Casa Grande, Arizona
Things to do.
Parks, museums, family days and nights out in Casa Grande, plus the Valley icons a short drive away. Something for tonight and something for the weekend.
Outdoors
Casa Grande
Dave White Municipal Golf Course
The city's own course, eighteen holes and public rates, right in town.
West of town
Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort
A resort course built by a Major League owner as a spring training base, and it still has the baseball-bat-shaped pool.
South of town
Casa Grande Mountain Park Trails
Miles of desert singletrack over the mountain the town is named for, with the whole valley from the top.
Casa Grande
Palm Creek Golf Club
An eighteen hole course inside the resort community, open to the public for a round.
N Thorton Rd
Dave White Regional Park
The city's hub for outdoor recreation at 2121 N Thorton Rd, with an 18-hole golf course, a stocked pond, two shaded playgrounds, 24 pickleball courts and reservable ramadas. Open daily 6am to 10pm.
Phoenix / Around the Valley
Camelback Mountain
The Valley's signature summit hike, 2,704 feet over the Sonoran Desert.
North Valley / Around the Valley
Lake Pleasant Regional Park
The Valley's big blue playground: boating, kayaking and desert coves up north.
Arts & culture
Florence Blvd
The Museum of Casa Grande
A regional-history museum at 110 W. Florence Boulevard with artifacts, archives, photographs and historic properties documenting mining, agriculture, railroad expansion and settlement.
Downtown
Historic Downtown Casa Grande
A railroad-aligned historic district with a walking route of less than three miles past fieldstone and poured-concrete buildings, murals, vintage neon and public art.
Downtown
Casa Grande Art Museum
A working gallery and studio in the middle of the historic downtown, showing local artists and running classes.
Coolidge, about twenty miles east
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
The four storey Hohokam Great House, the first archaeological preserve in the country, and confusingly not in Casa Grande at all.
N Sacaton St
Casa Grande Neon Sign Park
An outdoor museum at 408 N. Sacaton St with 14 vintage neon signs salvaged and restored from historic sites in and around Casa Grande. Run by Casa Grande Main Street, and the signs are lit at night.
Papago Park / Around the Valley
Desert Botanical Garden
50,000 desert plants and rotating shows like the Chihuly glass. Free the 2nd Tuesday monthly.
Phoenix / Around the Valley
Musical Instrument Museum
4,000+ instruments from every country on earth, routinely called the Valley's best museum.
Family fun
Promenade at Casa Grande
Harkins Theatres Casa Grande 14
Fourteen screens at the Promenade, the nearest first-run cinema for the whole area.
Downtown
Casa Grande Public Library
The main branch downtown, with a second at Vista Grande, and the summer programme that fills both.
N Brown Ave
Palm Island Family Aquatic Park
The city pool at 1115 N Brown Avenue, with two zero-depth entries, kids' pools, a recreational pool, water-play features and a large slide. Open seasonally from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Papago Park / Around the Valley
Phoenix Zoo
Arizona's beloved nonprofit zoo, wild since 1962.
Downtown Phoenix / Around the Valley
Arizona Science Center
Hands-on STEM, a planetarium and a five-story screen downtown.
Hours and prices change. Confirm with each spot before you head out. Looking for a bite after? Where to eat in Casa Grande.
Never wonder what to do.
The Casa Grande weekly rounds up what is happening, what is new and what is worth your weekend. Every Friday morning.
