Arizona
Desert temples of the American Southwest
Documented Sacred Sites 20
Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park
A consecrated 36-foot Tibetan Buddhist enlightenment stupa nestled beneath the red rock spires of Sedona.
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Arizona Buddhist Temple
The oldest Buddhist sanctuary in Arizona, providing spiritual refuge and cultural fellowship since 1933.
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Canyon de Chelly & Spider Rock
A sacred Diné landscape where 750-foot sandstone spires and cliff dwellings embody thousands of years of spiritual lineage.
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Chapel of the Holy Cross
A modernist Catholic sanctuary seamlessly integrated into the dramatic red rock spires of Sedona.
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Gilbert Arizona Temple
A modern sanctuary of serenity in Arizona, featuring a neoclassical spire and desert-inspired motifs.
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Historic Temple Beth Israel
The pioneer 1922 sanctuary that anchored Jewish communal life in Phoenix and became a historic multi-faith sanctuary.
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Huhugam Heritage Center & Sacred Ancestral Lands
A living sovereign sanctuary and sacred repository honoring the ancestral Huhugam and the enduring Himdag.
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Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona
A traditional South Indian Agamic sanctuary dedicated to Lord Ganesha in the desert of Maricopa.
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Mesa Arizona Temple
A Neoclassical sanctuary in the desert, renowned for its historic friezes and legacy of gathering nations.
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Mesa Grande Cultural Park
An ancient Hohokam ceremonial mound and civic engine at the heart of prehistoric Sonoran Desert civilization.
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Mission San Xavier del Bac
The White Dove of the Desert and a landmark of Spanish Colonial architecture in North America.
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Montezuma Castle & Montezuma Well
A sacred place of emergence and ancient limestone cliff sanctuary in the Verde Valley.
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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Chapel
Historic English Chapel-Gothic sanctuary crafted from native volcanic stone in downtown Flagstaff.
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Phoenix Arizona Temple
A sanctuary of peace and eternal covenants set against the Sonoran Desert in North Phoenix.
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San Francisco Peaks (Doko'oo'sliid)
A revered sacred mountain range and spiritual pillar held sacred by 13 Southwestern Indigenous nations.
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Snowflake Arizona Temple
A sacred high-desert sanctuary uniting pioneer heritage with Native American culture in the Christian Latter-day Saint tradition.
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St. Mary's Basilica
The oldest Catholic parish in Phoenix and Arizona's only Minor Basilica.
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The Gila Valley Arizona Temple
A sacred sanctuary fulfilling a century-old prophecy in southeastern Arizona.
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Tucson Arizona Temple
A sacred sanctuary blending Southwestern Art Deco aesthetics with local Sonoran Desert heritage.
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Wupatki Pueblo
An ancient Ancestral Puebloan red sandstone sanctuary built over geological earthcracks in the high desert.
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