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With fantastic destinations across the state, families enjoy everything from exciting wildlife parks and Wild West adventures to kid-friendly museums and fun-filled resorts.

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Fort Apache Historic Park, Pinetop

Exploring with kids

By Boat: Cruising since 1987, the Dolly Steamboat glides beside secluded nooks of Canyon Lake near Apache Junction, with views of bighorn sheep, bald eagles and migrating birds.

On Horseback: This is the Wild West, after all. Trot through creosote-, mesquite- and saguaro-filled Estrella Mountain Regional Park with Corral West Adventures in Goodyear, part of the Phoenix greater area. Cowboy boots, hats and chaps included

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Corral West Adventures (Credit: Cait Oponski)

On Foot: Neighboring the Goldfield Mountains and Tonto National Forest, Usery Mountian Regional Park in Mesa spans 3,600 acres. Highlights include the Wind Cave Trail, Usery Mountain Regional Park Nature Center and an archery range.

By Mountain Bike: Pedal more than 50 miles of trails at South Mountain Park & Preserve in Phoenix, which takes you up, over and across Ma Ha Tauk, Gila and Guadalupe mountain ranges. For a view from the top, head to Dobbins Lookout, the highest public point in the park.

Via Science: Kids get a fun, hands-on experience at many of Arizona's science centers and museums. Include places like the Arizona Museum of Natural History and the I.D.E.A. Museum in Mesa, the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, and both the Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium and Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson.

Appreciate AZ

Whether exploring dinosaur tracks, the Grand Canyon, or other Arizona adventures with your family and kids, Appreciate AZ by adhering to the following principles:

  1. Plan Ahead & Prepare
  2. Stick to Trails
  3. Trash Your Trash
  4. Leave What You Find
  5. Be Careful With Fire
  6. Respect Wildlife
  7. Share the Outdoors

Help preserve and protect Arizona's iconic landscapes for generations to come.

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Desert Dog Offroad Adventures

Desert Dog Offroad Adventures has been offering U-Drive guided desert tours in the Sonoran Desert for over 25 years. Choose between a 2022...

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Dynamic Escape Rooms

You've been bowling, to the arcade, and mini-golfing. Shake it up, it's time to do something new. At Dynamic, you'll go on an adventure...

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El Rancho Robles Historic Guest Ranch

Who has not had the urge to visit a ranch in the old West where one can enjoy western life to his heart's content? Where the glorious...

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Escape Rooms Mesa

Escape Rooms Mesa is the nation's largest escape room facility with 13 AMAZING escape rooms to choose from. Offering an amazing family...

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Escape Westgate

Escape Westgate offers realistic and immersive escape room games, backed with Hollywood-styled gaming and special effects. Officially...

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Escape: Chandler

ESCAPE: Chandler is an interactive, live escape room adventure game in Chandler, where players discover clues and unravel puzzles in order...

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Explore Navajo Interactive Museum

The Museum was created with the help of leading Navajo scholars, museum personnel and the Navajo artistic community to provide a vibrant...

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Extreme Arizona

We rent dirt bikes, ATV's, and buggy style UTV's for half and full day rentals. We provide all of the gear you need to get out and have an...

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Flagstaff Extreme Adventure Course

Flagstaff Extreme is a series of exciting physical challenges suspended in trees at various heights. Participants experience new thrills...

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FlagTagAZ

Axe throwing, laser tag, darts, arcade games and more! We do take walk-ins! We appreciate advance bookings for large groups, parties, or...

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Fort Lowell Museum

The Fort Lowell Museum offers unique exhibits and hands-on activities for adults, families, and children...and it's pet-friendly too!...

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From the abundance of Saguaro cactuses and unique wildlife in the Sonoran Desert to the high country and forests of the White Mountains to the breathtaking Grand Canyon, Arizona’s regions are full of experiences that don’t disappoint.