MESA 101 Things To Do

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Minutes from Phoenix & Scottsdale . . . Miles from Ordinary Apache Greyhound Park Arizona Hall of Fame Museum Arizona Theatre Company 2551 W.Apache Trail 1101 W. St. 502 W.Roosevelt St. Apache Junction,AZ 85220 Phoenix,AZ 85007 Phoenix,AZ 85003 Phone:480-982-2371 Phone: 602-255-2110 Phone: 602-256-6995 Experience the thrills and excitement of Housed in the 1908 Carnegie Library. The state’s leading professional theater greyhound racing. www.casinocity.com/ Exhibits: “The Works of Lon Megaree: company presents six productions each us/az/apachegr.html Preservation of a State Treasure,” season at the Herberger Theater Center. “My Name is Arizona.” www.dlapr. www.herbergertheater.org Apache Trail and lib.az.us/museum/hof.htm Superstition Mountains Barleen’s Arizona Opry Hwy. 88, 65 miles round trip Dinner Show The Apache Trail is one of the most 5000 Arizona Mills Circle 2275 E. Hwy. 60 Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre – West popular day trips from the Phoenix- Baseline and I-10 Freeway Apache Junction,AZ 85219 Mesa metro area.Visitors can follow Tempe, AZ 85282 Phone:480-982-7991 the footsteps that Indians and hopeful Phone:480-491-9700 Generous portions of tender, slow- Broadway Palm Dinner prospectors took over 100 years ago. A dynamic mix of 175 value retailers, cooked roast beef, mashed potatoes Theatre – West restaurants and entertainment venues. 5246 E. Brown Rd. SM and country gravy, corn, cole slaw Arizona Mills brings Shoppertainment and rolls are served to your table. Mesa,AZ 85205 to the Southwest. www.arizonamills.com Branson-style entertainment begins at Phone: 480-325-6700 7:30pm. www.familyontheweb.com/ Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre–West Arizona Museum for Youth arizonaopry is a 500-seat dinner theatre.The season 35 N. Robson runs from October through September Mesa,AZ 85201 and includes timeless classics and Phone:480-644-2467 Bead Museum 5754 W.Glenn Drive contemporary masterpieces including A child-oriented fine arts center featuring Crazy For You, Sounds of Christmas, Singin’ changing art exhibits and unique hands- Glendale,AZ 85301 in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, on art activities for children.Voted Phone: 623-931-2797 Smokey Joe’s Café, Annie and Yesterdays. one of the best museums for children This unique specialist museum was www.broadwaypalmwest.com in the United States by USA Today. founded in 1984 by Gabreille Liese and www.ci.mesa.az.us/amfy/ houses an international collection of over Canyon Mountain Entertainment 100,000 beads, and beaded artifacts. 7464 E. Main St. Arizona Science Center www.thebeadmuseum.com/home.asp Mesa,AZ 85207 600 E.Washington St. Phone: 480-654-3700 Phoenix,AZ 85004 Besh-Ba-Gowah Full-service, live performance production Phone: 602-716-2000 Archaeological Park company. Celebrity impersonators and Explore 350 hands-on exhibits, a five- 150 N. Pine St. theme shows. Single act to full-size story theater and a planetarium in a Globe Comm. Center, Jess Hayes Rd. Vegas shows. Corporate and convention Superstition Mountain Hiking unique setting. www.azscience.org Globe,AZ 85501 entertainment – our specialty. Phone: 928-425-0320 www.canyonmountainentertainment.com Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Toll-Free: 800-804-5623 Apache Trail Tours 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 14th century Salado Indian ruins with Casa Grande Ruins Goldfield Ghost Town Tucson,AZ 85743-8918 museum, 15-minute video presentation, National Monument P.O. Box 6146 Phone: 520-883-1380 ethnobotanical garden, reconstructed Phone: 520-723-3172 Apache Junction,AZ 85278-6146 The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is rooms depicting ancient lifestyles. Casa Grande Ruins is the tallest and Phone:480-982-7661 a zoo, natural history museum, aquarium ajnet.ci.apache-jct.az.us/aainruin.htm most massive Hohokam structure known. Custom