Audrey Headframe Park — Attraction in Arizona

This only takes a few minutes, and yes it's hard to miss, but it's worth turning the motor home around three times to find, even with a husband who's beginning to grumble! Lol The two teen boys locked into their phones were basically ordered to look up and look and when you're looking down a mine shaft over 1/3 mile deep, even they got excited! Again, it's one of those places you'll never see anywhere else but here. There's no big visitor center, just a fence that says "open" and when we left at just after five, no one had come by to switch it to "shut" yet. So really, you can spend 20 minutes here and you'll be talking about it two hours later. They only ask for donations through a secure slot, no ticket required, so it's also inexpensive. Another place the kids won't...

While visiting Arizona, I had people tell me to visit Jerome before going. We had gone to other places and came across this area as I did not do well driving to Jerome (we didn't make it there as the elevation and drop-off is not for me). My mom told me there was a park to which I turned into unfortunately they closed 30 minutes before we arrived. We were afraid that if we drove in, they may lock the gate, and then we would be stranded there. It did look interesting, but being that high again...

A small (about 1 acre) Park adjacent to the entrance of Jerome State Historic Park. The largest wooden Headframe standing in Arizona. Touring the park takes 10-15 minutes and has a lot of stuff packed in including the 1200 shaft with a glass viewport you can stand on, old mining equipment, and interpretive signs. Well worth a stop. Especially if you're getting to the State Park a little early and need to kill a few minutes while waiting for the...