by Denise Paduano

Created on: September 08, 2009   Last Updated: April 18, 2011

Arizona encompasses a beautiful, diverse range of climate, geography and attractions. Where else in the country can you drive four hours and have seen a sprawling saguaro studded desert followed by snow capped mountains. In Arizona there's never a shortage of spectacular scenery or memorable things to do.

Northern Arizona

Grand Canyon Deer Farm Petting Zoo in Williams - This farm has been a favorite stop for visitors for thirty years. Children and adults can feed the five different kinds of deer, mingle with the pygmy goats and miniature donkeys, and see many animals and birds including wallabies, buffalo, potbellied pigs, monkeys, peacocks, turkey and even a reindeer.

Grand Canyon Sky Walk - is a U shaped glass bridge at Grand Canyon West. On the bridge visitors are suspended 4000 feet above the Colorado River.

Grand Canyon Railway - a train ride from Williams to the Grand Canyon National Park. The trip which takes a little more than two hours gives visitors time to read, sightsee or just relax and enjoy the entertainment provided on the train ride. It provides an opportunity to see parts of the North country that are inaccessible by car and therefore very remote and pristine.

The Arboretum at Flagstaff - The arboretum covers 200 acres of ponderosa pine forests, high mountain gardens and stream side habitats. At 7,150 feet visitors can stroll the nature center's exhibits on the rare and endangered plants and the climate of the Colorado Plateau.

Meteor Crater - the landscape around meteor crater remains flat, windy and nearly treeless due to a gigantic meteor that crash there about 49,500 years ago. As the meteor hit it released a gaseous cloud that wiped the landscape clean for miles around. Visitors can hike the edge of the crater. Apollo mission astronauts trained here and exhibits include a test capsule and other space memorabilia.

North Central and Eastern Arizona

Jerome - once a mining town Jerome is now a magnet for tourists. Today visitors ascend up the narrow road up Cleopatra Hill to get an inkling of how miners lived 100 years ago. Many of the buildings have been converted into shops, artists studios and bed and breakfasts. If pottery, jewelry or antiques are your thing then a day of shopping in Jerome is full of treasures.

Montezuma Castle National Monument - this exquisite prehistoric Indian ruin is a twenty room five story stone masonary structure, tucked under a cliff overhang about 100 feet above Beaver Creek.

Verder Canyon Railroad - this

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