Top things to do in Arizona

1.Visit the Grand Canyon

2.Hike in Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona

3.Eat pizza at the famous Pizzeria Bianco

4.Learn about Native American Indians at the Heard Museum

5.Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff

6.Saguaro National Park near Tucson

7.See birds, animals, and plants of the southwest at Boyce Thompson Arboretum

8.Take a 4-5 hr drive from Phoenix on the Apache Trail

9.Arizona Science Center

10.Visit The Phoenix Zoo

11.Check out the great art at the Phoenix Art Museum

12.Be a cowboy and experience the wild west at the Rawhide Wild West Town (in Chandler near Phoenix)

13.Learn about desert plants at the Desert Botanical Garden (read our guide to the Desert Botanical Garden)

14.Hike Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley

15.Visit Tombstone (wild west town) & Bisbee (turn of the century mining town) where the wild west really happened

16.Lake Powell (the second largest man made lake in America)

17.Go sailing on Lake Pleasant (closer to Phoenix)

18.Lake Havasu (see London Bridge up close)

19.See the San Xavier del Bac Mission near Tucson (a mission founded in 1692)

20.Montezuma Castle (a day trip from the valley)

21.Havasu Falls (at the bottom of the Grand Canyon but worth the hike) or other waterfalls

22.Pretend you are John Ford filiming in Monument Valley (near four corners)

23.Speaking of Four Corners, stop and stand on the intersection between Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado

24.Petrified Forest National Park

25.Picacho Peak where the only Civil War battle in Arizona was faught (on the way to Tucson you will pass it on the freeway)

26.Hike in the Chiricahua Mountains (The 10,000 foot mountains are in the southeastern corner of Arizona)

27.Kartchner Caverns State Park is 2 1/2 miles of amazing underground caves (near Benson, AZ)

28.Ski Arizona Snowbowl or Sunrise Ski Park

29.Visit Jerome (old copper town)

30.Taste espresso at great coffee shops in Arizona

31.Eat some great food around Phoenix

32.Cool down at Slide Rock in Sedona (2 hrs north of Phoenix)

33.Hike Squaw Peak (aka Piestewa Peak) in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve

34.Ski at Snowbowl (in Flagstaff) or at Sunrise Park Resort (about 4 hrs from Phoenix)

35.See one of the best preserved meteorite craters on earth (35 miles east of Flagstaff)

36.Go on a balloon ride

37.Skydive over Arizona

38.Tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s home in Scottsdale, Taliesin West

39.Take a hike in Arizona! There are tons of resources online for hikers

40.Go to the Grand Canyon Skywalk (if you dare!)

41.Visit one of hundreds of Arizona Heritage Sites

42.Visit Scottsdale. The “Best Run City In The World.”

43.See amazing artwork and get shop till you drop in Old Town Scottsdale

44.Eat ice cream at The Sugar Bowl, Scottsdale’s oldest ice cream shops (since 1958!)

45.Check out the world’s first global Musical Instrument Museum (read our guide) in Phoenix (mim.org)

46.Visit Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

47.Explore the past at Walnut Canyon National Monument

48.Take a relaxing trip to Greer Arizona

49.See animals from all over the world at the Out of Africa Wildlife Park

50.View the beautiful and amazing colors and shapes of Antelope Canyon

51.See the beauty of Canyon de Chelly near the four corners region

52.Do some climbing, hiking, or bouldering on Mt Lemon in Tucson

53.Stop off at the experimental town of Arcosanti

54.The Arizona Sea Life Aquarium has 26,000 square feet of indoor aquarium

55.The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is one of the best in the country

56.Take a Jeep tour!

57.Go horseback riding near Saguaro Lake (October though April)

58.Step back into the wild west at Old Tucson Studios

59.Tour Payson Rim Country

60.Taste some great ice cream in Scottsdale

61.Bullhead City has lots to see

62.Have lunch at the Wrigly Mansion (reservation required)

63.Visit the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson

64.The Pima Air and Space Museum is one of southern Arizona’s great gems… see old airplanes (Tucson)!

65.The Painted desert in Northern Arizona is absolutely beautiful – named for the many colors you can see

66.The Antelope Canyon is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in my life – a reader

67.River Raft the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon

68.See the Indian Ruins at Walnut Canyon near Flagstaff

69.Joshua Tree Forest is filled with Joshua Trees (that was obvious!) near Palm Springs

70.Take a Segway tour of Scottsdale!

71.Go back in time at the Arizona Renaissance Festival (February through March, each year)

72.Tour the Capitol and see the museum about the USS Arizona

73.Mystery Castle at South Mountain (may not be open for tours) which was featured in Life

74.See petroglyphs in the White Tank Mountains

75.Sleep in a Wigwam (Holbrook, AZ)

76.Arizona is serious about golf and has hundreds of beautiful golf courses

77.Tour the Phoenix Design Muse