Things to do in Northern Arizona

Tour a working research observatory in Flagstaff and view the night sky through historic telescopes.

A drive-through and walkabout wildlife park in the Verde Valley with big cat shows and safari tours.

A 50,000-year-old, nearly mile-wide meteorite impact crater near Winslow with rim tours and a space museum.

Jet-powered helicopter tours over Sedona's red rock canyons, departing from Sedona Airport.

Historic ski resort on the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff with year-round gondola rides.

Western-themed ranch near Cottonwood offering a chuck wagon dinner, live stage show and frontier-town activities.

A mountain coaster and tubing park built into a cliffside near Williams, Arizona.

A high-elevation Arizona city on Route 66 serving as a gateway to the Grand Canyon, ponderosa forests and ski country.

Helicopter tour and charter operator based in Sedona offering scenic flights over red rock country and the Grand Canyon.

Drive-through wildlife park near Williams, Arizona with North American animals in natural habitats.

Indoor shooting range and machine gun experience on historic Route 66 in Flagstaff.

A Flagstaff-based tour operator running guided day trips to the Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, and Sedona.

Helicopter and airplane air tours over the Grand Canyon departing near the South Rim.

Birds of prey park near the Grand Canyon with daily raptor flight demonstrations and RV camping.

Guided UTV off-road tours from Williams to the Grand Canyon, plus a companion Route 66 sightseeing tour.

Guided van sightseeing, hiking, vortex and stargazing tours of Sedona's red rock country, plus full-day trips to the Grand Canyon, from an office in Sedona.

Take a guided tour of Paolo Soleri's experimental desert town, with its cast concrete vaults and bronze bell foundry.

Hike or bike the pathway around a bell-shaped red rock butte south of Sedona, or climb partway up for wide views.

Scramble a short, steep trail up a red sandstone butte to saddles between its spires with wide views over Sedona's red rock country.

Step inside a small 1956 chapel built into the red rock buttes of Sedona, set around a 90-foot cross.

Order burgers and malts at a 1953 Route 66 drive-in where the jokes come with the food.

Climb a 70-foot stone tower on the South Rim for views of the eastern Grand Canyon and Colorado River.

Hike through red rock country to a 50-foot natural sandstone arch you can walk across.

Stay or dine in a 1905 lodge of limestone and Oregon pine set right on the Grand Canyon's South Rim.

Ride restored vintage rail cars 64 miles from Williams to the Grand Canyon's South Rim, with cowboys and musicians aboard.

Look up at a five-story Sinagua cliff dwelling set about 90 feet up a limestone wall above a short paved trail.

Pose beside a bronze troubadour, a red flatbed Ford and a two-story mural on the Route 66 corner from the Eagles song.

Walk a one-mile loop across the Bonito Lava Flow at the foot of a cinder cone volcano that erupted around AD 1085.

Walk up to sandstone pueblos built in the early 1100s, including the 104-room Wupatki Pueblo with its ball court and blowhole.