24-acre city-owned zoo in Tucson's Reid Park, founded in 1967, holding more than 500 animals and drawing about 500,000 visitors a year.
304Score 41.7 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Skeleton Cave
A cave in the Salt River Canyon Wilderness, site of the 1872 massacre of Yavapai people and listed on the National Register in 1991.
305Score 41.6 out of 100
Historic Site
Calabazas Mission
A Spanish mission, also known as Calabasas, in the Sonoran Desert near present-day Tumacácori, Arizona.
306Score 41.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Seven Sacred Pools
Sandstone tinajas on the Soldier Pass Trail near Sedona, fed by a seasonal stream and named by local Jeep tour guides.
307Score 41.5 out of 100
Historic Site
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
A 225-acre United States national cemetery in Phoenix, holding more than 78,000 interments as of the end of 2016.
308Score 41.5 out of 100
Historic Site
New Cornelia mine
An inactive open-pit copper mine at Ajo, a mile and a half across and 1,100 feet deep, with tailings often called the largest US dam.
309Score 41.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Granite Mountain
A 7,628-foot mountain in the Prescott National Forest, with a sheer 500-foot granite cliff on its south-west face used for rock climbing.
310Score 41.4 out of 100
Museum
Museum of Northern Arizona
A Flagstaff museum founded in 1928, holding Indigenous material and natural history collections from the Colorado Plateau.
311Score 41.4 out of 100
Landmark
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
An 8,775-seat baseball stadium in Phoenix, built in 1964 and the home ground of Arizona State University baseball since 2015.
312Score 41.4 out of 100
State Park
Red Rock State Park
286 acres of red sandstone canyon south-west of Sedona, kept as a day-use park for the habitat along Oak Creek.
85,185 visits in 2024.
313Score 41.3 out of 100
Botanical Garden
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Arizona's oldest botanical garden, founded in 1924 on 392 acres along Queen Creek and growing more than 2,600 arid-land plant species.
314Score 41.3 out of 100
Observatory
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's largest field station, on the summit of Mount Hopkins near Amado.
315Score 41.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Gates Pass
A 3,172-foot mountain pass on the crest of the Tucson Mountains, west of Tucson, with overlooks lining the road through it.
316Score 41.3 out of 100
Historic Site
Gleeson
A ghost town in south-eastern Cochise County, first settled as Turquoise in the 1870s and re-established under its present name in 1900.
317Score 41.3 out of 100
Landmark
Scottsdale Stadium
A 12,000-capacity baseball stadium in Scottsdale, the spring training ground of the San Francisco Giants since 1984.
318Score 41.3 out of 100
Museum
Sharlot Hall Museum
An open-air museum in Prescott, opened in 1928 in the former Territorial Governor's Mansion by its founder, Sharlot M. Hall.
319Score 41.2 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Goldwater Lake
A reservoir on Banning Creek south of Prescott, maintained by the city and named after its longtime mayor Morris Goldwater.
320Score 41.2 out of 100
Historic Site
Swansea
A ghost town in La Paz County, settled around 1909 to mine, process and smelt copper ore from the surrounding claims.
321Score 41.1 out of 100
Museum
Arizona Museum of Natural History
A museum in Mesa exhibiting the natural and cultural history of the South-West, and the only natural history museum in greater Phoenix.
322Score 41.1 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Miller Peak
A 9,470-foot summit in the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista, the southernmost land above 9,000 feet in the continental United States.
323Score 41.1 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Schnebly Hill Formation
A dark red sandstone unit 800 to 1,000 feet thick near Sedona, lying between the Coconino Sandstone and the Hermit Formation.
324Score 41.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Brunckow's Cabin
A ruined cabin south-west of Tombstone where at least twenty-one people were killed between 1860 and 1890, many buried on the site.
325Score 41.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Fort Apache Historic Park
A 288-acre White Mountain Apache tribal park at the former Fort Apache, later a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school.
326Score 41.0 out of 100
Landmark
Global Credit Union Arena
A 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the Grand Canyon University campus in Phoenix, home to its basketball and volleyball teams.
327Score 41.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Mica Mountain
An 8,668-foot peak east of Tucson, the highest point in the Rincon Mountains and in Saguaro National Park.
328Score 41.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Prescott National Forest
A 1.25 million-acre national forest around Prescott, divided into the Chino Valley, Bradshaw and Verde ranger districts.
329Score 41.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tumamoc Hill
An 860-acre ecological reserve and National Historic Landmark west of downtown Tucson, established by the Carnegie Institution in 1903.
330Score 40.9 out of 100
Landmark
Goodyear Ballpark
The spring training ground of the Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds, a 9,500-seat stadium in Goodyear that opened in 2009.
331Score 40.9 out of 100
Historic Site
Kolb Studio
A historic building on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, run from 1904 to 1976 as the photographic studio of Ellsworth and Emery Kolb.
