1Score 59.0 out of 100
Landmark
Chase Field
The downtown Phoenix ballpark of the Arizona Diamondbacks, opened in 1998 under a retractable roof over grass.
Phoenix Attractions
The 42 attractions in this database associated with Phoenix, ranked by the site's overall score.
42 attractions
- 2Score 58.7 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Camelback Mountain
The highest peak in the Phoenix metropolitan area, named for its resemblance to the hump and head of a kneeling camel. - 3Score 56.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Piestewa Peak
A 2,610-foot summit in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, named for Army Specialist Lori Ann Piestewa and climbed by a strenuous trail. - 4Score 55.4 out of 100
Historic Site
Tovrea Castle
An Italianate landmark built in Phoenix between 1929 and 1931 as the centrepiece of a resort, set in grounds holding over 5,000 cacti. - 5Score 55.3 out of 100
Historic Site
Wrigley Mansion
A house built in Phoenix between 1929 and 1931 by the chewing gum manufacturer William Wrigley Jr, on a knoll near the Arizona Biltmore. - 6Score 53.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Phoenix Indian School
A Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school in Phoenix that ran from 1891 to 1990, the only non-reservation BIA school in Arizona. - 7Score 51.2 out of 100
Historic Site
St. Mary's Basilica
The oldest Catholic parish church in the greater Phoenix area, built between 1902 and 1914 and raised to minor basilica in 1985. - 8Score 50.1 out of 100
Museum
Rosson House
An 1890s Victorian house museum in Heritage Square, Downtown Phoenix, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. - 9Score 49.3 out of 100
Zoo or Aquarium
Phoenix Zoo
A 125-acre zoo in Papago Park, opened in 1962 and the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States. - 10Score 48.5 out of 100
Museum
Musical Instrument Museum
A Phoenix museum opened in 2010 holding over 15,000 instruments from nearly 200 countries, the largest of its type in the world. - 11Score 48.2 out of 100
Landmark
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
A 14,870-seat indoor arena at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, home of the Phoenix Suns from 1968 to 1992. - 12Score 46.7 out of 100
Botanical Garden
Desert Botanical Garden
A 140-acre garden in Papago Park, Phoenix, holding more than 50,000 desert plants in over 4,000 taxa, a third of them locally native. - 13Score 46.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
South Mountain Park
A 16,000-acre municipal park in Phoenix, the largest in the United States, with 51 miles of trails and a road up to Dobbins Lookout. - 14Score 46.4 out of 100
Historic Site
Orpheum Theatre
A 1,364-seat theatre in downtown Phoenix, built in 1929 in the Spanish Baroque style for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. - 15Score 45.8 out of 100
Museum
Phoenix Art Museum
The largest visual art museum in the south-western United States, holding more than 18,000 works across 285,000 square feet in Phoenix. - 16Score 45.6 out of 100
Museum
Heard Museum
A not-for-profit museum in Phoenix devoted to American Indian art, presenting Native stories from a first-person perspective. - 17Score 44.6 out of 100
Landmark
Chase Tower
A 40-storey tower on North Central Avenue in Phoenix, opened in 1972 and, at 483 feet, the tallest building in Arizona. - 18Score 44.1 out of 100
Landmark
Arizona Financial Theatre
A 5,000-seat multi-use theatre in Downtown Phoenix, opened as the Dodge Theatre and now named the Arizona Financial Theatre. - 19Score 42.6 out of 100
Landmark
Castles N' Coasters
A 14-acre amusement park in Phoenix, built in 1976, with two roller coasters and four 18-hole miniature golf courses. - 20Score 42.3 out of 100
Landmark
Arizona Canal
A canal of nearly 50 miles across Maricopa County, built in the late 1880s and the northernmost in the Salt River Project system. - 21Score 41.9 out of 100
Historic Site
Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza
An urban park in front of the Arizona state capitol in downtown Phoenix, holding memorials to figures, wars and events in state history. - 22Score 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. - 23Score 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. - 24Score 39.9 out of 100