Wild West adventures for and botanical garden all in one place. Designated as a national monument in families or groups including Jeep tours, www.desertmuseum.org Biosphere 2 Center 1892. www.nps.gov/cagr hiking treks, gold panning excursions, Oracle Rd. and Hwy. 77 at mile “Steak-outs,” Lost Dutchman’s Gold Arizona State Parks marker 96.5, 200 miles round trip Casino Arizona at Salt River Fever Rally, overnight camping and more! 1300 W.Washington St. Toll-Free: 800-828-2462 Loop 101 and McKellips Rd. www.apachetrailtours.com Phoenix,AZ 85007-2929 This beautiful visitors center blends sci- Loop 101 and Indian Bend Rd. Phone:602-542-1996 ence exhibits, college campus, research Phone:480-850-7777 Arizona Capitol Museum Experience the hiking trails of Arizona, center, hotel, restaurant and conference Over 100,000 square feet dedicated to 1700 W.Washington St. including the Arizona Trail which, when center to offer a unique, one-of-a-kind the greatest variety of gaming in Arizona. Phoenix,AZ 85007 complete, will be a continuous 750-mile experience in learning about our planet. Never a dull moment with top-rate Phone: 602-542-4675 non-motorized trail from the Arizona/ www.bio2.edu/ entertainment that ranges from country 1900 capitol building with period offices Mexico border to the Arizona/ to rock, from magic to theatre, from restored to look the way they did at state- border. www.pr.state.az.us/partnerships/ Bob Bondurant School of old to new. www.casinoaz.com hood. USS Arizona Silver, State Symbols. trails/statetrails.html High Performance Driving www.lib.az.us/museum/capitol.htm P.O. Box 51980 Challenger Learning ASU’s Gammage Auditorium Phoenix,AZ 85076-1980 Center of Arizona Arizona Cardinals Arizona State University 21170 N. 83rd Ave. Phone:480-961-0143 Peoria,AZ 85382 8701 S. Hardy Dr. P.O. Box 870105 Toll-Free:800-842-7223 Tempe,AZ 85284 Tempe,AZ 85287-0105 Phone:623-322-2001 Located at the Firebird International This program pays tribute to the Phone:602-379-0102 Phone: 480-965-5062 Raceway Complex, this is the place you The NFL Arizona Cardinals play their Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Challenger Seven by perpetuating can learn to drive like professionals. their legacy through the education and home games at Sun Devil Stadium Gammage seats 3,000 and presents a www.bondurant.com in Tempe, 10 minutes from Mesa. year-round season of nationally touring motivation of America’s youth.The www.azcardinals.com Broadway musicals, plus much more. center was designed to inspire and Excellent group discounts/packages Boyce Thompson encourage enthusiasm for space science available. www.asugammage.com Arboretum State Park among all ages. www.azchallenger.org Arizona Diamondbacks 37615 Hwy. 60 401 E. Jefferson St. Arizona Temple Visitors Center Superior,AZ 85273-5100 Chandler Center for the Arts Phoenix,AZ 85004 Phone:520-689-2811 Phone:602-514-8400 525 E. Main St. 250 N.Arizona Ave. The 2001 World Series Champions play Mesa,AZ 85201 Discover the intricate beauty and many Chandler,AZ 85224 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix.This Phone:480-964-7164 faces of the oldest botanical garden in Phone: 480-782-2680 stadium seats 48,000 fans and is equipped The Arizona Temple is a noted landmark Arizona. ag.arizona.edu/bta/ The elegant complex features three with a retractable dome for fans to enjoy with beautifully manicured gardens stages, with total seating capacity both indoor and outdoor baseball. throughout the grounds. of 1,560, ample parking and just one www.azdiamondbacks.com block from the San Marcos Resort. www.chandleraz.org/html/events/ page two arts.html Chicago Cubs HoHoKam Park Desert Dog Hummer Adventures Firebird International Raceway 1235 N. Center St. P.O. Box 17647 20000 Maricopa Rd. Mesa,AZ 85201 Fountain Hills,AZ 85268 Box 5023 Phone:480-964-4467 Phone:480-837-3966 Chandler,AZ 85226 Located on Center between Brown and Breathtaking views of Arizona.The Phone: 602-268-0200 McKellips in Mesa.The