Valley of the Sun 

Sites to See 

Local Sites  One or Two-Day Trips

Often, visitors to this site send e-mails asking about things to see and do during a visit to Scottsdale. To help, here are some ideas:

  • Popular sites in the Valley Sun [Read More]
  • One and two-day trips, starting in the Valley of the Sun [Read More]

 For additional information, visit the Links section in Community. In particular, use the link to the Arizona Highways Web site. In the links section of that site, you will find links to the Web sites of most of Arizona's natural and man-made sites of interest. 

Local Sites

 (Click on site to read more)

America West Arena Arizona Biltmore Resort Arizona Center
Arizona Mills Arizona State Capitol Museum Arizona State University
Arizona Temple-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Biltmore Fashion Park Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion
Boulders/El Pedregal Camelback Mountain Cave Creek/Carefree
Challenger Learning Center Champlin Fighter Aircraft Museum Chase Field (formerly Bank One)
Deer Valley Rock Art Cente Desert Botanical Garden Dolly Steamboat Excursion
Fleisher Museum Fountain Hills Goldfield Ghost Town
Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting Heard Museum Herberger Theatre Center
Hyatt at Gainey Ranch Lost Dutchman State Park MacDonald's Ranch
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park McDowell-Sonoran Preserve Mill Avenue
Old Town Scottsdale Orpheum Theatre Papago Park Hole-In-The-Rock
Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix Heritage Square Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix Symphony Hall Phoenix Zoo Pinnacle Peak Area
Pinnacle Peak Park Pioneer Living History Museum Pueblo Grande Museum and Cultural Park
Rawhide Schnept Farms Scottsdale 5th Avenue Shops
Scottsdale Civic Plaza Scottsdale Fashion Square Scottsdale Greenbelt
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art South Mountain Park/Mystery Castle Squaw Peak Recreation Area
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West Telephone Pioneers of America Park Tempe Historical Museum
Tempe Town Lake Tovrea Castle Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza
Wildlife World Zoo Wrigley Mansion  

One or Two-Day Trips

Trip (Click to Read More) # of Days Short Description
Apache Trail 1 Unforgettable drive through the Salt River Canyon to Lake Roosevelt
Arizona West Coast 1 Sites along the Colorado River
Sedona/Oak Creek 1 Arizona's "Red Rock" country. Also read "Sedona Get-Away" [Read More]
Wine Country 1 Quiet drive through Arizona's wine and horse country to the Mexican border
Grand Canyon 2 Arizona is the "Grand Canyon" state and there's a lot to see on the way
Kartchner Caverns & Bisbee 2 Arizona's newly discovered natural wonder and a visit to our mining past
South to Mexico 2 Sonoran Desert Museum, old missions, Nogales and more