Tohono Chul is the place to visit in Oro Valley
A typical year brings about 848K visitors to Saguaro National Park. Mapped inside Oro Valley is one place to visit, and within 40 miles another 23. There are 10 museums, 2 gardens and 2 stadiums & arenas to choose from. Go 59 mi out for The Thing?.
Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map view
The map puts most of the 23 to the south.
Orange: Oro Valley. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
24 places in all: one in town and 28 within 60 miles.
1Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona.
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8Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
National monument in Coolidge, Arizona.
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10Picacho Peak State Park
State park in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
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12Coronado National Forest
Managed forest in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
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.
Tumacacori 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.
The places inside Oro Valley lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Oro Valley →
Photo credits
Tohono Chul: DesertCorner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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 · 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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