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Prescott, Arizona
Park once, walk everywhere
Things to do in Prescott
Leave the car in your carport. Downtown starts three blocks up Montezuma Street.
On foot
Walk to it
3 blocks north
Whiskey Row
The 100 block of South Montezuma, facing the courthouse. Rebuilt in brick after the 1900 fire and still lined with saloons.
Facing the Row
Courthouse Plaza
Lawn and elm trees at the center of town. Concerts, festivals and holiday lights all happen here.
Walk 120 S Cortez St
Web Plaza events
On the Row
The Palace
Opened in 1877 and Arizona's oldest continuously operating saloon. The carved Brunswick bar survived the fire.
On the Row
Matt's and Jersey Lilly
A real honky tonk with a big dance floor, and a balcony bar over the plaza upstairs in the Palace building.
Gurley Street
Sharlot Hall Museum
Territorial Arizona across a campus of original buildings, including the 1864 Governor's Mansion.
Gurley Street
Elks Theatre
A restored 1905 opera house a block east of the plaza, with live music, shows and film.
Eat and drink
Meadery, Raven and Bill's
Mead on Gurley, a rooftop patio on Cortez, and pizza by the slice a block off the plaza.
Saturday mornings
Farmers Market
Year round in the Dignity Health lot on Iron Springs Road, a short drive from downtown. Earlier hours April to October.
Into the night
Whiskey & Ivory
Dueling pianos on the Row, upstairs above Matt's. Thursday to Sunday, and an easy walk home to your room.
Walk 112 S Montezuma St
Web Visit website
Ten minutes out
Lakes and trails
Prescott National Forest wraps around town. City lakes charge $5 for parking.
10 min north
Watson Lake and the Dells
Granite boulders around green water, shoreline trails and kayak rentals in season. $5 parking.
10 min west
Thumb Butte
The landmark you can see from the plaza. A two-mile loop with the climb up front. $5 day use, free on Wednesdays.
Off Watson Lake
Peavine Trail
A flat rail-trail through the Granite Dells. Easy, wide and good with kids or a dog.
Web Trail map
10 min south
Goldwater Lake
Picnic ramadas and kayak rentals in season under the pines. $5 parking.
Southeast of town
Lynx Lake
Quiet, forested and good for a canoe, with a shoreline trail all the way around.
20 min northwest
Granite Basin
More serious hiking under Granite Mountain, with a small lake at the bottom.
Make a day of it
Day trips
Under an hour
Jerome
A copper mining town on a hillside, full of galleries and tasting rooms.
About an hour
Verde Canyon Railroad
A four-hour ride from Clarkdale through a canyon with no road access. Book ahead.
About 1 hr 15
Sedona
Red rock country. Go on a weekday if you can, and start at the visitor center in Uptown.
The year in Prescott
Plan around these
Late April or early May: Whiskey Off-Road bike race takes over Montezuma Street.
Around July 4: Prescott Frontier Days and the World's Oldest Rodeo. Book early.
Summer: Free concerts on the plaza.
Early December: Christmas Parade and the Courthouse Lighting.
New Year's Eve: The Whiskey Row Boot Drop.
503 S Montezuma St
Prescott, AZ 86303
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