1Score 75.5 out of 100
National Park
Saguaro National Park
Two districts of Sonoran Desert either side of Tucson, preserving the giant saguaro cactus the park is named for.
Tucson Attractions
The 44 attractions in this database associated with Tucson, ranked by the site's overall score.
44 attractions
- 2Score 67.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Mission San Xavier del Bac
A Spanish Catholic mission south of Tucson, founded in 1692 and rebuilt by 1797, making it the oldest European structure in Arizona. - 3Score 58.6 out of 100
Historic Site
Old Tucson Studios
A film studio and theme park west of Tucson, built in 1939 for the film Arizona and used for Westerns ever since. - 4Score 56.0 out of 100
Museum
Pima Air & Space Museum
An aerospace museum in Tucson displaying nearly 400 aircraft, and home to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame since 1991. - 5Score 53.0 out of 100
Observatory
Kitt Peak National Observatory
An observatory west of Tucson holding more than twenty optical telescopes, one of the largest such gatherings in the northern hemisphere. - 6Score 49.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Sentinel Peak
A 2,897-foot peak south-west of downtown Tucson, carrying the University of Arizona's block letter A since the 1910s. - 7Score 48.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tucson Mountains
A range immediately west of Tucson, one of four surrounding the Tucson Basin, with Wasson Peak as its high point. - 8Score 47.6 out of 100
State Park
Catalina State Park
Foothills and canyons at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, holding nearly 5,000 saguaros. - 9Score 45.4 out of 100
Zoo or Aquarium
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
A 98-acre zoo, aquarium, botanical garden and natural history museum west of Tucson, founded in 1952 to interpret the Sonoran Desert. - 10Score 45.2 out of 100
Historic Site
El Tiradito
A shrine in downtown Tucson, standing since at least 1891, to a man who died in sin and could not be buried on consecrated ground. - 11Score 45.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Miracle Mile Historic District
A Tucson historic district along North Stone Avenue, Drachman Street, Oracle Road and Miracle Mile, listed on the National Register in 2017. - 12Score 44.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
A dry karst cave near Vail with 3.9 miles of mapped passages, used by Hohokam, Sobaipuri and Apache people. - 13Score 44.2 out of 100
Historic Site
Cathedral of Saint Augustine
The cathedral and mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Tucson, known in Spanish as the Catedral de San Agustín. - 14Score 43.3 out of 100
Historic Site
Rialto Theatre
A performance theatre and concert venue on Congress Street in downtown Tucson, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. - 15Score 42.9 out of 100
Landmark
McKale Center
The University of Arizona's athletic arena in Tucson, home of the Wildcats basketball team of the Big 12 Conference. - 16Score 42.8 out of 100
Historic Site
Fox Tucson Theatre
A performance space in downtown Tucson that opened on 11 April 1930 and stages ballet, jazz, pop, world music and rock. - 17Score 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. - 18Score 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. - 19Score 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. - 20Score 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. - 21Score 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. - 22Score 39.5 out of 100
Landmark
Veterans Memorial Stadium
The 11,500-seat main ballpark of Tucson's Kino Sports Complex, opened in 1998 and home to the Tucson Saguaros since 2016. - 23Score 36.0 out of 100
Museum
Arizona State Museum
Arizona's 1893 territorial museum of archaeological resources, now operated by the University of Arizona on its Tucson campus. - 24Score 35.2 out of 100
Botanical Garden
Tohono Chul Park
A 49-acre botanical garden and nature preserve in Casas Adobes, named one of the world's great botanical gardens by Travel + Leisure in 2008. - 25Score 34.4 out of 100
Historic Site
San Pedro Chapel
An 1915 adobe chapel built by Mexican and Sicilian immigrants in Tucson's Fort Lowell area, once the centre of the El Fuerte settlement. - 26Score 34.4 out of 100
Museum
Tucson Museum of Art
A 74,000-square-foot art museum on a four-acre block in downtown Tucson, combining a modern museum with adapted 19th-century adobe houses. - 27Score 33.5 out of 100
Museum
University of Arizona Museum of Art
A University of Arizona museum with more than 6,000 works, including a 15th-century Spanish altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo. - 28Score 32.8 out of 100
Botanical Garden
Tucson Botanical Gardens
A 5.5-acre Tucson collection of twenty gardens on the former Porter family home, ranked fourth in USA Today's 2025 best botanical garden poll. - 29Score 32.7 out of 100
Museum
Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House Museum
A 1870s Tucson adobe house tied to Territorial Governor John Charles Fremont, now an Arizona Historical Society museum. - 30Score 32.4 out of 100
Landmark
The Loop
A Pima County network of shared-use paths around Tucson, planned to comprise 131 miles of paved trail once complete. - 31Score 32.0 out of 100
Museum
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
A free Tucson railroad museum in the former Southern Pacific Depot's records vault, centred on steam locomotive 1673. - 32Score 30.0 out of 100
Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson
Tucson's Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1997, has occupied a former fire station on Church Avenue since 2010. - 33Score 28.8 out of 100
Landmark
Centennial Hall
A 1937 University of Arizona auditorium that hosted Martin Luther King Jr and other speakers, renovated in 1985 and renamed for the centenary. - 34Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tucson Mountain Park
Tucson Mountain Park, south-west of Tucson, Arizona, covers a mountain range with trails through saguaro stands popular for sunset photography. - 35Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Arizona History Museum
The Arizona History Museum in Tucson is devoted to the history of Tucson and the surrounding Pima County area. - 36Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Center for Creative Photography
A Tucson photography museum and archive founded by Ansel Adams, which periodically exhibits its Ansel Adams collection. - 37Score 24.2 out of 100
- 38Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Fort Lowell Museum
A Tucson museum in the reconstructed officers' quarters of Fort Lowell, an Apache Wars-era army post, focused on frontier military life. - 39Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Old Pascua Museum and Yaqui Cultural Center
A Tucson museum of more than 4,000 Yaqui community artefacts, housed in a 1926 home listed on the National Register of Historic Places. - 40Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Philabaum Glass Gallery & Studio
Philabaum Glass Gallery & Studio, in Tucson, Arizona, has offered glassblowing demonstrations and contemporary glass art since Tom Philabaum built it in 1975. - 41Score 19.8 out of 100
Landmark
Funtasticks Family Fun Park
A Tucson family amusement park with waterslides, bumper boats, go-karts, mini golf, and arcade games. - 42Score 19.8 out of 100
Landmark
Leo Rich Theater
Tucson's primary venue for ballet, theatre, and musicals, and home to concerts sponsored by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. - 43Score 19.8 out of 100
Landmark
Tucson Arena
Tucson Arena, part of the Tucson Convention Center in Arizona, has hosted the Tucson Roadrunners AHL team and events including Monster Truck shows. - 44Score 19.8 out of 100
Landmark
Tucson Music Hall
Tucson Music Hall, in Tucson, Arizona, is the home of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and the Arizona Opera.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Tucson still appears here if that is how visitors reach it. 2 of these publish an official visitor count, together recording 1,227,774 visits in their most recent reported year.
Near Tucson
The closest attractions outside Tucson, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope — 0.1 miles away, Altar Valley
- Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope — 0.4 miles away, Altar Valley
- Hugh Norris Trail — 2.8 miles away, Saguaro National Park
- Valley View Overlook Trail — 2.9 miles away, Saguaro National Park
- Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area — 3.3 miles away, Santa Catalina Mountains
- Manning Cabin — 3.3 miles away, Saguaro National Park
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