Day 1

• Picacho Peak 12mi of I-10 exit 226 or 212. Daily 8-6, $4, small Civil War Battle.
• Casa Grande Ruins exit 211 (State 87) to Coolidge. Daily 8-5, $4, Hohokam 4 story structure and walled village. Meuseum.
  From Interstate 10 take the Coolidge exits and follow the signs to to entrance off Arizona Route 87/287.

• Montazuma Castle Exit 289 off I-17 3mi on Montazuma Castle Highway. 8-5, $2 each, Sinagura 5 story 20 rooms, no inside access.
• Montazuma Well 11mi n.e. of Castle. Sinkhole rimmed w cliff dwellings 8-7.
• Lowell Observatory 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd. 9-5 tours. 8:00pm Fri and Sat. night viewings.

Day 2

• Sunset Crater 8-5 $3
• Wupatki 8-5 $3 hundreds of ruins, short self guided trails (same admission as Sunset crater).

• Painted Desert (Drive through)
• Grand Canyon

Day 3

• Meteor Crater exit 233 $8.

• Petrified Forest Petrified Forest stretches between Interstate 40 and U.S. 180. Visitors traveling west on Interstate 40 should exit at milepost # 311, drive through the park and connect with U.S. 180 at the south end. Visitors can then take U.S. 180 west to Holbrook and continue west on Interstate 40. East bound visitors can exit Interstate 40 at Holbrook and take U.S. 180 east to the park, drive north through the park, and return to Interstate 40. http://www.arizonaguide.com/see/outdoorindex.shtml Painted Desert

Day 4

• Canyon de Chelley

• 4 Corners

• Aztec RuinsNorth on US 550 to Aztec approximately ½ mile north of US Hwy 550 on Ruins Road (County Road 2900) on the north edge of the city of Aztec. Ruins Road is the first street west of the Animas River bridge on Hwy 550 in Aztec.

Day 5

• Chaco Canyon From the north, turn off Hwy 44 (HWY 550)at County Road 7900--three miles southeast of Nageezi and approximately 50 miles west of Cuba (at mile 112.5). This route is clearly signed from Hwy 44/550 to the park boundary (21 miles). The route includes five miles of paved road (CR 7900) and 16 miles of dirt (CR 7950/7985).

Other Stuff

Tuscon

Saguaro

West district free, I-10 west of Tuscon
http://www.nps.gov/sagu/
Saguaro West,or the Tucson Mountain District, may be reached from Tucson by traveling Speedway Road west. Speedway becomes Gates Pass Road; the road ends at Kinney Road where you turn right and continue to the park entrance. Note: Saguaro East and West are each about 15 miles from downtown Tucson. Along Interstate 10, there are signs directing travelers to Saguaro National Park.