Day trips filled with natural beauty, history and culture
If you have more than few days in town, then a day trip – even a half-day trip - beyond the city is
highly recommended.
Bisbee, AZ
(100 miles/approximately 1.5 hour drive southeast) – Picturesque Cochise County seat turned urban hotspot, home of the famed Copper Queen Mine, hotel of the same name, and Brewery Gulch
Kitt Peak National Observatory
(53 miles/45 minutes drive west) – Claim to fame: “The
world’s largest collection of optical telescopes is located high above the Sonoran Desert
under some of the finest night skies in the world.”
Tombstone, AZ
(71 miles/approximately 1 hour drive southeast)– “The town too tough to die”
features period architecture, shops, restaurants, The O.K. Corral, and Boot Hill