Landmark
Celebrity Theatre
A theatre in the round in Phoenix, its stage set at the centre of the auditorium with the audience seated on every side. - 25Score 39.6 out of 100
Landmark
David & Gladys Wright House
A Frank Lloyd Wright house of 1950–52 in Arcadia, Phoenix, built for his son David: a curved concrete arc raised on seven piers. - 26Score 39.0 out of 100
Museum
Arizona Science Center
A science museum in downtown Phoenix, founded in 1984 and housed since 1997 in a building designed by Antoine Predock. - 27Score 39.0 out of 100
Botanical Garden
Japanese Friendship Garden
A 3.5-acre Japanese stroll garden in Phoenix, built jointly with the sister city of Himeji and named a Phoenix Point of Pride in 2004. - 28Score 38.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve
A 47-acre Phoenix preserve holding more than 1,500 Hohokam, Patayan and Archaic petroglyphs, 500 to 5,000 years old, on 500 basalt boulders. - 29Score 35.7 out of 100
Museum
Pioneer Living History Village
A 90-acre open-air museum between Phoenix and Anthem, recreating an 1800s frontier town across 30 original and reconstructed buildings. - 30Score 35.0 out of 100
Landmark
Ben Avery Shooting Facility
A 1,650-acre public shooting range in northern Phoenix, the largest publicly operated shooting facility in the United States. - 31Score 34.9 out of 100
Landmark
Enchanted Island Amusement Park
A 7.5-acre amusement park at the centre of Phoenix's 222-acre Encanto Park, with nine rides, a train circling the grounds and canoe hire. - 32Score 34.9 out of 100
Landmark
Her Secret Is Patience
A $2.5 million steel-and-netting sculpture by Janet Echelman in Civic Space Park, downtown Phoenix, titled from a line by Emerson. - 33Score 34.7 out of 100
Museum
Hall Of Flame Fire Museum
The world's largest historical firefighting museum, in Phoenix, holding equipment from 1725 to 1968 and the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes. - 34Score 34.7 out of 100
Landmark
Turf Paradise Race Course
A thoroughbred and quarter horse racetrack in the Deer Valley section of Phoenix, opened in 1956 and racing from November through April. - 35Score 33.7 out of 100
Landmark
Arizona State Fairgrounds
A permanent fairgrounds in Phoenix hosting the Arizona State Fair, and home of the Phoenix Suns from 1968 to 1992. - 36Score 33.5 out of 100
Landmark
Symphony Hall
A Brutalist performing arts venue in downtown Phoenix, built 1969 to 1972 and home to the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera and Ballet Arizona. - 37Score 32.8 out of 100
Landmark
Burton Barr Central Library
The flagship library of the Phoenix Public Library, holding a million volumes and named after the legislator Burton Barr. - 38Score 32.5 out of 100
Landmark
Luhrs Tower
An Art Deco office skyscraper in downtown Phoenix, at the south-eastern corner of First Avenue and Jefferson Street. - 39Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
North Mountain
A Phoenix park preserving a stretch of desert within the city limits, with picnic areas, hiking trails, and city views. - 40Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Arizona State Capitol Museum
A Phoenix museum using hands-on activities, artefacts and public programmes to explain the government of the 48th state. - 41Score 24.2 out of 100
- 42Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Phoenix Space Museum
Phoenix Space Museum, also known as the Earth & Space Expedition Center in Phoenix, Arizona, displays a Space Shuttle Atlantis model and a solar system model.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Phoenix still appears here if that is how visitors reach it. None of these publish an official visitor count, so they are ranked on public interest and tourism significance. Each page says so.
Near Phoenix
The closest attractions outside Phoenix, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- Salt River Project History Center — 0.1 miles away, Tempe
- Phoenix Municipal Stadium — 0.2 miles away, Tempe
- Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park) — 0.3 miles away, Tempe
- Hunt's Tomb — 0.3 miles away, Tempe
- Papago Park — 0.3 miles away, Tempe
- S'edav Va'aki — 0.7 miles away, Tempe
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