Phoenix AZ

[chuck_hayden]

<p>I am heading to Phoenix this coming week and wanted to see if anyone had recommendations on where I should go for some good scenery? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

[SCL]

<p>It depends on what you are looking for. I usually merely stop briefly in Phoenix then head up to Sedona, which I find infinitely more scenic.</p>

[bladowphoto]

<p>Somewhere other than phoenix, In all honesty its not a very photogenic city. the Papagos are kinda cool and if you climb north mountain early enough you can get cool sunrises over the city. </p>

[william_roberts4]

<p>If you are into plants and flowers, there is the Desert Botanical Garden and the Phoenix Zoo was pretty good when I went there. I only spent a couple of days there so I am not sure of much more. Hope this helped a little.</p>

[derek_hofmann]

<p>Weaver's Needle seen from the Peralta trail east of Phoenix is interesting, but go in the morning before it gets too hot.<br>

You can get a good view of Phoenix from, I think it's the Ridgeline trail on South Mountain, but I could be thinking of Beverly Canyon or Javelina Canyon.<br>

Then there's the Compass Room at the Hyatt Regency, but it's pricey. But the fountain at Fountain Hills is free to watch, but it gets boring real quick.</p>

[famico]

<p>I'll second the Botanical Garden if plants and flowers are your thing. Not sure if it's still there, but the garden did have a Dale Chihuly glass exhibit throughout the grounds, and it was quite something to see.</p>

[chuck_hayden]

<p>Thanks all...</p>

[doug grosjean]

<p>There can be great nightscapes from South Mountain Park. If monsoon season is holding up, you can shoot lightning from an open-air observatory at the top. I have a nice sample of that in my photos.</p>

<p>Papago Park is good, towards sunset, so western sun lights up western exposures.</p>

<p>Crown King and Jerome to the north, and Canyon Lake / Apache Trail to the east, are all fantastic. </p>

<p>But the stuff I've listed outside of Phoenix can take a while. I assume you're there on business?</p>