Was looking for things that I can do with my kids that don't involve rocketry. Here's what I came up with from wikitravel. Thought that maybe others could use the info as well.
Feed the Critters at Rooster Cogburn Ranch, Interstate 10, Exit 219 https://www.roostercogburn.com/. For a great time stop and Feed the Critters at Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch. It is located on Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix. Take Exit #219 and then take the frontage road SE into the ranch. There are ostrich, deer, and Rainbow Lorikeets to feed so there is something for everyone! The ostrich will eat right out of your hand if you are brave enough or there are feed chutes for the more conservative feeders. The deer are so sweet and gently eat from your hand and the kids love them! The Rainbow Lorikeet Forest is a new attraction that is awesome! The small parrots land on your head, hands, and everywhere else and eat nectar out of a cup you hold. There is also shopping for ostrich products, etc., even ostrich eating eggs! A lot of fun for all ages and very affordable. [Open Fri Mon, 9 am 5 pm]
Kartchner Caverns State Park, Nine miles south of I-10, off State Hwy 90, exit 302, Benson, Tel. (520) 586-CAVE, https://azstateparks.com/Parks/KACA/index.html. Kartchner Caverns State Park, opened in 1999, is one of Arizona's newest wonders. Kartchner Caverns is a stunning limestone cave system considered one of the top ten in the world. Discovered in 1974 by explorers Randy Tufts and Gary Tenen, and not revealed until 1988, the opportunity existed to preserve the caverns in near-pristine condition. [Tours 9 am 3 pm, reservations recommended]
Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Rd., Tel. (520) 574-0462, https://www.pimaair.org/. Features over 250 historic aircraft. A separate tour, also booked at the museum, can be booked to see the Aerospace Maintenance and Regentation Center (AMARC, aka the "Boneyard") tour to see 4200+ stored aircraft. [9-5 daily]
Titan Missile Museum, 1580 W. Duval Mine Rd., Sahuarita, Tel. (520) 625-7736, https://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/. Site south of Tucson preserves a Cold-War-era underground silo housing an unarmed Titan-II ICBM. Part of a larger field of such silos, this was one of the places from which nuclear war on the Soviet Union would have been waged. [8:45am-5pm]
Sabino Canyon, [14]. Spectacular desert canyon cut into the south side of the Santa Catalina Mountains, now on Tucson's northern urban fringe. A tram (for a fee) will take visitors 9 stops into Sabino Canyon; a separate tram will take you into Bear Canyon and to the trailhead of the popular Seven Falls Trail. To park, you will need a National Park Pass ($5 day, $20 annual) which is also good to use on Mt. Lemmon. [Trails: 9 am 4 pm]
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tel. (520) 883-2702, https://www.desertmuseum.org/. More like Biosphere II than a walled institution, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is part zoo, part natural history museum and part botanical garden all in one Tucson attraction. From tarantulas to black bears, coyotes to scorpions, the museum-zoo is an entrancing and full-contact tribute to the Sonoran desert's wildlife (the wire fences are nearly invisible and the hummingbirds in the buzzing, walk-in aviary seem to think you are the attraction). Give yourself time to soak in the Southwest splendor and if time is all you have, the Museum is also on the fringes of Saguaro National Park, home to the world's largest forests of Saguaro cacti.[85% outdoors; Sun-Fri 7:30 am 5 pm; Sat 7:30 am 10 pm; $19.50 adults]
Saguaro National Park, 3693 South Old Spanish Trail, Tel. (520) 733-5153, https://www.nps.gov/sagu/. The most dense forest of the iconic cactus of the American West. The park has two unconnected units to the east and west of Tucson. [Parks Sunrise/7am sunset; Visitor Center 9-5]
Feed the Critters at Rooster Cogburn Ranch, Interstate 10, Exit 219 https://www.roostercogburn.com/. For a great time stop and Feed the Critters at Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch. It is located on Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix. Take Exit #219 and then take the frontage road SE into the ranch. There are ostrich, deer, and Rainbow Lorikeets to feed so there is something for everyone! The ostrich will eat right out of your hand if you are brave enough or there are feed chutes for the more conservative feeders. The deer are so sweet and gently eat from your hand and the kids love them! The Rainbow Lorikeet Forest is a new attraction that is awesome! The small parrots land on your head, hands, and everywhere else and eat nectar out of a cup you hold. There is also shopping for ostrich products, etc., even ostrich eating eggs! A lot of fun for all ages and very affordable. [Open Fri Mon, 9 am 5 pm]
Kartchner Caverns State Park, Nine miles south of I-10, off State Hwy 90, exit 302, Benson, Tel. (520) 586-CAVE, https://azstateparks.com/Parks/KACA/index.html. Kartchner Caverns State Park, opened in 1999, is one of Arizona's newest wonders. Kartchner Caverns is a stunning limestone cave system considered one of the top ten in the world. Discovered in 1974 by explorers Randy Tufts and Gary Tenen, and not revealed until 1988, the opportunity existed to preserve the caverns in near-pristine condition. [Tours 9 am 3 pm, reservations recommended]
Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Rd., Tel. (520) 574-0462, https://www.pimaair.org/. Features over 250 historic aircraft. A separate tour, also booked at the museum, can be booked to see the Aerospace Maintenance and Regentation Center (AMARC, aka the "Boneyard") tour to see 4200+ stored aircraft. [9-5 daily]
Titan Missile Museum, 1580 W. Duval Mine Rd., Sahuarita, Tel. (520) 625-7736, https://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/. Site south of Tucson preserves a Cold-War-era underground silo housing an unarmed Titan-II ICBM. Part of a larger field of such silos, this was one of the places from which nuclear war on the Soviet Union would have been waged. [8:45am-5pm]
Sabino Canyon, [14]. Spectacular desert canyon cut into the south side of the Santa Catalina Mountains, now on Tucson's northern urban fringe. A tram (for a fee) will take visitors 9 stops into Sabino Canyon; a separate tram will take you into Bear Canyon and to the trailhead of the popular Seven Falls Trail. To park, you will need a National Park Pass ($5 day, $20 annual) which is also good to use on Mt. Lemmon. [Trails: 9 am 4 pm]
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tel. (520) 883-2702, https://www.desertmuseum.org/. More like Biosphere II than a walled institution, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is part zoo, part natural history museum and part botanical garden all in one Tucson attraction. From tarantulas to black bears, coyotes to scorpions, the museum-zoo is an entrancing and full-contact tribute to the Sonoran desert's wildlife (the wire fences are nearly invisible and the hummingbirds in the buzzing, walk-in aviary seem to think you are the attraction). Give yourself time to soak in the Southwest splendor and if time is all you have, the Museum is also on the fringes of Saguaro National Park, home to the world's largest forests of Saguaro cacti.[85% outdoors; Sun-Fri 7:30 am 5 pm; Sat 7:30 am 10 pm; $19.50 adults]
Saguaro National Park, 3693 South Old Spanish Trail, Tel. (520) 733-5153, https://www.nps.gov/sagu/. The most dense forest of the iconic cactus of the American West. The park has two unconnected units to the east and west of Tucson. [Parks Sunrise/7am sunset; Visitor Center 9-5]
BTW does DM still have tours of the AMARG(boneyard) site? Or is the threat level still too high and base access is limited?
