The whole state
- Official Arizona Office of Tourism site - http://www.arizonaguide.com/home.asp
- Arizona Leisure travel guide (commercial, but very good) - http://www.arizona-leisure.com/
- Arizona Highways magazine - http://www.arizonahighways.com/
- excellent overview map with live links - http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/map.html
- Arizona scenic byways - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/states/AZ
- State website - https://az.gov/
- Arizona maps - http://www.visitarizona.com/arizona-travel-info/arizona-maps
- Arizona jokes, all clean - http://www.ahajokes.com/arizona_jokes.html - go to the bottom for "Ode to the Devil" and "You know you are in Arizona when ..."
Phoenix
- Weather for the week
- Google map with detailed directions for route from airport to J.W.Marriot - click here
- Taliesen West map - http://www.franklloydwright.org/taliesin-west/index.html
- Artsy's Frank Lloyd Wright page - not based in Phoenix but provides Wright's bio, a selection of his works, exclusive articles, as well as up-to-date Wright exhibition listings
- Apache Trail - http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/apache_trail/index.html
- Gila-Pinal scenic route forms loop with Apache trail - http://www.arizonascenicroads.com/phoenix/gila_pinal_article_1.html
- check items south of or near Sedona
Tucson and the south
- Weather for the week
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson - http://www.desertmuseum.org/ - looks fantastic - highest temperature ever recorded at the Desert Museum is 117° F - 7:30 am - 10:00 pm (June - August) - $9 Adults - The Desert Museum is primarily an outdoor experience, so wear a hat, sunscreen and comfortable shoes. Drinking fountains and shade ramadas are scattered throughout the grounds for your convenience. Also, all indoor exhibits are cooled for your comfort.
- Kartchner Caverns State Park is open seven days a week from 7:30 am until 6:00 pm MST. Cave tours are scheduled every 20 minutes starting at 8:40 am to 4:40 pm each day. New cave tour here - http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/newtour.html 50 mi S of Tucson
- Mission San Xavier del Bac, 7 mi S of Tucson "White Dove of the Desert" - http://emol.org/tucson/sanxavier/sanxavier.html
- Bisbee is nestled in the mile-high Mule Mountains of southern Arizona (90 mi S of Tucson), Bisbee has maintained an Old World charm seldom found anywhere in the United States. - http://www.bisbeearizona.com/ - The fine collection of well-preserved turn of the century Victorian structures are full of old west history and copper mining lore.
Flagstaff and the north
- Williams-Flagstaff-Sedona triangle Google map - click here
Sedona (30 mi S of Flagstaff)- busy on weekends
- Google map - click here
- Gateway to Sedona commercial site - http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/
- Sedona Canyon Wren cabins - http://www.canyonwrencabins.com/
- Montezuma Castle cliff dwelling - http://www.nps.gov/moca/pphtml/planyourvisit.html - 50 mi S of Flagstaff, 100 mi N of Phoenix
- Chapel of the Holy Cross - http://www.chapeloftheholycross.com/
- to be researched
- Mingus and Dry Creek
Flagstaff
- Weather for the week
- Google map - click here
- Flagstaff official site - http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/
- Flagstaff day trip planner - http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/travel.php?travel_cat_id=98cfc5430a55ab43985c546e2b3e94b2
- Lowell Observatory has day and night programs (solar telescope) $5 - http://www.lowell.edu/
- Fairfield Inn in Flagstaff - http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=FLGFI
- Meteor Crater (35 mi E of Flagstaff) - http://www.meteorcrater.com/ - $12 admission http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/meteor_crater/index.html
- Sunset Crater (once active volcanoes and residual lava)and Wupatki Ruins - http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/wupatki/national_monument.html - $5 for both parks
- to be researched
- Painted Desert
- Monument Valley (Wow! but 4 hrs from Flag)
Williams (30 mi W of Flagstaff)
- Fairfield Inn in WIlliams - http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/flgwl?WT_Ref=mi_left
- Arizona Highways article on Williams - http://www.arizonahighways.com/page.cfm?name=Disc_WkndDest804
- Elephant Rocks golf course
Grand Canyon
- Weather for the week
- Williams-Flagstaff-GC triangle Google map - click here
- General info about the GC region - http://www.thegrandcanyon.com/
- Grand Canyon visit planner - http://www.nps.gov/grca/grandcanyon/south-rim/index.htm
- GC maps from National Park Service site - http://www.nps.gov/grca/pphtml/maps.html
- Grand Canyon Railroad - http://www.thetrain.com/home.cfm
- Maswik Lodge
Farther out
- Canyon De Chelly National Monument - http://www.nps.gov/cach/pphtml/planyourvisit.html
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