Day Trips (R) from Phoenix, Tucson & Flagstaff
Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler
13th Edition
Published on 1. March 2017
332 pages
978-1-4930-2806-1 (ISBN)
Description
Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of these popular Arizona cities. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips from Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff.helps makes the most of a brief getaway.
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13th Edition
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New York
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44 Maps
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Pam Hait is the author of 13 books and a contributor to many national publications, including Metropolitan Home, Sunset, Travel & Leisure, and Arizona Highways. Pam and her partner own Strategies, a media relations and marketing firm that specializes in eco and heritage tourism. She is based in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
Content
- Intro
- introduction
- using this guide
- part i:phoenix
- north
- day trip 01
- the victorian heart of arizona
- prescott
- worth more time: granite creek vineyards and prescott to ash fork to seligman (and on to kingman) via historic route 66
- day trip 02
- time travel from an ancient site to a new city
- pioneer arizona living history museum
- cordes junction
- camp verde
- montezuma castle national monument
- montezuma well
- jerome
- day trip 03
- from indians to eagles
- cottonwood
- clarkdale
- cornville/page springs
- day trip 04
- red rocks to crystals and all spirits in between
- sedona
- oak creek canyon
- day trip 05
- mountains and canyons and a city that rocks
- flagstaff
- northeast
- day trip 06
- funk, glam, and outdoor fun
- cave creek
- carefree
- bartlett lake
- day trip 07
- towering pines and a great small town
- payson
- tonto natural bridge
- kohl's ranch lodge
- worth more time: christopher creek and woods canyon lake
- day trip 08
- water and more water
- salt river recreation center, fort mcdowell yavapai reservation, and saguaro lake
- day trip 09
- a road well traveled and then less traveled-with lots to offer
- pinetop-lakeside
- sunrise/white mountain apache reservation
- springerville and casa malpais pueblo
- greer
- east
- day trip 10
- see (and do) it all and never leave town
- scottsdale
- main street
- civic center mall
- north scottsdale
- salt river pima-maricopa indian community
- day trip 11
- the east valley swings and twists and turns
- tempe
- mesa
- chandler
- queen creek
- apache junction
- tortilla flat
- the lakes
- day trip 12
- take a shine to copper country
- superior
- miami-globe
- worth more time: salt river canyon and show low
- southeast
- day trip 13
- experience cowboys, indian-style
- gila river indian community
- casa grande
- florence
- day trip 14
- back to the future
- casa grande ruins national monument
- biosphere 2
- day trip 15
- drive down and up to the old pueblo
- picacho peak
- southwest
- day trip 16
- arizona's historic river city
- yuma
- west
- day trip 17
- collector rocks to a rockin' river
- quartzsite
- palm canyon
- parker
- lake havasu city
- northwest
- day trip 18
- antiques, the old west, and water sports
- glendale
- peoria
- wickenburg
- joshua forest parkway
- lake pleasant
- part ii: tucson
- northeast
- day trip 01
- the peak of perfection for outdoors enthusiasts
- sabino canyon
- mount lemmon
- east
- day trip 02
- flight, space, and saguaros
- davis-monthan air force base and pima air and space museum
- saguaro national park (east)
- day trip 03
- bookshop to birds . . . the west and wine
- benson
- willcox
- worth more time: cochise stronghold
- day trip 04
- a hidden world deep inside a mountain
- kartchner caverns state park
- day trip 05
- rocks, spires, and magical spaces
- chiricahua national monument
- day trip 06
- cactus to aspens and an unforgettable canyon
- safford
- worth more time: aravaipa canyon
- southeast
- day trip 07
- the good, bad, and real history of the old west
- tombstone
- bisbee
- sierra vista
- coronado national memorial
- fort huachuca
- south
- day trip 08
- vines and wines and a natural sanctuary
- sonoita
- patagonia
- day trip 09
- celestial wonders to wonderful hiking
- amado
- green valley
- madera canyon
- day trip 10
- spanish history and sensational shopping
- tubac
- tumacacori national historic park
- worth more time: nogales, arizona and nogales, sonora
- southwest
- day trip 11
- starry days and nights
- kitt peak and kitt peak national observatory
- west
- day trip 12
- white dove to desert wonderland
- mission of san xavier del bac
- old tucson
- arizona-sonora desert museum
- saguaro national park (west)
- northwest
- day trip 13
- capital city, capital fun
- phoenix
- within the papago salado
- north phoenix
- mid-century modern in Phoenix
- cars, cars, and more cars
- part iii: flagstaff
- north
- day trip 01
- incredible rocks and indian ruins
- sunset crater and wupatki national monument
- day trip 02
- watery wonderland and ancient anasazi
- page and glen canyon dam
- marble canyon
- navajo national monument
- northeast
- day trip 03
- john wayne country
- kayenta
- monument valley, utah
- day trip 04
- navajo country at its best
- tuba city
- canyon de chelly national monument
- ganado and the hubbell trading post
- worth more time: window rock
- day trip 05
- the magic of the hopi mesas
- first, second, and third mesas
- east
- day trip 06
- windswept vistas of ancient events
- meteor crater
- painted desert
- petrified forest national park
- southeast
- day trip 07
- the high road to outdoor country
- mormon lake
- happy jack
- west
- day trip 08
- gateway and passageway to the grand canyon
- williams
- grand canyon caverns
- worth more time: hualapai tribe, grand canyon west, and sky walk
- northwest
- day trip 09
- the grandest canyon and grandest views
- the south rim of the grand canyon
- appendix a: festivals and celebrations
- appendix b: native american reservations
- appendix c: arizona climate
- index