332Score 40.9 out of 100
Museum
Martin Auto Museum
A privately owned non-profit automobile museum in Glendale, preserving collectible cars and running guided tours for school and club groups.
333Score 40.9 out of 100
Observatory
VERITAS
A ground-based gamma-ray observatory of four 12-metre reflectors at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, completed in 2007.
334Score 40.8 out of 100
State Park
Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area
A 150-acre lake at Show Low run by Arizona State Parks, averaging 23 feet deep and holding several fish species.
143,393 visits in 2024.
335Score 40.8 out of 100
Observatory
Mount Lemmon Observatory
A University of Arizona observatory on Mount Lemmon, 28 kilometres north-east of Tucson in the Coronado National Forest.
336Score 40.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Mount McDowell
A 2,832-foot mountain north of Mesa, commonly called Red Mountain, closed to visitors since the early 1980s after vandalism.
337Score 40.8 out of 100
Landmark
Sunrise Park Resort
The largest ski resort in Arizona, its runs spread over 1,200 acres and three peaks in the White Mountains near Greer.
338Score 40.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tonto Trail
A hiking trail on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park, northern Arizona.
339Score 40.7 out of 100
Landmark
Peoria Sports Complex
A Peoria baseball complex of twelve practice fields and a 12,000-seat stadium, shared in spring by the Padres and the Mariners.
340Score 40.6 out of 100
Zoo or Aquarium
Bearizona
A drive-through safari park on Historic Route 66 near Williams, founded in 2010 and known for its black bear cubs.
341Score 40.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tortolita Mountains
A mountain range north-west of Tucson rising to 4,696 feet, largely protected within Tortolita Mountain Park since 1986.
342Score 40.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Palatki Heritage Site
A Sinagua cliff dwelling site near Sedona, with pictographs and petroglyphs dated to between 1100 and 1400 CE.
343Score 40.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
An 860,010-acre refuge along the Mexican border, established in 1939 for desert bighorn sheep and the third largest in the lower 48 states.
344Score 40.4 out of 100
Historic Site
Christmas
An uninhabited Gila County mining community named for the claim staked on Christmas Day 1902, once a magnet for holiday mail.
345Score 40.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Peppersauce Cave
A limestone cave with about a mile of mapped passages in the Santa Catalina Mountains south of Oracle, visited by some 23,000 people a year.
346Score 40.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Rainbow Lake
A 116-acre man-made lake near Pinetop-Lakeside, created in 1903 when settlers dammed Walnut Creek for irrigation.
347Score 40.3 out of 100
Historic Site
Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park
A 200-room Salado masonry pueblo above Pinal Creek near Globe, occupied AD 1225-1400 and now a city archaeological park and museum.
348Score 40.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Mount Bigelow
A peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, home to Catalina Station and the University of Arizona's 61-inch Kuiper Telescope.
349Score 40.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Uinkaret volcanic field
A field of monogenetic volcanoes on the Grand Canyon's north rim, whose lava flows repeatedly dammed the Colorado River.
350Score 40.2 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Granite Basin Lake
A reservoir near Prescott, within the Prescott National Forest and adjacent to the Granite Mountain Wilderness area.
351Score 40.2 out of 100
Landmark
HoHoKam Stadium
A 10,500-seat baseball park in Mesa named after the Hohokam people, and the spring training ground of the Athletics since 2015.
352Score 40.1 out of 100
Museum
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
A 10-acre Tucson site of adobe buildings designed and built by the artist Ettore DeGrazia, now a museum of his work.
353Score 40.1 out of 100
Zoo or Aquarium
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
A wildlife park and zoo in Camp Verde, opened in 2005, where exotic animals roam in habitats larger than a traditional zoo's.
354Score 40.1 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Verde Hot Springs
A group of thermal mineral springs on the western bank of the Verde River near Camp Verde, beside the ruins of a former resort.
355Score 40.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Lochiel
A former border crossing and largely abandoned settlement in the San Rafael Valley, about 25 miles east of Nogales.
356Score 40.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Mather Point
A South Rim viewpoint at 7,119 feet, named after Stephen Tyng Mather and looking north across Granite Gorge up Bright Angel Canyon.
357Score 40.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Phoenix Arizona Temple
A temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints completed in Phoenix in 2014, the church's 144th and the fifth in Arizona.
358Score 40.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Sierra Prieta
A mountain range 14 miles long west of Prescott, with the 6,514-foot volcanic plug of Thumb Butte on the city's western edge.
359Score 40.0 out of 100
Observatory
United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
The national dark-sky observing facility of the United States Naval Observatory, near Flagstaff, and joint manager of the Celestial Reference Frame.
360Score 39.9 out of 100
State Park
Alamo Lake State Park
A remote flood control reservoir north of Wenden, and the darkest sky state park in the Arizona system.
77,604 visits in 2024.