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Visit Arizona’s second-largest city, a UNESCO City of Gastronomy and a year-round outdoor playground. You can be secluded or social in Tucson. The city’s central core is a vibrant area with the University of Arizona, Fourth Avenue and a lively downtown.
Explore Southern Arizona’s sky islands in Coronado National Forest. Mount Lemmon is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains, topping out at more than 9,000 feet. Visit this mountain retreat to cool off in the warmer months and to enjoy a snowy playground in winter.
Explore Southern Arizona’s underground spectacle just south of Benson off Highway 90. This massive limestone cavern was discovered in 1974 but kept a secret until all protections were in place for Arizona State Parks to open the living cave to the public in 1999.
From the abundance of Saguaro cactuses and unique wildlife in the Sonoran Desert to the high country and forests of the White Mountains to the breathtaking Grand Canyon, Arizona’s regions are full of experiences that don’t disappoint.
See giant symbols of the Southwest in the only place where saguaros grow in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson. Saguaro National Park protects the Sonoran Desert’s signature cactuses in vast areas that attract visitors from around the world.
On the northeast edge of Tucson, Sabino Canyon is a popular gateway to outdoor adventures in the Santa Catalina Mountains. When locals look at the majestic Santa Catalinas from the valley floor, they often dream about hiking and biking in Sabino Canyon.
Located in southern Arizona's Cochise County, historic Tombstone embraces its Wild West roots. The Tombstone of today brings history to life with daily re-creations, actors in period garb and preservation of landmarks. It’s authentic and beloved, and you can’t help but to have fun with it.
First-Timer's Guide to the World's Largest Gem Show. Drawing crowds from around the world, the Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase offers gems, of course—rare, beautiful, loose, fitted and finished in jewelry—but there's so much more to this annual mega-event.
Visit the ancestral lands of people who continue to thrive in the vast deserts southwest of Tucson. The Tohono O’Odham Nation is the second largest American Indian tribe in the state (second only to the Navajo Nation ), spanning a vast area from south of Casa Grande all the way into Sonora, Mexico.
At a higher elevation than the Tucson area to the north, Madera Canyon invites hikers to enjoy year-round adventuring in cool, shaded hills. The canyon forms a deep, wooded ravine on the northwest face of the Santa Ritas, one of the sky-island mountain ranges of Southern Arizona.