Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona.
Attractions near Rio Rico
Titan Missile Museum, 28 mi from Rio Rico
A day out from Rio Rico leads to Saguaro National Park, 47 mi away. The town has no place on our list of its own; 2 are within 40 miles. They include a museum and a national historical park. Roughly 28K visitors a year make it to Tumacacori National Historical Park.
Attractions nearby
26
within 60 miles
The big one
47 mi
Saguaro National Park
National park units
3
parks & monuments
National Park · 47 mi north
Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where to find them
The outermost point is Titan Missile Museum, at 28 mi.
Orange: Rio Rico. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every one of them
Here are the 26 places within 60 miles.
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8Coronado National Forest
Managed forest in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
9Veterans 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.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Rio Rico → · Rio Rico’s history →
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Photo credits
Saguaro National Park: Luke Jones from Yucca Valley, CC BY 2.0 · Arizona Stadium: Wcarlisle4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Titan Missile Museum: Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0 · Bird Cage Theatre: Hawkeye58, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coronado National Forest: Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Coronado National Memorial: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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