practice facility thrill of four-wheeling on full- or half- Enjoy group outings, hospitality and is at Fitch Park, Sixth Street and Center. day tours. www.azadventures.com family gatherings with season-long www.cubspringtraining.com/ NHRA Winston drag racing, IHBA drag- stadium.html Desert Voyagers boat racing, car-club events and more. Guided Rafting Tours Commemorative Air P.O. Box 9053 Fleischer Museum Force Museum Scottsdale,AZ 85252 17207 N. Perimeter Dr. 2017 N. Greenfield Rd. Phone:480-998-7238 Scottsdale,AZ 85255 Mesa,AZ 85213 Toll-Free:800-222-RAFT (7238) Phone: 480-585-3108 Golfland/Sunsplash Phone:480-924-1940 Explore the Upper Salt River at water Art museum primarily dedicated to The Arizona Wing, adjoining Falcon level. Half-day tours and “high and dry” American Impressionism, Field at the corner of McKellips and historical interpretive tours also available. school-late 19th century/early Goldfield Livery Greenfield roads, has been entrusted www.desertvoyagers.com 20th century.Also Russian/Soviet 4650 N. Mammoth Mine Rd. with the restoration care and display Impressionism-cold war era. Apache Junction,AZ 85219 of “Sentimental Journey,” considered Detours of Arizona Phone:480-982-0133 to be the most authentically restored 615 W.Portobello Ave. Fort McDowell Casino Enjoy horseback riding near the Mesa,AZ 85210 Two miles north of Shea Blvd. on Superstition Mountains. Hourly, flying B-17 in the world today. the Beeline Hwy. www.arizonawingcaf.org Phone:480-633-9013 daily and overnight rides available. Toll-Free:866-438-6877 Phone:480-837-4371 www.okcorrals.com/ We take fun very seriously. Customized Toll-Free:800-THE-FORT Cosanti Foundation Experience that winning feeling every Paolo Soleri’s Cosanti Foundation Southwestern tour experience with Golfland/SunSplash expert guides. www.detoursaz.com day with 475 slot machines, live keno, 155 W.Hampton Ave. 6433 Doubletree Ranch Rd. bingo, cards, off-track betting and great Scottsdale,AZ 85253 Mesa,AZ 85210 Dolly Steamboat food at Arizona’s first and finest casino. Phone:480-948-6145 www.fortmcdowellcasino.com Phone:480.834-8319 Arizona Historic Site. Studios, foundries P.O. Box 977 Golfland features three miniature Apache Junction,AZ 85217-0977 and galleries for the famous Soleri Fort McDowell Adventures golf courses, a 15,000-sq.-ft. castle Windbells. Unique construction and Phone:480-827-9144 with an arcade, pizza parlor, bumper Cruise secluded waterways of the “Junior N. Fort McDowell Rd. architecture. www.arcosanti.org Fort McDowell,AZ 85264 boats and fast Lil’ Indy motorized race Grand Canyon” on Canyon Lake. Relax cars. SunSplash is a spectacular water while you admire breathtaking flora Phone:480-816-6465 Cruise America Experience spectacular desert park with over 17 “wet ’n wild” water Motorcycle Rentals and fauna of the Sonoran desert and activities for children and adults. listen to our captain recount legends scenery and wildlife on horseback! 11 W.Hampton Ave. www.fortmcdowelladventures.com/ www.golfland-sunsplash.com/mesa/ Mesa,AZ 85210 and lore about the Superstition index.html Phone:480-464-7300 Mountains. www.dollysteamboat.com GameWorks Harleys, Hondas, BMWs, unlimited 5000 Arizona Mills Circle, Ste. 669 Hall of Flame Don Donnelly Stables Museum of Firefighting mileage rates, local or one-way, low rates. 6010 S. Kings Ranch Rd. Tempe,AZ 85282 www.cruiseamerica.com Phone:480-839-4263 6101 E.Van Buren St. Apache Junction,AZ 85219 Phoenix,AZ 85008 Phone:480-982-7822 The ultimate destination for a total Deer Valley Rock Art Center entertainment experience where Phone: 602-275-3473, 602-ASK-FIRE Toll-Free:800-346-4403 Almost 90 classic fire engines on display. P.O. Box 41998 Where the pavement ends the West guests can eat, drink, party and play. 3711 W.Deer Valley Rd. www.gameworks.com/ Air-conditioned. Indoor exhibits.Activities begins. Ride the legendary Superstition for children. www.hallofflame.org Phoenix,AZ 85080-1998 Mountains on a two-hour, half-day, Phone: 