ROAD TRIP IDEAS
You could easily spend a ton of time exploring the state! I organized these by the order that would make a more timely (and sequential) sense and then broke them up into a 4 day NORTHERN PATH (towards Vegas) or a 4 day SOUTHERN PATH (towards Mexico).
JEROME, AZ
2 hr drive from Tempe | Take Loop 202 to I-17 N — exit AZ-260 W/Finnie Flat Rd in Camp Verde, follow signs towards Jerome
SEDONA, AZ
2 hr drive from Tempe | Take Loop 202 to I-17 N — Take I-17 N to AZ-179 and AZ-89A and follow signs to Sedona
GRAND CANYON | Southern Rim
4.5 hr drive from Tempe | Take Loop 202 to I-17 N towards Flagstaff. At the I-40 Interchange, go west toward Williams, AZ.
TUCSON | Casino del Sol
1.5 hour drive SOUTH from Tempe | Take I-10 south to Tucson, take exit 95 from I-19 S towards Valencia Rd.
TUCSON | Loews Resort
2 hour drive SOUTH from Tempe | Take I-10 south to Tucson, take exit 250 towards Mirana | 30 minutes from downtown Tucson