Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson · Tucson · ~11 mi from downtown Tucson
OutdoorsWorth it
$29.95 for adults
Not really a museum — it is a mostly-outdoor zoo, botanical garden and natural history museum fused into the Sonoran Desert: mountain lions, prairie dogs, an earth sciences cave and a hummingbird aviary along two miles of desert paths. Open every day of the year.
Book tickets on the official site
Good for
The desert, explained by walking through it
Crowd
Worth the desert drive; arrive early in summer heat
Getting there
Mostly a drive-to spot west of Tucson
Parking
Free lot on site
Accessibility
Mostly paved outdoor paths; some sandy trails