623-582-8007 Gila River Casino – Wild Horse overnight or multiple-day ride. 5550 W.Wild Horse Pass Harrah’s View more than 1,500 ancient www.dondonnelly.com petroglyphs in a desert preserve. Hwy. I-10 Phoenix-Ak-Chin Casino Museum with interpretive exhibits Factory Stores of America Chandler,AZ 85226 15406 Maricopa Rd. and video. Group tours, gift shop. 2050 S. Roslyn Place Phone:520-796-7777 Maricopa,Arizona 85239 www.asu.edu/clas/anthropology/dvrac Toll-Free:800-946-4452 Phone:480-802-5000 Mesa,AZ 85206 gilariverwildhorse.casinocity.com Phone:480-986-7616 With live entertainment, a dance floor and non-stop fun and excitement Toll-Free:800-772-8336 Gila River Casino – Vee Quiva 1201 N. Galvin Parkway At Baseline and Power roads in east Mesa. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Phoenix,AZ 85008-3490 6443 N. Komatke Drive just 30 minutes from metro Phoenix. 30 outlet stores including VF Factory Laveen,Arizona 85339 Phone:480-941-1225 Outlet, American Tourister, Casual Your Biggest Nights Happen Here! Home to one of the world’s largest, most Phone:520-796-7777 www.harrahs.com/our_casinos/akc/ Corner Outlet, Fieldcrest-Cannon and Toll-Free:800-946-4452 diverse collection of desert plants from Bass Shoes. www.factorystores.com location_home.html places spanning the globe. www.dbg.org gilariverveequiva.casinocity.com Fiesta Mall Hwy. 60 at Alma School Rd. Globe-Miami and the Tonto 2301 N. Central Ave. National Monument Phoenix,AZ 85004-1480 Mesa,AZ 85210 East of Mesa and Apache Junction, it’s Phone:480-833-4121 Phone: 602-252-8840 hard to miss the twin mining towns Historic and contemporary Native Macy’s, Dillard’s, Robinsons-May, Sears, of Globe and Miami.Traveling north The Disney Store, Imaginarium, Bath and American arts. Unique surroundings for on Hwy. 88, the next stop is the cliff receptions/dinners. Artisans, perform- Body Works and more than 140 of your dwellings at Tonto National Monument favorite stores. www.shopfiesta.com ers available. Exhibits change regularly. and then the historic Roosevelt Dam www.heard.org Fighter Combat International and Lake. www.nps.gov/tont/ Williams Gateway Airport Goldfield Ghost Town Herberger Theater Center 5803 S. Sossaman Rd., Ste. 102 and Mine Tour 222 E. Monroe Mesa,AZ 85212 Hwy. 88 Phoenix,AZ 85004 Phone:480-279-1881 Apache Junction,AZ 85217-0977 Phone: 602-254-7399, 602-252-8497 Toll-Free:866-FLY-HARD Phone:480-983-0333 The Herberger Theater Center is a Fighter Combat International, along with Get a taste of Arizona’s colorful two-stage complex featuring year-round its international partner, Air Combat mining history while enjoying a music, drama and dance performances Canada, offer exciting aerial combat breathtaking view of the Superstition presented by five resident professional adventures for individuals, groups, Mountains. www.arizonaguide.com/ performing companies. www.herberger events and businesses across North goldfieldghosttown theater.org Dolly Steamboat at Canyon Lake America. www.fightercombat.com page three Hoo-Hoogam Ki Museum Old Tucson Studios Phoenix International Raceway 10005 E. Osborne Rd. 201 S. Kinney Rd. 11901 W.Baseline Rd. Scottsdale,AZ 85256 Tucson,AZ 85735 Avondale,AZ 85323 Phone: 480-850-8190 Phone: 520-883-0100 Phone:602-252-2227 Visit Pima and Maricopa culture and Prepare to live the legend of a day in the Phoenix International Raceway, with its history of the Salt River Indian life of a Western town. From live shows world-renowned mile oval, is the annual Community. www.arizonaguide.com/ and rides to plenty of delicious vittles, site for races featuring the biggest names see/attractions/attract_indian.shtml Old Tucson Studios offers authentic Old on NASCAR and Indy Racing League West entertainment that has brought circuits. www.phoenixintlraceway.com Hot Air Expeditions, Inc. countless film-makers, history buffs, film 7500 Butherus Dr. enthusiasts and families to our action- Phoenix Museum of History Scottsdale,AZ 85260 packed streets. www.oldtucson.com Heritage and Science Park in Phone:480-502-6999 Copper Square, 105 N. Fifth St. Toll-Free:800-831-7610 Mesa Southwest Museum Organ Stop Pizza Phoenix,AZ 85004 www.upupandaway.com 1149 E. Southern Ave. Phone: 602-253-2734 Mesa Southwest Museum Mesa,AZ 85204 Adjacent to Phoenix Civic Plaza. 