Arizona Things to do... The links below in Yellow Boxes, (or Column to the left) are easy day-trips to various attraction in and around the Phoenix/Sun City West area in Arizona...
Click on Photo Albums or Photos with Panoramas to the left to see a slideshow of many places we visited on day-trips...
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Right-Click on Yellow Boxes and select (Open Link in New Window)...Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - "America's Most Vertical City" and "Largest Ghost Town in America". Located at 5,200 feet, between Prescott and Flagstaff is the historic copper mining town.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Sedona is renowned for its stunning red buttes and monoliths, as well as its surrounding lush forests. Local points of interest include Bell Rock, Table Top Mountain, Cathedral Rock and Boynton Canyon.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - The Desert Botanical Garden has one of the world's finest collections of desert plants. This one-of-a-kind museum showcases 50 acres of beautiful outdoor exhibits, with 139 rare, threatened and endangered plant species from around the world.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Montezuma Castle is probably the most spectacular well-preserved ancient dwellings in Arizona. An imposing 5-storey structure built into a recess in a white stone cliffRight-Click/Open-in-New-Window - The Apache Trail, through the Superstition Mountains , 40 miles of steep, winding and mostly unpaved road past magnificent scenery of twisted igneous mountains with dense forests of saguaro and ferocactus, and several deep blue lakes.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Taliesin West has astounded architectural critics with their beauty and unusual form. Taliesin West served as Frank Lyoyd Wright's winter home and architectural studio.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - The Vulture Gold Mine was discovered in 1863 by Henry Wickenburg. It produced gold worth more than 200 million dollars.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Arizona's Most Western Town. Visit the Desert Caballeros Western Museum and surrounding shops.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded more than two hundred years ago. Visitors will discover many areas of interest within the Mission walls. You can hear the tolling of century old bells and walk down its time worn paths. Find serenity and peace amid the 10 acres of lush gardens and cool fountains, cloistered by old adobe walls Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - This authentic frontier town is Arizona's largest western-themed attraction situated on 163 acres of scenic Sonoran Desert. Rawhide has -- gunfights, stunt shows, shootin' gallery, gold panning, stagecoach rides, desert train, camel rides, petting zoo, burro rides, live country music, Sundown Cookouts, a real blacksmith, and much more.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Prescott has over 700 homes and shops in the National Register of Historic Places, and its granite courthouse set among green lawns and spreading trees reflects the Midwestern and New England background of Prescott’s early pioneers.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - The Verde Canyon is often called 'Arizona’s other Grand Canyon' with spectacular canyon scenery on a train trip Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Lake Pleasant is one of the finest water recreation areas in Arizona. The Lake Pleasant floating Marina is a spectacular docking system, finger piers, restaurant, and gift shop.Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Sun City West is a mature, lush oasis in Arizona. With more than 320 days of sunshine, we are far away from the harsh winters. The community sports four recreational complexes, seven golf courses and we enjoy convenient local businesses, places of worship and a nationally ranked hospital. Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - The Arizona Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 12-stage theater, a 30-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting tournament and a feast -- all rolled into one non-stop, day-long family adventure!Right-Click/Open-in-New-Window - Wildlife World Zoo has Arizona's largest collection of exotic animals, totaling more than 2400 individual animals representing approximately 350 species.