Day Trips® from Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff

by Pam Hait

• ISBN13: 9780762705450
• ISBN10: 0762705450
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Tour the Colorado River, take a safari train ride, or relive the showdown at the O.K. Corral--this book offers these and many other excursions within a two-hour drive of Phoenix, Tucson, or Flagstaff. Complete with itineraries, directions, and recommendations for places to stay and eat.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
How to Use This Book	xii
DAY TRIPS FROM PHOENIX	1	(140)
NORTH
Day Trip 1
Prescott	5	(8)
Yarnell-Peeples Valley	13	(2)
Day Trip 2
Pioneer Arizona Living Museum	15	(2)
Cordes Junction	17	(1)
Camp Verde	18	(1)
Montezuma Castle National Monument	19	(1)
Montezuma Well	19	(1)
Jerome	20	(5)
Day Trip 3
Cottonwood	25	(1)
Clarkdale	26	(1)
Page Springs	27	(2)
Day Trip 4
Sedona	29	(7)
Oak Creek Canyon	36	(3)
Day Trip 5
Flagstaff	39	(8)
NORTHEAST
Day Trip 1
Cave Creek	47	(2)
Carefree	49	(2)
Bartlett Lake	51	(2)
Day Trip 2
Payson	53	(1)
Tonto Natural Bridge	54	(2)
Kohl's Ranch	56	(1)
Christopher Creek and Woods Canyon Lake	56	(2)
Day Trip 3
Salt River Recreation Center and Saguaro Lake	58	(5)
Day Trip 4
Springerville and Casa Malpais Pueblo	63	(2)
Day Trip 5
Greer	65	(1)
South Fork	66	(1)
Sunrise	67	(2)
EAST
Day Trip 1
Scottsdale	69	(11)
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community	80	(3)
Day Trip 2
Tempe	83	(2)
Mesa	85	(2)
Apache Junction	87	(1)
Tortilla Flat	88	(1)
The Lakes	89	(4)
Day Trip 3
Superior	93	(1)
Miami-Globe	94	(3)
Salt River Canyon and Show Low	97	(2)
SOUTHEAST
Day Trip 1
Sacaton	99	(1)
Casa Grande	99	(2)
Florence	101	(2)
Day Trip 2
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	103	(2)
Columbia University's Biosphere 2	105	(2)
Day Trip 3
Picacho Peak	107	(2)
Tucson	109	(8)
SOUTHWEST
Day Trip 1
Buckeye	117	(1)
Gila Bend	118	(1)
Yuma	119	(4)
WEST
Day Trip 1
Quartzsite	123	(1)
Palm Canyon	124	(1)
Parker	124	(2)
Lake Havasu City	126	(3)
NORTHWEST
Day Trip 1
Glendale	129	(3)
Peoria	132	(1)
Sun Citiesa	132	(1)
Wickenburg	133	(3)
Joshua Forest Parkway	136	(1)
Ghost Towns of Congress, Stanton, and Octave	136	(2)
Lake Pleasant	138	(3)
DAY TRIPS FROM TUCSON	141	(94)
NORTHEAST
Day Trip 1
Sabino Canyon	145	(2)
Mount Lemmon	147	(4)
EAST
Day Trip 1
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base or Pima Air and Space Museum	151	(1)
Saguaro National Park (East)	152	(2)
Colossal Cave	154	(1)
Day Trip 2
Benson	155	(3)
Willcox	158	(3)
Ghost Towns of Cochise Country	161	(4)
Day Trip 3
Kartchner Caverns State Park	165	(4)
Day Trip 4
Chiricahua National Monument	169	(2)
Dos Cabezas	171	(2)
Day Trip 5
Safford	173	(2)
Aravaipa Canyon	175	(2)
SOUTHEAST
Day Trip 1
Tombstone	177	(4)
Bisbee	181	(5)
Sierra Vista	186	(3)
Ghost Towns	189	(1)
Coronado National Memorial	190	(2)
Fort Huachuca	192	(4)
SOUTH
Day Trip 1
Sonoita	196	(3)
Patagonia	199	(4)
Day Trip 2
Amado	203	(1)
Green Valley	204	(1)
Madera Canyon	204	(3)
Day Trip 3
Tubac	207	(2)
Tumacacori National Monument	209	(1)
Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico	210	(2)
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge	212	(1)
Sasabe	212	(3)
SOUTHWEST
Day Trip 1
Kitt Peak and Kitt Peak National Observatory	215	(2)
WEST
Day Trip 1
Mission of San Xavier del Bac	217	(2)
Old Tucson	219	(1)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum	220	(2)
Saguaro National Park (West)	222	(1)
NORTHWEST
Day Trip 1
Phoenix	223	(12)
DAY TRIPS FROM FLAGSTAFF	235	(83)
NORTH
Day Trip 1
Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Monument	239	(4)
Day Trip 2
Page and Glen Canyon Dam	243	(7)
Navajo National Monument	250	(3)
NORTHEAST
Day Trip 1
Kayenta	253	(2)
Monument Valley, Utah	255	(4)
Day Trip 2
Canyon de Chelly National Monument	259	(2)
Ganado and the Hubbell Trading Post	261	(2)
Window Rock	263	(2)
Day Trip 3
Indian Country	265	(4)
EAST
Day Trip 1
Meteor Crater	269	(2)
Homolovi Ruins	271	(1)
Painted Desert	271	(1)
Petrified Forest National Park	272	(3)
SOUTHEAST
Day Trip 1
Mormon Lake	275	(2)
Happy Jack	277	(1)
Payson	277	(2)
SOUTH
Day Trip 1
Oak Creek/Sedona	279	(1)
Montezuma Well and Montezuma Castle	279	(2)
SOUTHWEST
Day Trip 1
Jerome	281	(1)
Prescott	281	(2)
WEST
Day Trip 1
Williams	283	(4)
Grand Canyon Caverns	287	(2)
NORTHWEST
Day Trip 1
The South Rim of the Grand Canyon	289	(8)
DIRECTORY
Festivals and Celebrations	297	(9)
National Parks	306	(2)
Native American Reservations	308	(4)
State Parks	312	(1)
Regional Information	313	(1)
Tourist Safety Tips	314	(4)
Index	318	(5)
About the Author	323