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Boyce Thompson Arboretum is on U.S. Highway 60, an hour's drive east from Phoenix and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Superior, Arizona. The arboretum has a visitor center, gift shop, research offices, greenhouses, a demonstration garden, picnic area, and a looping 1.5-mile (2.4 km) primary trail that leads visitors through various exhibits and ...
The Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a 323-acre (1.31 km 2) botanical collection that includes a wide range of habitats and a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) walking trail. Founded in 1924, the arboretum is the largest and oldest botanical garden in Arizona.
April 10, 1878. Post Office closed. November 28, 1891. Pinal or Pinal City is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was populated from the 1870s into the 1890s, in what was then the Arizona Territory. The Boyce Thompson Arboretum is said to be on the site of Pinal City. [ 2 ] Only a few foundations remain at the ...
2 miles west of Superior on U.S. Route 60 33°16′21″N 111°09′27″W / 33.2725°N 111.1575°W / 33.2725; -111.1575 ( Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum Superior
South Mountain Park preserves in a natural state a mountainous area of 16,283 acres (65.89 km 2) or approximately 25.5 sq mi (66 km 2) of native desert vegetation. Originally called Phoenix Mountain Park, it was formed in 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge sold its initial 13,000 acres (53 km 2) to the city of Phoenix for $17,000.
Tumacácori National Historical Park. Tumacácori National Historical Park is located in the upper Santa Cruz River Valley in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona. The park consists of 360 acres (1.5 km 2) in three separate units. [4] The park protects the ruins of three Spanish mission communities, two of which are National Historic Landmark sites.
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Arizona. Located in the historic copper mining town of Superior, Arizona, 55 miles east of Phoenix. Viveros de Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. Viveros de Coyoacán is a 38.9-hectare arboretum and park in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City that was built in 1901 and opened to the public in the 1930s.
The ecosystem within the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge is situated in an ecotone (transition zone) between Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert ecoregions, increasing diversity of plant species present within it, There are few places in the Arizona deserts where one can view saguaro cacti forests, wetland broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia) stands, and cottonwood woodlands in a ...