Goodyear, Arizona
Things to do.
Parks, museums, family days and nights out in Goodyear, plus the Valley icons a short drive away. Something for tonight and something for the weekend.
Outdoors
Southwest Goodyear
Estrella Mountain Regional Park
The first regional park in the county system, nearly 20,000 acres with 33 miles of trails and the only 65-acre grass picnic area in the whole system.
Estrella
Estrella Star Tower
A spiral tower built for desert and mountain views, with water features and picnic space below. Time a visit for sunset.
Estrella
Estrella Foothills Community Park and Pump Track
A dirt pump track with three courses of different difficulty, built for riders learning to keep their pedals still.
Golf Club Dr
Golf Club of Estrella
A Goodyear golf course at 11800 S. Golf Club Drive, one of the in-city courses highlighted by Visit Goodyear.
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
Goodyear Civic Square
Goodyear Public Library at GSQ
The two-story library anchoring the civic side of GSQ, and the most-used indoor public space downtown.
Litchfield Rd
The Bible Museum
A quiet collection of ancient Bibles and biblical artifacts, open weekday hours with group tours by arrangement.
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
Estrella Pkwy
Goodyear Recreation Campus
An 86-acre campus with a 48,000 square foot rec center and an aquatic center with a lap pool and a slide. Rec and aquatics are for residents and their guests.
Estrella Falls
Harkins Estrella Falls 16
Sixteen screens on McDowell, including a 400-seat auditorium with an 80-foot screen and Dolby Atmos.
Litchfield Park, just north
Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park
A zoo, an aquarium and a drive-through safari park on one site, with sea lion and penguin shows through the day.
South Goodyear
Phoenix Goodyear Airport
The city airport runs an 8,500 foot runway and serves as a maintenance and storage base for international airlines, which is why parked airliners are a normal sight here.
N Litchfield Rd
Goodyear Community Park
A city community park at 3151 N Litchfield Road, one of the 17 parks Goodyear runs across the city.
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.
Nightlife & events
Estrella Pkwy
Goodyear Ballpark
The spring training and player development home of the Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds, hosting Cactus League baseball from late February through March.
Estrella
Estrella Lakeside Amphitheater
Outdoor amphitheater set against the lake and the mountains, host to the spring music festival and Ballet Arizona under the stars in autumn.
Goodyear Civic Square
GSQ, Goodyear Civic Square
The city's new downtown, built around city hall, a two-story library and a two-acre park, with restaurants and bars filling in around the plaza.
Hours and prices change. Confirm with each spot before you head out. Looking for a bite after? Where to eat in Goodyear.
Never wonder what to do.
The Goodyear weekly rounds up what is happening, what is new and what is worth your weekend. Every Friday morning.
