PHOENIX BUCKETLIST

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OUTDOORS

• HIKES
  • Papago Park
    • Double Butte Loop
    • Hole-in-the-Rock
  • Hieroglyphic Trail
  • The Wave Cave
  • White Tank Mountain Regional Park
    • Waterfall Trail
  • Usery Mountain Regional Park
    • Wind Cave
  • South Mountain Park/Preserve
    • Judith Tunnell Accessible Trails
    • Hidden Valley via Mormon Trail
  • Pinnacle Peak Park
    • Pinnacle Peak Trail
  • San Tan Mountain Goldmine Trail
  • Phoenix Mountains Preserve
    • Dreamy Draw Loop
    • Lookout Mountain Summit Trail
    • Piestewa Summit Trail
  • Camelback Mountain
    • Echo Canyon Trail
  • McDowell Sonoran Preserve
    • Tom’s Thumb Trailhead
  • Lost Dutchman State Park
    • Treasure Loop
    • Siphon Draw Trail to Flatiron
  • Jewel of the Creek
• LAKES/RIVERS
  • Salt River tubing
  • Wild Horses
  • Saguaro Lake
  • Canyon Lake
  • kayak on Tempe Town Lake
  • go fishing
• PARKS/PLAYGROUNDS
  • Freestone Park
  • Tumbleweed Park
  • Desert breeze Park
  • McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
  • Kiwanis Park
  • Riverview Park
  • Riparian Reserve
  • Fountain Hills Musical Park

ENTERTAINMENT

• SPORTS
  • Sun’s Game
  • Diamondback’s game
  • Cardinal’s game
  • Spring Training
  • ASU games
  • Top Golf
  • iFLY Indoor Skydiving
  • skateland
  • outdoor ice skating rink
• FINE ARTS
  • see a Musical at Gammage
  • see a show at Talking Stick Arena
    • Medieval Times
    • Great Wolf Lodge
  • Arizona Puppet Theater
  • Hale Theater
  • Mesa Arts Center
  • West Wind Drive-In Theater
• INDOOR PLAYGROUND
  • KTR
  • Makutu’s Island
  • Uptown Jungle
  • Urban Air
  • Fat Cats
  • Organ Stop Pizza
  • Jumpstreet
  • Stratum Laser Tag
  • Bounce U
  • Legoland Discovery Center
  • Jesterz
  • Crayola Experience
• CULTURE
  • Arizona Science Center
  • Children’s Museum of Phoenix
  • Arizona Museum of Natural History
  • Idea Museum
  • Musical Instrument Museum
  • Arizona Railway Museum
  • Desert Botanical Garden
  • Pueblo Grande Museum
  • Goldfield Ghost Town
  • Heritage Square
  • Arizona Commemorative Airforce Museum
• ANIMAL ADVENTURES
  • Phoenix Zoo
  • Sea Life Aquarium
  • Odysea Aquarium
  • Butterfly Wonderland
  • Wildlife World
  • Bearizona

ANNUAL

• FESTIVALS
  • Gilbert Days
  • Ostrich Festival
  • Renaissance Festival
  • AZ State Fair
  • Lehi Days
  • Dia De Los Muertos
  • Pumpkin Patches

WATER ACTIVITIES

• AQUATIC CENTERS
  • Mesquite groves Aquatic Center
  • Desert Oasis
  • Hamilton
  • Nozomi
  • Stapley Aquatic Complex
  • Kiwanis Park Wave Pool
  • Golf Land Sunsplash
  • Big Surf
• SPLASH PADS
  • Riverview
  • Founder’s Park
  • Gilbert Water Tower Plaza
  • Phoenix Zoo
  • Desert Breeze Park
  • Tempe Beach
  • Mansel Carter Oasis Park

STAYCATIONS

• RESORTS
  • Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak
  • Arizona Grande Resort & Spa
  • Westin Kierland Resort & Spa
  • Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort

OUTDOOR REC

• FARMS
  • Schnepf Farms
  • Vertuccio Farms
  • Gilbert Farmers Market
  • Superstition Farm
  • MacDonald’s Ranch
  • The Farm at South Mountain
  • Agritopia
  • The Olive Mill

BEYOND PHOENIX

• PLACES TO SEE/ THINGS TO DO
  • Bisbee
  • Tucson
  • Sierra Vista
  • Tombstone
  • Flagstaff
  • Payson
    • Water Wheel Falls
    • Horton Creek Trail
  • Yuma
  • Prescott
  • Hoover Dam
  • Watson Lake
  • Sedona
    • Slide Rock
  • Monument Valley
  • Jerome
  • Antelope Canyon
  • The Wave
  • Horseshoe Bend
  • Coconino Lava River Cave
  • The Wigwam Village
  • Kartchner Caverns
• NATIONAL PARKS/STATE PARKS
  • Canyon de Chelly (NM)
  • Casa Grande Ruins (NM)
  • Chiricahua (MN)
  • Grand Canyon
    • Havasupai Falls
  • Montezuma Castle (NM)
  • Petrified Forest
  • Saguaro National Park
  • Tonto (NM)
  • Walnut Canyon
  • Wupatki (NM)
  • Vermilion Cliffs (NM)

You better believe this may take an ARIZONA lifetime – but we are excited to explore our state!

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