Local Area Attractions Near Tucson / Lazydays KOA Resort

Camping vacations don’t get much better than the Tucson area. Pleasantly cool piney mountains cloak the Southern swath of the state, filled with canyons and cliff dwellings. In the area are hundreds of golf courses and reliable sunshine makes the region a favorite escape from winter. The fragile Sonoran Desert sweeps across the state’s southwestern quadrant, featuring stunning desert scenery highlighted by the iconic saguaro cactus. Your RV will make the perfect base camp for all of Arizona's attractions.

BBQ Rush Restaurant

BBQ Rush Restaurant

BBQ Rush Restaurant is a hidden gem, conveniently located right inside the resort! Bring your friends, or make new ones, when you arrive and cool off with a drink. Inspired by Texas Style BBQ, their delicious smoked options begin with only the finest ingredients. They use a state of the art, wood burning commercial rotisserie smoker, and their meats will have you rethinking your other dinner plans for the rest of your stay! 

Text or call to order delivery is one of our guests' favorite features. Just send a text, and they will happily deliver your piping hot meal and beverage to your site, to one of the pools, or pretty much anywhere on the campground that you would like to enjoy some mouth watering BBQ! Need a margarita delivered to your lounge chair on the North Pool deck? They do that too!

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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Voted top 10 museum in the U.S. by Trip Advisor, The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, and art gallery. You will explore the Sonoran Desert world of Mexican wolves, road runners, saguaros, javelinas, coatis, mountain lions, hummingbirds, butterfly gardens, iconic venomous lizards and snakes, and much more. Don't miss the Raptor Free Flight, where you will stand in the flight path of native birds-of-prey as they fly so close you can feel the brush of feathers (seasonal attraction).

2021 N Kinney Rd

Tucson, AZ 85743

520-883-2702

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Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park

Tucson, Arizona is home to the nation's largest cacti. The giant Saguaro is the universal symbol of the American west. These majestic plants, found only in a small portion of the United States, are protected by Saguaro National Park, to the East and West of the modern city of Tucson. Here you have a chance to see these enormous cacti, silhouetted by the beauty of a magnificent desert sunset.

3693 South Old Spanish Trail

Tucson, AZ 85730

520-733-5153

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Reid Park Zoo

Reid Park Zoo

The Reid Park Zoo, founded in 1967, is a 24-acre city-owned and operated, non-profit zoo. The zoo features more than 500 animals in four zones that are organized by habitat and a large aviary (Flight Connection) exhibiting dozens of bird species from several continents. The Adaptation Zone houses animals such as the grizzly bear and Aldabra giant tortoise. The South America Zone boasts of animals such as the jaguar and the speckled bear. The Asian Zone features the tiger, and the African Animals Zone showcases animals such as the lion and giraffe. Expedition Tanzania, a 7-acre expansion opened to the public in 2012, is home to a herd of 6 African elephants, including a female calf born at the zoo in 2014, the first ever elephant born in the State of Arizona.

3400 Zoo Court

Tucson, AZ 85716

520-791-3204

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San Xavier del Bac

San Xavier del Bac

Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham San Xavier Indian Reservation. It was founded in 1692 in the center of a centuries-old Indian settlement of the Tohono O'odham, located along the banks of the Santa Cruz River. The site is also known in Tohono O'odham language as the "place where the water appears," as there were once natural springs in the area. The Mission is a pilgrimage site, with thousands visiting each year.

1950 San Xavier Rd

Tucson, AZ 85746

520-294-2624

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