Camping Is Allowed At 6 Designated Campgrounds Within The Saguaro Wilderness Area, A Permit Is Required For All Overnight Stays.

Wanting to view sunrise, sunset, and cactus, with easy to medium hiking. The 4.9 mile hugh norris trail to 4,687 foot wasson peak, the highest point in the tucson mountains district of saguaro national park, climbs steadily through the saguaro forest to more open, rockier terrain near the summit, gaining 2,130 feet in elevation and affording immense views across 80 miles of the sonoran desert. These are some of the hotels added in the past by our travelers to their saguaro national park itinerary 2 days.

Tucson, Arizona Is Home To The Nation's Largest Cacti.

Botanical gardens/sonoran museum/saguaro national park. The rincon mountain district (saguaro east) opens at 6 am and closes at sunset. If you'd rather leave the winter coats at home, skip the gc and spend your time in phx/tucson which are much warmer.

Arizona > Saguaro National Park > West > Photographs.

The park was upgraded in status from a national monument in 1994,. Compare 210 hotels in tucson using 49719 real guest reviews. If this is your one chance and you really want to see it, by all means go.

A 15 Minute Drive By Car.

Location maps of saguaro national park; The rincon mountain district of saguaro national park ranges from an elevation of 2,670 ft to 8,666 ft and contains 6 biotic communities. Sunsets here are the stuff of poetry the way the light washes the landscape in amber and fiery orange and lingers on the horizon long after you’d think it would have gone to bed.

The Desert Discovery Nature Trail.

The scenery is especially unspoilt and pristine, the path. View along the bajada loop drive. Saguaro national park is like two natural bookends for tucson that are 30 miles apart.