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There's more general info in the
Local Links pages below.
Outdoors
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Tucson Mountain Park... a spectacular viewpoint that leads
to a fantastic saguaro forest, on the way to Saguaro Natl. Park West
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Arizona Chapter Sierra Club outings list
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Arizona Chapter Sierra Club trail guide
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Southern Arizona Hiking Club
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Tucson Metro Area Hikes (from localhikes.com)
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Pima County Parks Map: scroll down to see the list of trailheads.
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The Catalina Mountains, on the north side of Tucson, are cool spots that
rise to over 9,000 feet (3000 meters) at Mount Lemmon.
The highway is an interesting drive.
After the big fires in 2002 and 2003, though, some parts are barren.
The
Santa Catalina Ranger District website has more info.
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Saguaro National Park,
on both the west and east sides of Tucson
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Sabino Canyon
(tour
from UofA library)
and other canyons are green places on the edge of town with great
hiking (and strolling, and sitting, and...).
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Tucson
Parks and Recreation, including the
Reid Park Zoo,
free outdoor concerts from the
Tucson Pops Orchestra,
and a lot of other activities all through the year (listed in
local newspapers).
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Tohono Chul Park,
desert gardens with wakling trails, a tea room and a gift shop.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum,
west of Tucson, is all about the Sonoran Desert:
exhibits (indoors and out), naturalists, walking trails,
restaurants too...
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Sundials,
a page I found listing sundials in the US.
You'll find Tucson if you scroll down to the Arizona section.
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The Arizona Trail, a 790-mile
trail between the northern and southern borders of Arizona, runs near
Tucson.
It's not finished (see the
map),
but it's coming along.
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Tucson Horseshoe Club
(I don't attend, but it's a unique spot in Reid Park)
Outside Tucson
- The Arizona Wine Growers
Association website lists vineyards being developed as well as
ones already there.
Arizona has some great wineries, like Callaghan Vineyards and
Dos Cabezas -- both in the Sonoita area.
- An exposé on The Thing (warning: has spoiler!), the tourist attraction on I-10 southeast of Tucson
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