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   The admission price is only $7.50 per person and any guided tours that you want to go on are included in that price. The Arboretum was founded in the 1920's. It is Arizona's oldest botanical garden and it sits on 323 acres. They have a self guided tour which is a walk of about 1.5 miles. Some of it is hilly but none of it is difficult. They say to allow 2 hours but I think that three is more reasonable.  Everything is well maintained and if you see plants that you like many ...

We decided to get our rental car and go on a tour of the Arizona desert.  We literally took the map and found a road that made a big circle that we could follow and then head north in the afternoon.  We drove east on Highway 60 to Superior, AZ.  We stopped briefly and decided that the town was a modern ghost town.  We then headed north on Hwy 188.  We stumbled upon Tonto National Monument and took the tour of the ancient cliff dwellings.  It was the first cli...

    Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a botanical garden loacted located 50km east of Mesa, Arizona. It is the largest and the oldest botanical garden in the state of Arizona and it was founded in 1925.    The arboretum consists of several main sections (for details please look at the map).    It opens at 6AM in the summer time (May to August) in order for visitors to enjoy the cool mornings in the heated Arizona summer.      &nb...