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Featured: the city of Mesa

MESA IS A DESTINATION THAT PRIORITIZES ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION.

Find accessible lodging, restaurants, day trips and more on the Visit Mesa website.

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WheelchairJimmy.com shows hotels, attractions and restaurants in Arizona, Greater Phoenix area.

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Museums

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Arizona Museum of Natural History

Mesa – museum of Natural History

Arizona museum of Natural History has a very detailed information page about accessibility and inclusion in the museum. In this video you can see what to expect during your visit.

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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

Tucson – Sonora Desert Museum

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

If you have questions about access or request for an ASL interpreter or visual tour accommodations contact the Museum’s Guest Services Manager at 520-883-1380 extension 7100 or by email to info@desertmuseum.org.

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Pima Air & Space Museum

Tucson – Pima Air and Space Museum

Featuring about 400 historic aircraft, from a Wright Flyer to a 787 Dreamliner. Sitting on 80 acres the museum opened its doors to the public in May of 1976. Over the past forty years, the museum has grown immensely and today encompasses six indoor exhibit hangars (three dedicated to WWII).

All of the museum buildings are accessible. The floors are poured cement. Accessible parking spaces (handicapped permit required) are located near the entrance to the museum. A paved walkway connects the Main Hangar, Hangar 3, 4 and 5 while the remainder of the outdoor acreage is generally hard-packed dirt. It can be difficult for a thin-wheeled vehicle to move easily in the areas with loose sand when viewing the 150 aircraft outdoors.

Family

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Hoover Dam

Arizona – Nevada border

Accessibility info Hoover dam

Animals – Service animals specifically trained to aid a person with a disability are welcome. Comfort animals and pets are not allowed on top of the dam or in any buildings. Animals cannot be left in vehicles unattended.
Wheelchair access – The Powerplant tour, Visitor Center, and Original Exhibit building are accessible for visitors with wheelchairs, scooters, or other mobility devices.
Sign language – Interpretation can be requested for the Dam tour with a minimum of 14 days advance notice, by contacting 702-494-2518. Guests will be contacted prior to their visit to verify arrangements.
Tour scripts are available upon request.

Wheelchair pick up/drop off area on first floor of the parking garage. Wheelchairs are available for rent in the Parking Garage for visitor use. There is a charge.

Arizona, Hoover Dam, United States — Hoover Dam

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Biosphere 2

Oracle

Biosphere 2 – earth sciences

Discover the world in a 3.14-acre laboratory with active research systems spanning from ocean to desert environments and so much more.

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Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon National Park

Some people call it the number one must visit if you go the United States. On the park website you can find a lot of information about the park, its history, ecology, the natural and ecosystems. There is a detailed accessibility guide.

Grand Canyon National Park, in Northern Arizona, encompasses 278 miles (447 km) of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands. Located on ancestral homeland of 11 Associated Tribes, Grand Canyon is one of the most spectacular examples of erosion anywhere in the world—unmatched in the incomparable vistas it offers visitors from the rims.
WEBSITE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

GRCA-Accessibility-Guide-2018 Download

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Accessible Trails

Accessible Trails in Arizona

13 accessible trails are featured here https://www.visitarizona.com/like-a-local/accessible-trails-in-arizona/. Traillink shows trails around the United States. Add your own or dive in the huge directory of trails. Find 28 trails in Arizona along the Grand Canyon Greenway and many other locations.

https://www.traillink.com/statelist/?state=az&sort=trail_name&activities=WHEEL

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the Phoenix app – accessibility info

Phoenix App

From the website: “While most cities offer ADA compliant attractions and accommodations — which Greater Phoenix certainly does — there’s a whole lot more to accessibility in this city.

Greater Phoenix is home to a wide variety of indoor and outdoor attractions that are accessible and/or can accommodate accessibility specifics. Whether your plan is to check out the Sonoran Desert via barrier-free trails or explore top attractions, we have all the information you’ll need right here.

See how Phoenix ranked with Passion Passport in “Always Accessible: Phoenix From A Wheelchair User’s Perspective” from September 2021.”

Local news and events

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tips from a local in Tucson and Cottonwood

Tips in Tucson and Cottonwood

8 wheelchair accessible attractions recommended by locals. Tucson is located a 2 hours drive south of Phoenix.

Fantastic tips varying from skydiving to the accessible outdoors, museums and the Blazin’ M Ranch in Cottonwood where you enjoy the Western town featuring a museum, Old-Tyme photo studio, shooting gallery, ropin’ lessons, tractor pull, saloon and Western shops that line the boardwalk before you get to your dinner table.