On your Arizona vacation dont miss attractions such as the Reid Park Zoo

Make your vacation plans with one of the top online vacation guides to Arizona. Explore attractions in southeaster Arizona and visit attractions such as the Pinnacle Peak Park or the Arizona Trail if you are seeking the great outdoors. Or relax in luxury on an Arizona Spa vacation. Or take your children to the Toy Train Operating Museum. Here are a few of the Arizona attractions awaiting you on your vacation!

Visit Pinnacle Peak Park in Tucson, Arizona. You will find there is much more to Pinnacle Peak Park than simply hiking and climbing. Pinnacle Peak Park is located in North Scottsdale, Arizona — East of Pima Road, off Alma School Road between Happy Valley Road and Dynamite Boulevard. The park entrance is on 102nd Way, just west of Pinnacle Peak Patio restaurant. Trail Dust Town (where Pinnacle Peak is) has been a Tucson landmark for over 40 years. If you answered yes to these questions, Pinnacle Peak Park has a variety of volunteer opportunities available for you! Location: 6541 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Tucson, Arizona

Tubac Artist Colony - Tubac, Arizona. This community of southern Arizona is quickly becoming a growing artist colony. Although the Tucson Artist Colony is not an "Artist Colony" in the truest sense it is a group of some of the best artists in the Southwest. Tucson Artist Colony provides premier studio spaces but it is the Art Classes offered through the Tucson Artist Colony that really set it apart. Contact the artists through his/her website to sign up for classes. Tubac’s present incarnation as an artists’ colony began in the 40’s with the opening of Dale Nichol’s Artist School. Location: 45 miles south of Tucson off I-19.

Arizona Trail - Southern Border to Northern Border, Arizona. Dissecting the state of Arizona from its southern border with Mexico to the northern border of Utah this trail gives hikers, bikers and horseback riders an un-matched opportunity to enjoy the beautiful state of Arizona. There are 807 miles of trails to enjoy. The Arizona Trail is a continuous, 800+ mile diverse and scenic trail across Arizona from Mexico to Utah. Currently 94% of the trail is complete. The Arizona Trail Association's mission is simple: build, maintain, promote, protect and sustain the Arizona Trail as a unique encounter with the land. Use common sense when using the Arizona Trail.

Desert spa resorts in Arizona are especially popular during the winter months. Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tucson are home to several first class spa vacation resorts. The Boulders Resort features the Golden Door Spa which opened in 2001. The spa offers numerous treatments inspired by the Arizona desert surroundings. Arizona Biltmore, located in Phoenix, has a 22,000 square foot spa center, eight heated pools and three outdoor whirlpool spas. The resort spa uses Sonoran desert plants, stones and mud as a basis for its innovative spa treatments. Arizona features several well-known destination spas. The health spa offers over 100 facial and body treatment options.

Tour the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. The Reid Park Zoo is home to more than 400 animals. You’ll see all of your favorite zoo animals in comfortable habitat environments located throughout Reid Park Zoo. The Reid Park Zoo features an impressive assortment of beautiful Asian Animals, including Gibbons, bears and tigers. You’ll also see majestic Asian tigers at the Zoo, another endangered species the Zoo is active in protecting. African animals are well represented at the Reid Park Zoo. Brightly colored Macaws are another type of bird exhibited at the Reid Park Zoo. You’ll gain a unique understanding and appreciation of the effort it takes to keep the Zoo’s animal residents healthy, happy and safe at the Reid Park Zoo.

Fort Lowell Museum - Tucson, Arizona. Troop strength at Fort Lowell averaged 130 officers and 239 enlisted men. Serving at Fort Lowell were companies representing the 2nd, 4th 5th and 6th Cavalry Regiments, and the 1st, 8th, and 12th Infantry Regiments. The buildings at Fort Lowell reflected a Mexican Sonoran style of architecture. Currently to the west of the Fort Lowell Park the Commissary building and ruins of the hospital remain. The one intact Officers Quarters on the Adkins Steel parcel representing the most complete original structure from the 1870s Fort Lowell. Since 1963 the Arizona Historical Society has operated a branch Museum at the Fort Lowell Historic Site. Location: 2900 N. Craycroft Road, Tucson, Arizona - The museum is located in Old Fort Lowell Park at the corner of Cracroft and Fort Lowell Road in Tucson.

Gadsden Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum - Tucson, Arizona. There are 90 members of this organization dedicated to the advancement of model railroading by the collection and operation of toy trains and railroad memorabilia, as well as preserving prototype railroad history by sponsoring railroading related activities and events to share with the public. O-Gauge, G-Scale, Standard Gauge, S-Gauge, HO-Scale, N-Scale, Z-Scale displays are all set up for the showing of the different styles of model trains at the museum. GPD hosts two toy train shows/swap meets annually, now called the Winter Toy Train (formerly Coyote) and Summer Toy Train (formerly Roadrunner) Shows.
Penelope SanMateo is a travel writer for Arizona Beautiful. Her travel articles provide insights into attractions and events you don't want to miss while on your Arizona vacation. She recently visited the Reid Park Zoo while touring southern Arizona and the city of Tucson. The zoo offers an impressive assortment of animals from asian bears and tigers to a variety of african animals including a white rhinocerous.