Phoenix / Cave Creek Arizona Area - Must See Recommendations? We will be visiting the Phoenix area this weekend. Does anyone have suggestions of scenic places for us to visit?

camorris

We will be visiting the Phoenix area this weekend. Does anyone have suggestions of scenic places for us to visit?

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Stay in a cool sports bar and you'll be fine. LOL

bunuweld Loc: Arizona

camorris wrote:

We will be visiting the Phoenix area this weekend. Does anyone have suggestions of scenic places for us to visit?

As your location is in hiding it is difficult to give advice on what to visit that would be new for you. A place in Phoenix that would be of interest for everyone irrespective of their current habitat would be the Desert Botanical Garden. You can spend there the whole day taking pictures or just enjoying the area. It has a cafe, so you can spend the day there if you are so inclined.
This is assuming that is not superhot and there are no monsoon storms :)

gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Hearst Museum. But have a good low light lens as they frown on flashes.

BigBear Loc: Northern CT

My wife and I went there a couple of years ago.
The Desert Museum is a nice place to start with lots to do and see including the saguaro cactus.
http://www.desertmuseum.org

Cave Creek has some great scenes and wildlife all over.
http://www.cavecreek.org

Sedona should be on your list for red rock sights not seen anywhere else in the world.
http://visitsedona.com

If you're interested in aircraft, the above ground burial site is just outside of Tucson.
http://www.desertusa.com/arizona-desert/airplane-graveyards.html

If there is anything you'd like to know about, PM me.

Bear

camorris

Thank you all for your responses. They sound great. Let the weekend begin!

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

BigBear wrote:

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The Desert Museum is in Tucson. If you come down to Tucson there is also Tohono Chul Park, Mission San Xavier Del Bac, International Wildlife Museum, Biosphere II, Tubac, Saguaro National Park West & East, The Mini Time Machine, Pima Air & Space Museum, & the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley..

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

If you enjoy hiking, try the waterfall trail in part of the White Tank mountains in Wadell. Nice view of the valley looking East. Plenty of petroglyphs courtesy of the Hohokams tribe. About a 30 minute drive West of Phoenix.

Larry9072 Loc: Lorain, Ohio

If you like water and mountain shots go up the Apache Trail thru the lakes around to Globe then back Rt60. You have mountain lakes, cave dwellings, beautiful mountains. Also you have Goldfield an old west replica town with desert horseback rides. You'll pass by the Boyce Arboretum in Superior you have the apache tears area where Gen Cook's men drove the natives off the cliffs. Huge copper mine just south of Superior with overlook.

Larry9072 Loc: Lorain, Ohio

If you like water and mountain shots go up the Apache Trail thru the lakes around to Globe then back Rt60. You have mountain lakes, cave dwellings, beautiful mountains. Also you have Goldfield an old west replica town with desert horseback rides. You'll pass by the Boyce Arboretum in Superior you have the apache tears area where Gen Cook's men drove the natives off the cliffs. Huge copper mine just south of Superior with overlook.

Big Bill Loc: Phoenix, AZ

gemlenz wrote:

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

I was there a few months ago, and it has changed since I was there several years ago.
It seems to have gone downhill some; trail maintenance is lacking, some trails are now dirt.
The plants themselves are set in areas lacking trimming, as well.
Overall, while it used to be a great place to visit, the Desert Botanical Gardens is, IMO, a better place to visit now.

Big Bill Loc: Phoenix, AZ

jethro779 wrote:

The Desert Museum is in Tucson. If you come down to Tucson there is also Tohono Chul Park, Mission San Xavier Del Bac, International Wildlife Museum, Biosphere II, Tubac, Saguaro National Park West & East, The Mini Time Machine, Pima Air & Space Museum, & the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley..

Oh, yeah: Pima Air & Space museum: there's an entire day right there.

ronsipus Loc: Mission Viejo, CA

If you are interested in photos of wild horses there is a herd of about 200 (Salt River Horses) that live on the Indian reservation just east of Fountain Hills.

Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Watch out for mud after our big rains.