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Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre [1] (originally known as the Desert Sky Pavilion and most recently known as Ak-Chin Pavilion) [2] is an amphitheater located in Phoenix, Arizona, which seats 8,106 under a pavilion roof and an additional 12,000 on a hillside behind the main stands. [3]
Saguaro National Park is a national park of the United States in southeastern Arizona.The 92,000-acre (37,000 ha) park consists of two separate areas—the Tucson Mountain District (TMD), about 10 miles (16 km) west of Tucson, and the Rincon Mountain District (RMD), about 10 miles (16 km) east of the city.
The property is a series of buildings scattered throughout a natural desert setting. Built in Tucson near the intersection of Swan Road and Skyline the property is now a museum open to the public. Construction began in 1951 with the open air Mission in the Sun followed by a series of other expressionistic adobe buildings.
Ascending from the desert floor in Tucson to near the summit of Mount Lemmon, the short highway gains over 6,000 ft (1,800 m), showcasing a variety of climates ranging from lowland desert to alpine forests. [2] The name sky island comes from the analogy of these mountains being like islands of forest in a sea of desert. It is designated as a ...
Desert Diamond Casino: Why: Pima: Arizona: Hickiwan: Land-based: Owned by the Tohono Oʼodham Nation; formerly known as Golden Hassan Casino Desert Diamond Casino, Sahuarita: Sahuarita: Pima: Arizona: San Xavier: Land-based: Owned by the Tohono Oʼodham Nation: Desert Diamond Casino–West Valley: Glendale: Maricopa: Arizona: San Lucy: Land ...
Stormy conditions in Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, September 16, brought sheets of rain and flash flooding to some parts of the state, according to local reports, but residents marveled at a ...
The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, 88 kilometers (55 mi) west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona.
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