Discover the Tucson & Southern
Region of Arizona
Overview       
Cities/Towns & Counties in this Region

Overview
  Arizona's second largest city, Tucson, lies in a desert valley and is surrounded by mountain ranges. It is a city of contrasts, just like the Southern Region of Arizona. Both the city and the region are steeped in "old west" history and cultural diversity and the landscape of the area includes giant saguaros, rolling ranchlands, vineyards, underground caverns, rocky canyons with babbling streams, odd rock formations, forests and riparian areas.
  Tucson is home to The Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block where you can see the past and present Native American, Spanish, Mexican and Old West heritages come together. The University of Arizona provides academic opportunities to an already vibrant city, as does the Flandrau Science Center, the Arizona State Museum, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum,  Tohono Chul Park, the Tucson Botanical Gardens, and the Arizona Historical Society Museum.
  Just a short distance out of Tucson there are trail rides and dude ranches, Saguaro National Park, petroglyph sites, the Old Tucson Studios--home of movies and films, gunfights and guided movie tours, the Pima Air and Space Museum, the Titan Missile Museum, the San Xavier del Bac Misson, the Colossal Cave Mountain Park and more.
  Southern Arizona encompasses the "Town Too tough To Die"--Tombstone--where reenactors give visitors a glimpse of the old west and the famous shootout between the Earp Brothers and the Clanton gang at the OK Corral; the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park that keeps the trek of Juan Bautista de Anza alive; the Tumacacori National Historical Park with the remains of the first mission church in Arizona, San Jose de Tumacacori and the story of Father Kino and the O'odham people is told; Nogales, a popular border crossing town where you can park your car and walk across to the shops and restaurants of Mexico; the vineyards and wineries of Patagonia, Sonoita and Elgin; Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, still an active military base and once home to the famous Buffalo Soldiers; the copper mining town turned artist village of Bisbee; the Kartchner Caverns State Park with it's fascinating mineral formations, and much, much more.
  Public lands, National and State Parks include: Chiricahua National Monument, Coronado National Memorial; Fort Bowie National Historic Site; Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area; Ironwood Forest National Monument; Las Cienegas National Conservation Area; Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument; Saguaro National Park; San Pedro riparian National Conservation Area; Tumacacori National Historic Park; Coronado National Forest; Baboquivari Peak, Redfield Canyon; Catalina State Park; Kartchner Caverns State Park; Oracle State Park; Patagonia Lake State Park; Picacho Peak State Park; Roper Lake State Park; Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park and Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.


Cities/Towns & Counties in this Region:
 Including Ajo, Amado, Arizona City, Benson, Bisbee, Bowie, Catalina, Clifton, Douglas, Duncan, Elgin, Eloy, Globe, Green Valley, Hayden, Huachuca City, Mammoth, Marana, Miami, Morenci, Nogales, Oracle, Oro Valley, Patagonia, Pima, Rio Rico, Safford, Sahuarita, Saint David, San Manuel, Sells, Sierra Vista, Sonoita, South Tucson, Thatcher, Tombstone, Tubac, Tucson, Willcox, and Winkelman.