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Tucson, Arizona

  • Flandrau Observatory

    Flandrau ObservatoryStop by after sunset to view the heavens through our 16-inch cassegrain telescope. An expert astronomer/telescope operator is always on hand to direct your attention to planets, galaxies, star cluster...
    Flandrau Observatory

  • Kitt Peak National Observatory

    Kitt Peak National ObservatoryThe world's largest collection of optical telescopes is located high above the Sonoran Desert. Kitt Peak, on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, is home to 22 optical and two radio telescopes representing...
    Kitt Peak National Observatory

Attractions and Upcoming Events

International Wildlife Museum

Founded in 1988, the International Wildlife Museum highlights over 400 species of insects, mammals and birds from around the globe. Some of the collections are more than 100

Tucson, AZ Museums

Tohono Chul Park

Tohono Chul Park is the Southwest's center where nature, art, and culture connect in 49

Tucson, AZ Botanical Gardens

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium

The Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium is a dazzling multimedia theater and a truly unique educational experience, with 8,600 stars, galaxies, the Sun, the Moon, the planets, meteors, 30 projectors, two video systems and a sound system that is out of this world!

Tucson, AZ Planetariums

Kitt Peak National Observatory

The world's largest collection of optical telescopes is located high above the Sonoran Desert. Kitt Peak, on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, is home to 22 optical and two radio telescopes representing dozens of astronomical research institutions. The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)

Tucson, AZ Observatories

St. Augustine Cathedral

There's a long association between the name of St. Augustine and the Tucson area, dating back to the Spanish military and missionary presence in the 1700s. There were two villages with the name of San Agustín del Tucson. The first was situated at the foot of today'

Tucson, AZ Historic Churches

Things to do near Tucson, AZ

Old Tombstone Tours

Historical tours by stagecoach, covered wagon or carriage. Owned by fourth generation Tombstone native. Giving you the true h...

Gammons Gulch Ghost Town Movie Set

An 1890's Town and Mining Camp recreated like the Wild West really was, antique cars, movie memorabilia, nature path, bird ar...

OK Corral

See Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Virgil and Morgan Earp fight the McLaurys and Clantons in the daily reenactment inside the O.K....

Tombstone Epitaph Museum

Visit the free 1880s newspaper museum displaying vintage newspapers and printing equipment. Read the original 1881 reports...

Mount Graham International Observatory (MGIO)

MGIO is a division of Steward Observatory, the research arm for the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. Sci...