Best Arizona Day Trips Travel Guide 2024

In this Arizona day trip travel guide we show you all around Arizona giving you ideas on how to beat the heat and explore the Grand Canyon State. We show you some high elevation destinations as well as some river and lake front travel spots across Arizona. All of these are trips you can easily do from Phoenix since Phoenix is located right in the center of Arizona.

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Arizona Travel Guide
(TimeStamps)
0:00 Intro
0:39 Sedona
2:07 Prescott
3:37 Grand Canyon
5:12 Verde Valley
6:40 Flagstaff
8:03 Tucson
9:57 Lake Havasu
12:22 Bisbee
13:44 Petrified Forest
15:26 White Mountains

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Living in Arizona is quite a unique experience because of the vastness that the state offers. From the Sonoran Desert in the south to the high country in the north all the way up towards the Four Corners east and the Grand Canyon in the west. Known as the Grand Canyon state, Arizona is diverse in many ways. The state tree is the Palo Verde, the state cactus is the Saguaro, the state bird is the Cactus wren. If you are thinking about moving to Arizona feel free to subscribe and check us out on our other channels.

[obcoyote]

I used to be a courier, and I got paid $100 to take a package of prescription drugs up to a nursing home in Sedona every Saturday morning. I would stop by my friends house to pick him up and we would get up there when the sun was just coming up, stop on the side of the road next to Oak Creek, and catch our limit of rainbow trout before dropping the package off. Then we would go home and have a fish fry with the neighbors.
Good memories.

[bpcc-b]

OMG THANK YOU ! I know it’s silly and childish but I sincerely appreciate you saying PRESCOTT the way that natives and locals do. I cannot explain how happy that made me. It’s crazy but thank you.

[patwhitmore]

We started watching your program while making the big decision whether to move from NYS to Arizona...we learned a lot about our new State from you. We've been here going on two years..we love Arizona..thank you

[RobinsALittleBitofEverything]

Great video. I enjoyed watching this video. I need to expand my horizons. Absolutely beautiful scenery.

[dianebannister]

My cousin lives in Oro Valley, Arizona and she sent me this link to watch. I enjoyed it very much. Now, I understand why she loves living in Arizona. She used to live in my town growing up in the North East. After about 5 years of teaching in a school in our town, she and her husband moved to Arizona. It seems there is so much to see and do.

[larhondadodd]

My dad took me to the Grand canyon in two thousand five. I'm happy for this. Now I have to see what I love on my phone.

[kymressler]

Out of Africa in Camp Verde is a fun day trip. Zip lining over the animals, feeding tigers and following the feed trucks to the enclosures is an amazing experience.

[keningilbert]

Key highlights you missed in the towns you covered:
- Sedona: Mesa Grill at the Airport
- Bisbee: Stock Exchange Saloon & Grill (original massive stock market chalkboard on wall)
- Jerome: Haunted Hamburger (great food and view)
- Cottonwood: Merkin Vineyards (way up on hill with beautiful view)
- Prescott: Whiskey Row Courthouse square
- Verde Valley: Train ride, many vineyards in the area, as well as the popular Sedona Adventures "Water to Wine" Vineyards and Kayak ride

[Dk-qfdd]

Done ‘em all and live in one of them. Lot’s of great places however most of these need more than a day to really do more than look and scoot.

[chrisschene]

I have stayed at the North rim 4 times. I live in phoenix, and you have to pass an area of Flagstaff before noon to miss the thunderstorms that flood and often close route 89.

With pee, leg stretching stops I find getting to page, 130 miles away from the north rim, takes 8 to 9 hours. I usually stop overnight in Page, az, and drive to North Rim the next morning.

Keep in mind that for much of the drive from page to the north rim Ranger shed is 130 miles of pitch dark, winding road with no cell coverage that floods when it rains. It is a beautiful drive.

I bring oxygen and a satellite communicator.

There are bison in some areas. Don't approach!

[serenitymeday]

Home Sweet ❤ Arizona! What an amazing place to live. So many options for year round fun and tourism. Greer was the last name of the guy who did my LDS baptism in Qatar!

[EMSmith]

Cottonwood is our go-to staycation stop.

[toArt]

Beautiful video and love the Thumbnail ! Thank you for sharing! 😀

[cheddarsadventures]

Grateful to have experienced most of these places! Awesome places to visit

[hdrk]

Be sure to mention the Biosphere II and Kitt Peak when highlighting Tucson attractions. I should have posted this on your "Things to do in Tucson". BTW...you do an excellent job overall! Thank You!

[karenbachar]

I moved away from Arizona in the early 2000's to work on the east coast. Before I left I spent a lot of time in Sedona...at that time there was just 1stop light in the entire town. Oak creek canyon had a great little hotel where you could not get your phone to connect to the internet. At night you could see all the stars. When back when I retired to Tucson last year. My cool hotel was being torn down and there were multiple lights and turn around. People crammed together..."Paved Paridise and Put up a Parking Lot" sigh memories...sigh...

[cloudy]

Never been to USA before but really fancy going Arizona or Colorado

[debbielynn]

Good video. Wish you had included Tubac. It’s a wonderful artsy place to visit with great history. Easily a day’s visit.

[cindynielson]

I was born and raised in AZ. I have been to the canyon at least 4 times, so breathtaking. The ski lift at Snowbowl in the fall is so beautiful, just bring warm clothes and blankets. Humphrey's Peak is over 11, 000'. I love Greer, this has to be the most beautiful place in AZ, other than the Grand Canyon. I live about 12 miles south of Holbrook, so I'm quite familiar with the Petrified Forest/ Painted Desert. I have lived in many areas of AZ and there is so much more for me to see. Also the Grand Canyon train is so much fun, give it a try. TFS 👍

[JamesandPaulTryitAll]

While we do live in Phoenix, some of these places outside of town haven’t really been on our radar, however this video definitely gave us some unique ideas for other outside of the box Arizona based activities for our channel.