The Grand Canyon Visitor Center, located near Mather Point on the South Rim, is open daily year-round from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, though hours may vary seasonally.
The Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, is a distinguished private, nonprofit institution founded in 1929 by Dwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard to showcase their collection of Native American art and artifacts.
Flagstaff Extreme Adventure Course in Arizona is a premier outdoor amusement park set among towering Ponderosa pine trees, offering thrilling treetop obstacle courses and ziplines for all ages.
Montezuma Castle National Monument in Camp Verde, Arizona, protects a well-preserved cliff dwelling built by the Sinagua people around 1100 to 1425 CE.
Roper Lake State Park lies six miles south of Safford in southeast Arizona's Graham County, encircling a 32-acre lake at the foot of the towering Pinaleño Mountains and Mount Graham in the Gila River Valley.
Buckskin Mountain State Park lies along the Colorado River near Parker in western Arizona, commanding stunning views of the Parker Strip between Parker Dam and Headgate Dam amid rugged Buckskin Mountains and Sonoran Desert canyons.
Rockin' River Ranch State Park, Arizona's newest state park opened in February 2024, spans 209 acres at the confluence of West Clear Creek and the Verde River near Camp Verde in central Arizona, transforming a former private guest ranch—acquired by the state in 2008—into a day-use haven for hiking, fishing, biking, equestrian trails, birdwatching, and wildlife viewing amid riparian bosque, towering sycamores, cottonwoods, mesquite thickets, and high desert terrain teeming with javelina, deer, beavers, otters, and diverse birds.
Apache Sky Casino is a tribal gaming venue owned by the San Carlos Apache Tribe, located at 777 Apache Sky Blvd in Winkelman, Arizona, on a 170-acre site at the southern tip of the San Carlos Apache Nation.
River Island State Park in Parker, Arizona, is a scenic 400-acre recreational area along the Colorado River's Parker Strip, 26 miles south of Lake Havasu City, connected by trails to nearby Buckskin Mountain State Park amid Sonoran Desert landscapes and views of the Buckskin Mountains.
Red Rock State Park in Arizona is a 286-acre nature preserve near Sedona known for its stunning red sandstone formations and lush riparian habitat along Oak Creek.
Coronado National Forest spans about 1.78 million acres across southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, encompassing multiple mountain ranges known as sky islands.
The Verde Canyon Railroad is a scenic heritage railway operating between Clarkdale and Perkinsville, Arizona, along tracks originally built in 1912 to serve copper mines in Jerome and smelters in Clarkdale.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, established in 2000 and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, spans over 290,000 acres in northern Arizona near the Utah border.
Slide Rock State Park, located in Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona, Arizona, is famous for its natural 80-foot-long water slide formed by smooth sandstone surfaces covered with algae that create a slippery chute for sliding into refreshing pools of Oak Creek.
Bisbee, Arizona, was founded in 1880 as a copper, gold, and silver mining town named after Judge DeWitt Bisbee, a financial backer of the nearby Copper Queen Mine.
