Natural Wonders

Lake Havasu City, Lake Havasu & Colorado River

Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge

One of the last natural cottonwood-willow forests on the lower Colorado, where the Bill Williams River meets Lake Havasu

Free

Jacob Lake, Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

Cape Royal

The southernmost North Rim viewpoint you can drive to, with a 270-degree view and the arch of Angels Window

From $30

Willcox, Tombstone & Bisbee

Chiricahua National Park

The 'Wonderland of Rocks', America's 64th national park since October 20, 2026

Free

Yuma, Lake Havasu & Colorado River

Colorado River State Historic Park

The Army's 1864 Yuma Quartermaster Depot, with steamboat, wagon and irrigation exhibits in five original buildings

From $7

Cottonwood, Sedona & Verde Valley

Dead Horse Ranch State Park

Lagoons, Verde River access, camping and over 20 miles of shared-use trails

From $5

Phoenix, Phoenix & Superstition Mountains

Desert Botanical Garden

140 acres in the Papago Buttes, with one of the world's great cactus and agave collections

From $14.95

Payson, Phoenix & Superstition Mountains

Fossil Creek

Spring-fed Wild and Scenic River with travertine pools; permit season April 1 to October 1

From $6

Supai, Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

Havasu Falls

A 90-to-100-foot blue-green waterfall on Havasu Creek, on Havasupai land and reached only with a tribal permit

From $2.27

Marble Canyon, Page & Monument Valley

Lees Ferry

The old Colorado River crossing where Grand Canyon river trips begin, with a pioneer ranch nearby

From $30

Tubac, Tucson & Saguaro

Madera Canyon

A sky-island birding canyon in the Santa Ritas, climbing from grassland to pine forest

From $8

Sedona, Sedona & Verde Valley

Slide Rock State Park

An 80-foot natural water chute below a historic apple orchard in Oak Creek Canyon

From $5

Page, Page & Monument Valley

Lower Antelope Canyon

The narrow, stair-laced Navajo slot canyon near Page, visited only on guided tours

From $15