Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona.
Attractions near Nelson
Saguaro National Park & 25 more attractions near Nelson
26 notable places within 60 miles of Nelson: 3 national park units, 1 ski area, and the sights travelers look up most.
Attractions nearby
26
within 60 miles
The big one
7 mi
Saguaro National Park
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Mount Lemmon Ski Valley
National Park · 7 mi southeast
Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona.
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What’s around Nelson
Orange: Nelson. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.
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Everything nearby
Best known first
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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5Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
National monument in Coolidge, Arizona.
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7Picacho Peak State Park
State park in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
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9Mount Lemmon Ski Valley
A recreational ski area in the U.S. state of Arizona.
10Veterans Memorial Stadium
Baseball stadium in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
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14Tumacacori National Historical Park
U.S. national park in Arizona.
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.
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 · 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 · 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 · Tumacacori National Historical Park: Packbj, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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