53 N. Macdonald Phone:480-813-5700 www.azcentral.com/community/ IMAX Theatre at Arizona Mills One of the largest and most unique points/phxhistory.shtml 5000 Arizona Mills Cir., Ste. 667 Mesa,AZ 85201 Phone:480-644-2230 restaurants in the Southwest. Xylophones, Tempe,AZ 85282 chimes, pianos, drums, cymbals and Phoenix Police Museum Phone:480-897-1453, ext. 212 Hear the thrilling roar of animated full- scale dinosaurs as you venture through hundreds of other musical instruments 101 S. Central Ave., Ste. 100 Arizona’s first combination IMAX and and sound effects surround you in the Phoenix,AZ 85004 IMAX 3D theater! Images come to life on the fascinating caves and life-sized re-creations of the mysterious Hohokam dining room, all controlled by one person Phone: 602-534-7278 a screen more than six stories high. Put at the console of the mighty Wurlitzer Located in the Barrister Place Building, on your 3D headset and the image is so Indian dwellings. Hands-on exhibits for all ages. www.ci.mesa.az.us/parksrec/ organ. www.organstoppizza.com open Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays real you’ll want to reach out and grab it. msm/msmdefault.htm 9am – 3pm. www.phoenix.gov/ www.imax.com/tempe Orpheum Theatre POLICE/museum1.html Mesa Symphony 203 W.Adams St. Laser Quest Mesa,AZ Phoenix,AZ 85003 Phoenix Suns 2035 S.Alma School Rd. Phone:480-897-2121 Phone: 602-534-5600 201 E. Jefferson Mesa,AZ 85210 The Mesa Symphony is a joyous, spirited, Beautifully renovated, 1,400-seat venue Phoenix,AZ 85004 Phone:480-752-0005 moveable, musical, entertainment feast. showcases local and touring companies Phone:602-379-7867 You don’t just play the game . . .You’re www.mesasymphony.org presenting theater, dance and music. The NBA Phoenix Suns’ games are in it! Whether it’s a social event or www.theaterleague.com/ played in the spectacular America West “serious fun” there’s nothing that brings Mesa Youtheatre Arena located in , people together for a great time quite 155 N. Center Out of Africa Wildlife Park only minutes from Mesa by freeway. like Laser Quest. www.laserquest.com Mesa,AZ 85201 9736 N. Ft. McDowell Rd. www.nba.com/suns/ Phone:480-644-2242 Ft. McDowell,AZ 85264 Lost Dutchman State Park Adult and teen actors in a season of Phone:480-837-7779 Phoenix Symphony 6109 E.Apache Trail three plays to challenge audiences of At Out of Africa, we swim with tigers, play 455 N.Third St., Ste. 390 Apache Junction,AZ 85219 all ages. www.ci.mesa.az.us/parksrec/ with lions and are even chased by a pack Phoenix,AZ 85004 Phone:480-982-4485 culturalmuseums/mac1.htm of wolves. Bears dive in giant pools.There Phone: 602-495-1999 This park is ideal for the hiker or horse- are no rehearsed shows; everything is Toll-Free: 800-776-9080 back rider. Located on Hwy. 88 northeast Mogollon Rim and spontaneous. If you love animals, you’ll love Arizona’s largest performing arts of Apache Junction. www.pr.state.az.us/ Tonto Natural Bridge Out of Africa! www.outofafricapark.com group presents classics, pops, family, parkhtml/dutchman.html Travel north to take in the beauty of the chamber concerts and special events. 