1Score 69.7 out of 100
Historic Site
Taliesin West
Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and studio in Scottsdale, built from 1938 and now a National Historic Landmark and World Heritage Site.
Scottsdale Attractions
The 11 attractions in this database associated with Scottsdale, ranked by the site's overall score.
11 attractions
- 2Score 50.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Mummy Mountain (Arizona)
A mountain in Paradise Valley, residential on its slopes and conservation land at its summit, with the Camelback Inn below since 1936. - 3Score 44.8 out of 100
Historic Site
Cosanti
Paolo Soleri's gallery, studio and home at Paradise Valley, built from 1956 in earth-cast concrete and known for its wind-bells. - 4Score 44.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
McDowell Mountains
A range twenty miles north-east of downtown Phoenix, rising to East End at 4,069 feet and preserved by Scottsdale. - 5Score 42.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Pinnacle Peak
A 3,169-foot granite summit in Scottsdale, inside a 150-acre city park crossed by a 1.75-mile trail; the summit requires climbing. - 6Score 42.4 out of 100
Landmark
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
The spring-training ground of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, and the first Major League ballpark built on tribal land. - 7Score 35.7 out of 100
Landmark
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
A 30-acre railway park in Scottsdale with a 15-inch gauge line, a live steam railway, a museum and three model railway clubs. - 8Score 34.5 out of 100
Museum
Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
A 43,000-square-foot museum in Old Town Scottsdale, opened in 2015, covering the art, culture and history of the American West. - 9Score 32.6 out of 100
Museum
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
An Old Town Scottsdale museum of contemporary art, design and architecture, with James Turrell's Knight Rise skyspace on permanent view. - 10Score 19.8 out of 100
Landmark
LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana
A Scottsdale copy of Robert Indiana's LOVE sculpture, a design first made for a Christmas card and replicated in cities from Philadelphia to Taipei. - 11Score 19.8 out of 100
Landmark
Salt River Project Canals
Salt River Project Canals, in Scottsdale, Arizona, has public banks used for running, biking, and other recreational activities.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale
The closest attractions outside Scottsdale, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- Scottsdale Stadium — 0.2 miles away, Tempe
- Camelback Mountain — 1.0 miles away, Phoenix
- Arizona Falls — 1.8 miles away, Tempe
- David & Gladys Wright House — 2.3 miles away, Phoenix
- Desert Botanical Garden — 2.3 miles away, Phoenix
- Arizona Canal — 2.4 miles away, Phoenix
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