Cool Places To Go & Fun Things To Do

Here's a list of fun places to go around Arizona.  Enjoy!

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Arizona Broadway Theatre

7701 W. Paradise Lane, Peoria, 85382
623.776.8400 Ext. 112
www.azbroadwaytheatre.com

Arcadia Ice Arena

3853 East Thomas Road, Phoenix
602.957.9966
http://www.arcadiaice.com/

Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum

1502 W. Washington, Phoenix
602.255.3791
http://www.admmr.state.az.us/musgen.htm

Arizona Museum for Youth

35 N. Robson, Mesa
480.644.2467
http://www.ci.mesa.az.us/amfy/

Arizona Science Center

600 E. Washington St. Phoenix
602.716.2000
http://www.azscience.org/

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, 85743
520.883.2702
http://www.desertmuseum.org/

Ballet Arizona

602.381.1096
http://www.balletaz.org/

Big Surf

Tempe
480.947.2477
http://www.golfland.com/

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

5247 East Brown Road, Mesa, AZ 85205
480.325.6700
www.broadwaypalmwest.com

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

37615 U.S. 60, Superior
520.689.2723
http://ag.arizona.edu/BTA/

Castles N' Coasters

9445 Metro Parkway East, Phoenix
602.997.7575
http://www.castlesncoasters.com

Center Dance Ensemble

602.252.8497
http://www.centerdance.com/

Challenger Space Center

21170 N 83rd Ave • Peoria
623.322.2001
http://www.azchallenger.org/

Childsplay

480.350.8101
http://www.childsplayaz.org/

Climbmax Climbing Center

480.902.0718
http://www.climbmaxaz.com/

Crackerjax Sports N' Fun

16001 N. Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale
480.998.2800
http://www.crackerjax.com/

Desert Botanical Garden

1201 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix
480.481.8190
http://www.dbg.org

Dolly Steamboat

Canyon Lake
480.827.9144
http://www.dollysteamboat.com/

Enchanted Island Amusement Park

1202 W. Encanto Blvd., Phoenix
602.254.1200
http://www.enchantedisland.com/

Fiddlesticks Family Fun Park

1155 West Elliot Road, Tempe
480.961.0800
8800 East Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale
480.951.6060

http://www.fiddlesticksaz.com/

Flandrau Science Center

1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson (located on the University of Arizona campus)
520.621.STAR
http://www.flandrau.org/

Freestone Recreation Complex

1141 E. Guadalupe Road, Gilbert
480.503.6202
http://www.ci.gilbert.az.us/parks/popups/freestonerecctr.cfm

Goldfield Ghost Town

4650 N. Mammoth Mine Road, Apache Junction
480.983.0333
www.goldfieldghosttown.com

Golfland/Sunsplash

155 W Hampton Ave, Mesa
480.834.8319 | 480.834.8319
http://www.golfland.com/

Grand Canyon Railway

233 N. Grand Canyon Blvd, Williams
1.800.THE.TRAIN
http://www.thetrain.com/index.cfm

Great Arizona Puppet Theater

302 W Latham St, Phoenix AZ
602.262.2050
http://www.azpuppets.org/

Halle Heart Museum

2929 S. 48th Street, Tempe
602.414-2800
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4855

Home Run Stadium

1829 E Main St, Mesa
480.844.0489
http://www.homerunstadium.com/

IMAX Theater

5000 Arizona Mills Circle Tempe
480.897.4629
http://www.imax.com/tempe

Kiwanis Recreation Center

6111 South All-America Way, Tempe
480.350.5701
http://www.tempe.gov/pkrec/krc/default.asp

Lowell Observatory

1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff
923.774.3358
http://www.lowell.edu/

Mesa Youtheatre

Mesa Arts Center complex, 155 N. Center St., Mesa
480.644.2902
http://www.ci.mesa.az.us/arts/MAC/MY.asp

Oakland Athletics

Phoenix Municipal Stadium, 5999 East Van Buren, Phoenix
602.392.0074
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com

