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Glendale Tourist Attractions
Bead Museum - www.beadmuseumaz.org
5754 West Glenn Drive - (623) 930-7395
(an international collection of over 100,000 beads and artifacts with changing exhibitions, and a museum store selling beads, beading supplies and magazines)
Cabela's - www.cabelas.com
9380 West Glendale Avenue - (623) 872-6700
(The 160,000 sq. ft. showroom is an educational and entertainment attraction, featuring a décor of museum-quality animal displays, huge aquariums and trophy animals interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats.)
Cerreta Candy Company - www.cerreta.com The Hometown Favorite!
5345 West Glendale Avenue - (623) 930-9000
(candy factory open both for self-guided tours as well as shopping and tasting in their retail store)
Deer Valley Rock Art Center - www.asu.edu/clas/shesc/dvrac/
3711 West Deer Valley Road - (623) 582-8007
(View more than 1500 ancient petroglyphs and pictographs in a protected desert preserve - fee area)
Downtown Glendale - www.ci.glendale.az.us
59th and Glendale area - (623) 930-2299
(antique shops, restaurants, museums and a candy factory with Murphy Park and the library in the heart of it all)
Glendale Arizona Historical Society
9802 North 59th Avenue - (623) 435-0072
(within Sahuaro Ranch Park - see below)
Jobing.com Arena - www.jobingarena.com
9400 West Maryland Avenue - (623) 772-3200
(venue for sporting events and concerts)
Luke Air Force Base - "Home of the Fighter Pilot"
Litchfield Road and Glendale Avenue
(623) 856-6011
(Tours for groups between 15 and 40 persons can be arranged by calling the base in advance.)
Sahuaro Ranch Park - More Info
9802 North 59th Avenue - (623) 930-2820
(17-acre Sahuaro Ranch Park Historic Area features 13 original buildings, a rose garden, barnyard and historic orchardsand is listed on the National Register of Historic Places)
Speed Street Indoor Race Track - www.phoenixgokarts.com
6542 West Bell Road, Glendale, AZ - (623) 334-9952
(an impressive go kart road course over 1/3-mile long, professionally designed for the Honda-powered karts which can travel up to 50 miles per hour)
Thunderbird Conservation Park - More Info
59th Avenue between Deer Valley and Pinnacle Peak roads
(picnicking, hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, jogging and bird watching with about 20 miles of multi-use trails)
University of Phoenix Stadium - www.universityofphoenixstadium.com
1 Cardinals Drive
(Home to the Arizona Cardinals football team and other sporting events, concerts, tradeshows and motorsports events)
WaterDance Fountains and Westgate City Center - www.westgateaz.com
Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue
(Beautiful $6 million fountains with almost 200 lights, 168 jets, 26 water pumps, 20,000 square feet using 60,000 gallons of fresh water. These fountains, designed by the same company that created the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas, can shoot streams of water 40 feet into the air and it's all set to music and free.)
Waterworld Safari Water Park - www.golfland.com
4243 West Pinnacle Peak Road - (623) 581-1947
(over 16 water rides and attractions, including a 1100 foot long lazy river, surf pool, 3 serpentine slides, speed slides over 6 stories high, children's play pool, game arcade and more)
Xeriscape Botanical Garden
5959 West Brown Street (at the Glendale Main Library)
(Four acres in size with more than 400 species of low-water-use plants. Check out a free self-guided audio wand during normal library hours for your tour.)

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