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Places to visit in Arizona

31 towns, cities and natural areas we have written up, with our picks first.

The restored wooden Southern Pacific railroad depot in Willcox under a blue sky

Tombstone & Bisbee

Willcox

A railroad and ranching town on Interstate 10, and the way in to Chiricahua and Fort Bowie
View over Sierra Vista and the San Pedro Valley from the green slopes of the Huachuca Mountains

Tombstone & Bisbee

Sierra Vista

The Army town under the Huachuca Mountains, and the base for canyons, caves and the San Pedro
Orange evening light on the cliffs of Superstition Mountain above desert trees at Apache Junction

Phoenix & Superstition Mountains

Apache Junction

East-valley town at the foot of the Superstitions and the start of the Apache Trail
Historic Main Street in Payson, Arizona, with old storefronts on a clear day

Phoenix & Superstition Mountains

Payson

Pine-country town below the Mogollon Rim, near a giant travertine bridge and Fossil Creek
Immaculate Conception Church in Ajo, seen from the palm-lined town square with desert hills behind

Tucson & Saguaro

Ajo

Former copper town with a white Spanish-style plaza, on the road to Organ Pipe
AI-generated illustration of Window Rock

Page & Monument Valley

Window Rock

Capital of the Navajo Nation, named for a sandstone arch above the council chamber
Tall ponderosa pines and open forest floor on the Kaibab Plateau

Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

Jacob Lake

The crossroads on the Kaibab Plateau: the last fuel and food before the North Rim, which closes every winter

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