Oceanside Ice Arena

1520 N. McClintock Drive, Tempe
480.941.0944
http://www.iskateaz.com/

Out of Africa Wildlife Park

9736 N. Fort McDowell Road, Scottsdale
480.837.7779
http://www.outofafricapark.com/

Phoenix Art Museum

1625 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix
602.257.1222
http://www.phxart.org/

Phoenix Bach Choir

602.253.2224
http://www.bachchoir.org/

Phoenix Boys Choir

602.264.5328 ext. 21
http://www.boyschoir.org/

Phoenix Children's Chorus

602.534.3788
http://www.phxchildrenschorus.org

Phoenix Museum of History

Heritage and Science Park, 105 North 5th Street, Phoenix
602.253.2734
http://www.pmoh.org/

Phoenix Symphony

Box Office: 455 N. 3rd Street, Suite 390, Phoenix
602.495.1999
www.phoenixsymphony.org
Student group tickets $2 per person for groups of 10 or more for Thursday Evening Classics concerts at Symphony Hall.

SYMPHONY HALL:  225 E. Adams Street, Phoenix
ORPHEUM:  203 W. Adams Street, Phoenix
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS:  7380 E. 2nd Ave, Scottsdale

The Phoenix Zoo

455 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix
602.273.1341
www.phoenixzoo.org

Pima Air & Space Museum

6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson
520.574.0462
http://www.pimaair.org/

Pioneer, AZ

3901 W. Pioneer Road, Phoenix
623.465.1052
http://www.pioneer-arizona.com/

Polar Ice

7225 W Harrison Street, Chandler
480.598.9400
http://www.polariceent.com/

Pueblo Grande Museum

4619 E. Washington Street, Phoenix
602.495.0901
http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PARKS/pueblo.html

Rawhide Wild West Town

23023 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
480.502.5600
www.rawhide.com

Reid Park Zoo

1030 South Randolph Way, Tucson
520-881-4753
http://www.tucsonzoo.org/

Rip City Batting Cages

1045 E Juniper Ave, Gilbert (at Freestone Park)
480.497.9548

The Riparian Institute

Scott Anderson, Director
2757 E. Guadalupe Road, Gilbert
480.503.6744 or 602.696.1195
www.riparianinstitute.org

Rosson House Museum

Historic Heritage Square, 113 N. 6th Street, Phoenix
602.262.5029
http://www.rossonhousemuseum.org/

Schnepf Farms

Mark & Carrie Schnepf
22601 East Cloud Road, Queen Creek
480.987.3333
www.schnepffarms.com

Skateland

7 E Southern Ave, Mesa
480.833.7775

Superstition Farm

3440 South Hawes Rd
Mesa, AZ 85212
http://www.superstitionfarmtours.com/

Surfside Skate

1625 E. Weber Drive, Tempe
480.968.9600
http://www.surfsideskateland.com/

Tempe Town Lake

Mill Avenue and Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe
480.350.8625
www.tempetownlake.com

Titan Missile Museum

1580 W. Duval Mine Rd., Sahuarita (approx. 25 miles south of Tucson)
520.625.7736
http://www.pimaair.org/TitanMM/titanhome.shtml

Tucson Botanical Gardens

2150 North Alvernon Way, Tucson
520.326.9686
http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/

Usery Mountain Recreation Area

3939 N. Usery Pass Road, Mesa
480.984.0032
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/usery/

Valley Youth Theatre

525 N. 1st Street, Phoenix (Copper Square)
602.253.8188
http://www.vyt.com

Waterworld Safari

4243 W. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Glendale
623.581.8446
http://www.golfland.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=27

West Valley Art Museum

17420 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise (114th Avenue and Bell Rd.)
623.972.0635
http://www.wvam.org/main/

Wildlife World Zoo

16501 W. Northern Ave, Litchfield Park
623.935.9453
http://www.wildlifeworld.com/