Day Trippin' › Arizona
71 places worth the drive, region by region. Want to know what's within 2 hours of home?
Enter your ZIPViewpoint · Yavapai County
A short climb to a 360-degree view over Sedona, a favorite for sunset.
Landmark · Yavapai County
A Buddhist stupa and quiet walking paths among junipers and red rock.
Trail · Yavapai County
Easy loop around two big red rock buttes right off the highway, with as much or as little climbing as you like.
Trail · Yavapai County
A canyon trail past red cliffs and a side path to the Kachina Woman rock formation.
Trail · Yavapai County
A short, steep scramble up slickrock to a saddle between Sedona's most famous red rock spires.
Landmark · Coconino County
A modern chapel built right into the red rock, with big views from the ramp.
Historic site · Yavapai County
More than a thousand petroglyphs on a sandstone cliff, the largest known petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.
Park · Yavapai County
The classic view of Cathedral Rock reflected in Oak Creek, with picnic tables and creek wading.
State park · Yavapai County
Lagoons, cottonwoods and trails along the Verde River, good for birding, fishing and easy walks.
Trail · Yavapai County
Walk out onto Sedona's largest natural sandstone arch for a classic photo.
Trail · Yavapai County
Switchbacks up to a flat mesa top with views in every direction.
Trail · Yavapai County
A mostly flat walk into a quiet box canyon with a natural arch tucked in the cliff.
Historic site · Yavapai County
Original 1870s army post buildings with rooms set up as they were.
Historic site · Yavapai County
One of the largest Sinagua cliff dwellings in the Sedona area, with pictographs.
Town · Yavapai County
A former copper boomtown hanging off Cleopatra Hill, now full of galleries, tasting rooms and views.
Museum · Yavapai County
The Douglas Mansion museum tells the mining story, with a big view over the Verde Valley.
National monument · Yavapai County
A five-story Sinagua cliff dwelling tucked in a limestone cliff above Beaver Creek.
National monument · Yavapai County
A limestone sinkhole lake fed by springs, with cliff dwellings and an ancient irrigation ditch.
Scenic drive · Coconino County
A winding drive through a red-and-green canyon from Sedona up to the Mogollon Rim.
Town · Yavapai County
A walkable main street of tasting rooms and restaurants at the heart of Verde Valley wine country.
Winery · Yavapai County
Wineries along Oak Creek with tasting on the creek bank, and a state fish hatchery next door.
Historic site · Yavapai County
Sinagua cliff dwellings and rock art from several cultures, with a ranger or volunteer on site.
State park · Yavapai County
Easy trails along Oak Creek with red rock views and a visitor center.
Scenic drive · Coconino County
A rough dirt road climbing out of Sedona to a vista over the whole red rock basin.
Wildlife · Yavapai County
Ponds at the city water plant that draw herons, ducks and migrating birds, with red rock behind.
State park · Coconino County
Slide down a natural sandstone water chute in Oak Creek, in a historic apple orchard.
Trail · Yavapai County
A trail past Devil's Kitchen sinkhole and the Seven Sacred Pools to a cave in the cliffs.
Town · Coconino County
Galleries, shops and courtyards built to look like an old Mexican village, under sycamores on Oak Creek.
National monument · Yavapai County
A hilltop Sinagua pueblo with views over the Verde River and Tavasci Marsh.
Train · Yavapai County
A 3.5 to 4 hour, 40-mile round-trip train ride from Clarkdale to Perkinsville through a roadless red rock canyon along the Verde River.
Ski area · Coconino County
Ski in winter; in summer and fall ride the scenic gondola up the San Francisco Peaks to an overlook near 12,000 feet.
Town · Coconino County
A lively mountain town with historic brick downtown, breweries and Route 66 running through.
Trail · Coconino County
Hike to the top of Arizona's highest peak, above the tree line.
Cave · Coconino County
Walk through a mile-long lava tube in total darkness; bring layers and lights.
Museum · Coconino County
The observatory where Pluto was found, with daytime tours and night telescope viewing.
Museum · Coconino County
Native art, geology and natural history of the Colorado Plateau.
Trail · Coconino County
A short trail into the eroded heart of a cinder cone, with hoodoos and a small ladder.
Historic site · Coconino County
A 1904 Arts and Crafts log mansion built for two lumber baron brothers.
National monument · Coconino County
Walk lava flows and cinder fields at the foot of a volcano that erupted around 1085.
National monument · Coconino County
A stairway trail down to cliff dwellings tucked into ledges of a forested canyon.
National monument · Coconino County
Red sandstone pueblos, a ballcourt and a natural blowhole on the open plain north of Flagstaff.
Zoo · Coconino County
Drive-through wildlife park with bears, bison and wolves, plus a walk-through area.
Trail · Coconino County
Walk a little way down into the Grand Canyon on its best-known trail.
Viewpoint · Coconino County
A stone tower on the eastern rim with murals inside and views up the Colorado River.
Train · Coconino County
A vintage train from Williams to the Grand Canyon's South Rim and back in a day.
Viewpoint · Coconino County
The South Rim's main viewpoints, from Mather Point to Hopi Point, along a flat rim trail and free shuttles.
Town · Yavapai County
A small Route 66 town that helped bring the old highway back, full of retro shops and diners.
Town · Coconino County
A Route 66 town with neon diners and shops, the gateway to the Grand Canyon.
Historic site · Navajo County
Ancestral Hopi pueblo sites and pottery shards on the mesas along the Little Colorado River.
Landmark · Coconino County
A nearly mile-wide crater left by a meteorite 50,000 years ago, with a museum on the rim.
National park · Apache County
Fallen logs turned to rainbow stone, Painted Desert views and old petroglyphs along a 28-mile park road.
Town · Navajo County
A Route 66 town with Standin' on the Corner Park and La Posada, a restored 1930 railroad hotel.
Waterfall · Gila County
Turquoise spring-fed pools and a waterfall in a remote canyon.
State park · Gila County
What may be the world's largest travertine natural bridge, with trails down to the creek below it.
Lake · Coconino County
A pine-ringed lake on top of the Mogollon Rim, with the cliff edge view road nearby.
Landmark · Yavapai County
An experimental desert town of concrete domes and arches, famous for its bronze and ceramic wind bells.
Town · Yavapai County
A historic courthouse square and old-west saloon row with shops and restaurants.
Museum · Yavapai County
Territorial-era buildings including Arizona's first governor's mansion, and history of the region.
Trail · Yavapai County
A loop trail around Prescott's landmark butte with views over town.
Lake · Yavapai County
A lake in the Granite Dells, a maze of rounded boulders great for paddling and scrambling.
Garden · Maricopa County
Thousands of desert plants along garden trails in Papago Park, beautiful in spring bloom.
Museum · Maricopa County
One of the country's best museums of American Indian art and culture.
State park · Pinal County
Trails at the foot of the Superstition Mountains, gold with wildflowers in a good spring.
Museum · Maricopa County
Instruments from nearly every country in the world, with headphones that play automatically as you walk up.
Landmark · Maricopa County
Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and studio in the desert foothills, seen on a guided tour.
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