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Gates Pass is a mountain pass along the crest of the Tucson Mountains. The road through the pass is a scenic route west of Tucson, Arizona. The road from the east is West Anklam Road which merges with West Speedway Boulevard in the city just east of North Camino De Oeste. West of the pass the road is known as Saguaro Road and continues until it ...
Sabino Canyon is a significant canyon located in the Santa Catalina Mountains [ 1] and the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. Sabino Canyon is a popular recreation area for residents and visitors of Southern Arizona, providing a place to walk, hike or ride. Minutes away from the desert are large waterfalls along ...
Tumamoc Hill ( O'odham: Cemamagĭ Doʼag) is a butte [ 1] located immediately west of "A" Mountain and downtown Tucson, Arizona. It is home to many radio, television, and public safety transmitters. The 860-acre ecological reserve and U.S. National Historic Landmark was established by the Carnegie Institution in 1903. [ 2]
Mission San Xavier del Bac ( Spanish: La Misión de San Xavier del Bac) is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation. The mission was founded in 1692 by Padre Eusebio Kino [ 1] in the center of a centuries-old settlement of the ...
State Route 79 Pinal Pioneer Parkway SR 79 highlighted in red; SR 79 Bus. in blue Route information Maintained by ADOT Length 58.40 mi (93.99 km) Existed 1992–present History The entire route is a former section of US 80 and US 89 Tourist routes Historic US 80 Major junctions South end SR 77 / Historic US 80 in Oracle Jct. Major intersections SR 287 in Florence US 60 in Florence Jct. North ...
Tohono Chul (aka Tohono Chul Park) is a botanical garden, nature preserve, and cultural museum located in Casas Adobes, a suburb of Tucson, Arizona. The words "tohono chul" translate as "desert corner" and are borrowed from the language of the Tohono O’odham, the indigenous people of southern Arizona. The mission of Tohono Chul is to connect ...
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Sonoran (increase) NRHP reference No. 76000378 and 96000754 [1] Added to NRHP. July 30, 1976 (original) July 05, 1996 (increase) Armory Park Historic Residential District is a historic district in Tucson, Arizona. It was listed on the NRHP in 1976 and the district boundaries were increased in ...
Sun Circle. / 32.301024; -111.0075825. The Sun Circle is a sculpture located within the Rillito River Park, a Pima County linear park running along the banks of the Rillito River north of Tucson, Arizona. Inspired by the archaeoastronomy of the southwestern United States Ancestral Puebloans in locations such as Chaco Canyon, Sun Circle uses ...