1Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona.
Attractions near Catalina
The nearest draw to Catalina: Saguaro National Park, 16 mi away
Each year, some 848K people go to Saguaro National Park. With nothing inside Catalina, the list has 23 places within 40 miles. The mix takes in 9 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and 2 zoos & aquariums. A longer outing takes you to The Thing?, 57 mi off.
Attractions nearby
29
within 60 miles
The big one
7 mi
Mount Lemmon
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
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Mount Lemmon Ski Valley
Mountain · 7 mi southeast
Mount Lemmon
Mountain in Arizona, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Finding your way
On the map, most of the 23 sit to the south.
Orange: Catalina. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every place, in and near Catalina
These 29 are all within 60 miles.
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7Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
National monument in Coolidge, Arizona.
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9Picacho Peak State Park
State park in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
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11Coronado National Forest
Managed forest in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
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13Mount Lemmon Ski Valley
A recreational ski area in the U.S. state of Arizona.
14Veterans Memorial Stadium
Baseball stadium in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Rialto Theatre
Theater and concert venue in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Collection of sixteen residentially scaled urban gardens in Tucson, Arizona, US.
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Art museum in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium
Science museum in Tucson, Arizona.
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
Railroad museum in Tucson, Arizona.
Jewish History Museum
Museum housed in a historic synagogue building in Tucson, Arizona.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Catalina →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Saguaro National Park: Luke Jones from Yucca Valley, CC BY 2.0 · Arizona Stadium: Wcarlisle4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Lemmon: Debby Kriegel, Public domain · Pima Air & Space Museum: The original uploader was MCB at English Wikipedia. Later versions were uploade, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Kartchner Caverns State Park: Mike Lewis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Casa Grande Ruins National Monument: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Titan Missile Museum: Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0 · Picacho Peak State Park: Tony the Marine (talk), Public domain · Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coronado National Forest: Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Grant: unknown, uploaded by: Aj4444, Public domain · Mount Lemmon Ski Valley: Bill Morrow, CC BY 2.0 · Veterans Memorial Stadium: No machine-readable author provided. Friejose assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colossal Cave: Bill Morrow, CC BY 2.0 · Fox Tucson Theatre: United States Navy, Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward, Public domain · Reid Park Zoo: M.Fitzsimmons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rialto Theatre: Ammodramus, CC0 · Tohono Chul: DesertCorner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tucson Museum of Art: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Arizona State Museum: Jannelle Weakly, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tucson Botanical Gardens: Kathy Kimpel, CC BY 2.0 · University of Arizona Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium: Daderot, CC0 · Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House: Ammodramus, CC0 · Southern Arizona Transportation Museum: Ammodramus, CC0
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