Cottonwood, Arizona
- Dead Horse Ranch State Park1 miles North of Cottonwood
 Dead Horse Ranch State Park
 
- Fort Verde State Historic Park20 miles Southeast of Cottonwood
 Fort Verde State Historic Park is the best preserved example of an Indian Wars period fort in Arizona. Spanning from 1865 through 1890
 Fort Verde State Historic Park
 
- Slide Rock State Park34 miles North of Cottonwood
 Slide Rock State Park, originally the Pendley Homestead, is a 43-acre historical apple farm located in Oak Creek Canyon. Frank L. Pendley, having arrived in the canyon in 1907
 Slide Rock State Park
 
- Jerome State Historic Park8 miles West of Cottonwood
 The "Billion Dollar" Copper Camp Jerome's modern history began in 1876
 Jerome State Historic Park