7,500 foot high, 200-mile-long Mogollon Outback Safari www.phoenixsymphony.org/phxsym/ Mesa Arts Center Rim Country. Zane Grey described the 8659 E.Woodland Ave. main.asp 155 N. Center area as a “split, tossed, dimpled, heaving, Mesa,AZ rolling world of black-green forestland.” Phone:480-987-8335 Mesa,AZ 85201 Experience the timeless beauty of the Phone:480-644-3235 www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/rec_ mogollon.html Arizona desert on an ATV or Hummer. Hosts eight free contemporary art www.theoutbacksafari.com exhibits per year along with educational Montezuma Castle workshops, lectures and demonstrations. Park of the Canals www.ci.mesa.az.us/parksrec/ National Monument Nestled into a limestone recess 100 feet 1710 N. Horne culturalmuseums/mac1.htm above the Beaver Creek in the Verde Mesa,AZ 85203 Valley stands one of the best preserved Phone:480-827-4700 Mesa Historical Museum prehistoric ruins in North America. The 30-acre park includes evidence 2345 N. Horne www.nps.gov/moca/ of ancient Hohokam Indian canal Mesa,AZ 85203 systems dating back to 700 B.C. and Phone:480-835-7358 Mystery Castle an extensive desert botanical garden. The museum is located on the historic P.O. Box 8265, 800 E. Mineral Rd. www.ci.mesa.az.us/parksrec/ grounds of the last remaining schoolhouse Phoenix,AZ 85066-8264 of the early 1900s in Mesa. 30,000 square Phone: 602-268-1581 feet of exhibit rooms showcase more than “Imagination is more important 1625 N. Central Ave. 4,000 collectibles ranging from antique than knowledge,” an Einstein quote Phoenix,AZ 85004 farm equipment to domestic items, all proved by Boyce Gulley, the builder Phone: 602-307-2013 donated by local founding families. of Mystery Castle. American, European,Western, Phoenix International Raceway www.mesaaz.org Latin American, Fashion Design,Art OK Corral, Inc. of Our Time and Asian collections. Mesa Market Place P.O. Box 528 www.phxart.org 10550 E. Baseline Rd. Apache Junction,AZ 85217 225 E.Adams St. Mesa,AZ 85208 Phone:480-982-4040 Phoenix Coyotes NHL Hockey Phoenix,AZ 85004 Phone:480-380-5572 OK Corral is proud to have a part in Two N. Central Phone:602-262-7272 1600 booths all under one roof for letting the world experience Arizona Phoenix,AZ 85004 Home of the Phoenix Symphony and customer and vendor. Mister system history and natural wonder from the Phone:602-379-7825 Arizona Opera, hosting entertainment throughout for summer heat! back of a horse. One-, two-, or four- Catch all the exciting NHL action as the from opera and ballet to Broadway shows www.fleaamerica.com/mesa.html hour horseback trail rides and one- to Phoenix Coyotes play at America West and concerts. www.ci.phoenix.az.us/ five-day horseback trail riding camping Arena from October through April. CIVPLAZA/stages.html#SYMPH trips. www.okcorrals.com/ www.phoenixcoyotes.com page four The Red River Music Hall Tempe Historical Museum 455 N. Galvin Pkwy. 730 N. Mill Ave. 809 E. Southern Ave. Phoenix,AZ 85008 Tempe,AZ 85281 Tempe,AZ Phone:602-273-1341 Phone: 480-829-6779 Phone: 480-350-5100 The nation’s leading nonprofit zoo, home Toll-Free: 800-466-6779 Take a journey through yesterday, to more than 1,300 animals including 1,000-seat indoor theater headlining today and tomorrow.Tempe’s history 200 endangered or threatened birds, country, jazz and other concerts. is related through unique historical mammals and reptiles from around the Specializing in BBQ cookouts, facility artifacts, larger-than-life photographs, world. www.phoenixzoo.org rentals, group rates. www.redriver videos and hands-on exhibits. musichall.com www.tempe.gov/museum Verde Canyon Railroad Pima Air and Space Museum Rockin R Ranch 6000 E.Valencia Rd. 6136 E. Baseline Rd. Titan Missile Museum Tucson,AZ 85706 Mesa,AZ 85206 1580 W.Duval Mine Rd. Sirrine House Green Valley,AZ Phone: 520-574-0462 Phone:480-832-1539 160 N. Center St. Walking or motorized tram tours Enjoy an evening of live entertainment by Mesa,AZ 85201 Phone:520-625-7736 through aviation history. Five hangars the “Rockin’ R Wranglers.” Serving steaks, Phone:480-644-2760 The only ICBM site in the world with a on 85 acres exhibiting 250 military, ribs, chicken and fish, all mesquite-grilled. Listed on the National Register of Titan II missile in the launch silo, this civilian and commercial aircraft www.rockinr.net Historic Places, the Sirrine House is complex provides both above-ground and from replica Wright Flyer to SR-71 furnished with authentic period antiques underground exhibits depicting the Cold Blackbird. www.pimaair.org Saguaro National Park and collectibles, to represent those War era. www.pimaair.org/titan_01.htm 3693 S. Old Spanish Trail early years of the twentieth century. Pioneer Arizona Living Tucson,AZ 85730 www.ci.mesa.az.us/parksrec/msm/ Tonto National Forest History Museum Phone: 520-733-5153 msmsirho.htm 26 N. Macdonald 3901 W.Pioneer Rd., exit 225 off I-17 Both enchanting and mysterious, the lush Mesa,AZ 85201 Phoenix,AZ 85086 desert floor is highlighted by stately Skateland Phone:480-610-3300 Phone: 623-465-1052 Saguaro cactus and scores of smaller Seven E. Southern Ave. Many opportunities exist for hiking 29 historic buildings and Fort Brent trees and shrubs. www.nps.gov/sagu Mesa,AZ 85210 and backpacking in and around the Wood on 95 acres. Employees in Phone:480-833-7775 Superstition Mountains, area lakes period dress. Entertainment, horseback Salt River Tubing and Recreation Newly remodeled facility featuring and the Tonto National Forest. rides, weddings. Saloon restaurant. Corner of Power Rd. and Bush Hwy. birthday parties, roller hockey, skating www.fs.fed.us/r3/tonto www.pioneer-arizona.com Mesa,AZ lessons, over 50 video and redemption Phone:480-984-3305 games and full concession with fresh Tortilla Flat Beat the heat on a hot Arizona summer homemade pizza. Hwy. 88 Polar Ice Entertainment day and enjoy floating on the cool and 7225 W.Harrison St. Tortilla Flat,AZ 85290 refreshing mountain-stream waters of Superstition Mountain Chandler,AZ 85224 the Salt River. www.saltrivertubing.com Phone:480-984-1776 Phone: 480-598-9400 Helicopter Tours An authentic Old Stagecoach Stop, One of many premiere developments Schnepf Farms Hwy. 88 one of the last remnants of the designed by Polar Ice.Year-round pro- 22601 E. Cloud Rd. Apache Junction,AZ 85217-0977 Old West, where six people reside. grams for all ages, levels and interests. Queen Creek,AZ 85242 Phone:480-830-9410 www.tortillaflataz.com www.polariceent.com Phone:480-987-3333 Scenic aerial tours of the mysterious, U-pick peaches, apricots, sweet corn rugged Superstition Mountains, area lakes Trail Horse Adventures Prescott in season. Local honey, nuts, dried and the Salt River. Located at Goldfield 85 Five J Lane Located in the nation’s largest contiguous fruit, specialty food and crafts. Annual Ghost Town on Hwy. 88 northeast of Sedona,AZ 86336 forest of Ponderosa pine, Prescott is a Country Thunder music festival Apache Junction. Toll-Free: 800-723-3538 beautiful city rich in Western flavor. in April and Peach Festival in May. Superstition Mountain Horseback riding in Arizona, with www.prescott.org www.azfamilyfarm.com ranches in Sedona, Phoenix,Tempe, Cave Historical Society and Museum Creek and Apache Junction.These are Scottsdale Center for the Arts 4650 N. Mammoth Mine Rd. Pueblo Grande Museum Apache Junction,AZ 85219 guided horseback tours with the largest, and Archaeological Park 7380 E. Second St. most professional outfitter in the state. Scottsdale,AZ 85251 Phone:480-983-4888 4619 E.Washington St. Located at Goldfield Ghost Town on A great sightseeing activity for the entire Phone: 480-994-2787 family. www.trailhorseadventures.com Phoenix,AZ 85034-1909 Located in Scottsdale’s Civic Center, Hwy. 88 north of Apache Junction. Phone:602-495-0900 the center presents music, dance, ajnet.ci.apache-jct.az.us/museum1.htm An internationally recognized Verde Canyon Railroad theater, concerts under the stars in Toll-Free: 800-293-7245 archaeological site, ruin and the amphitheater, free Sunday A’Fairs Superstition Springs Center museum. www.pueblogrande.com October through April, and the annual 6555 E. Southern Ave. There’s a very special part of Arizona Scottsdale Arts Festival in March. Mesa,AZ 85206 wilderness you can only see from our Rawhide 1880s Western Town www.scottsdalearts.org/sca/default.asp Phone:480-396-2570 train . . . the North Verde River Canyon 23023 N. Scottsdale Rd. At US 60 and Power Rd. in east Mesa, and Sycamore Wilderness Area. 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