Arizona 2011 Official Visitor's Guide - (Page 53)

GE Ajo N 15 86 AJO RANG Marana 10 Cortaro IRONWOOD TOHONO O'ODHAM PASCUA YAQUI Oro Valley Catalina CATALINA MT. LEMMON Oracle SANTA C AT MTS ALIN A . CORONADO NAT’L FOREST G al R. CORONADO NAT’L FOREST 191 Bowie Why TA L M IU T S. RO A SAGUARO Quijotoa ORGAN PIPE CACTUS 85 TucsonSAGUARO TOHONO O’ODHAM Willcox Dos Cabezas Dragoon St. David 10 FT. BOWIE N CO RIN TS. M 86 Sells Topawa I MT S . MTS. SA N TA MTS. RITA Sonoyta, Mexico Lukeville KITT PEAK 386 Vail 19 Sahuarita Green 286 Valley 83 SIERRITA Amado Tubac Arivaca TUMACÁCORI Benson KARTCHNER CAVERNS 186 CH 191 S. DRA IV A R OQU O BAB E Pearce CHIRICAHUA IR I Portal GO ON CAH 19 S MADERA CANYON TUBAC PRESIDIO Sonoita 82 Elgin 90 80 181 UA M T S . Tombstone TOMBSTONE COURTHOUSE MT LEGEND 83 STATE HIGHWAYS N O R Sasabe A , M E X 10 INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS FEDERAL HIGHWAYS INDIAN RESERVATIONS NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS STATE PARKS POINTS OF INTEREST Rio Rico Huachuca Patagonia City HU 191 Apache 12 INDIAN ROADS SCENIC ROADS I C PATAGONIA LAKE 60 O Nogales CORONADO Sierra Hereford Bisbee UC A Vista MT S. 90 80 AC H 92 Douglas ? INFORMATION CENTERS Nogales, Mexico Agua Prieta, Mexico LORRAINE DARCONTE OFFBEAT AZ A rich part of the state’s cultural history is celebrated in Ramsey Canyon at the Arizona Folklore Preserve. Created by Dolan Ellis, Arizona’s official state balladeer, the preserve showcases performances by Ellis and other folk artists on the weekend. www.arizonaguide.com 53 NORMA JEAN GARGASZ The 18th-century attacks on Spanish settlements that gave rise to the presidios continued into the 1860s, when the US Army built Fort Bowie to protect a Butterfield Stage station from the Chiricahua Apaches. It was the Apaches who gave the allblack regiments trained at Fort Huachuca the respectful name of Buffalo Soldiers; a museum at this still-active post in Sierra Vista details their story. Another bulwark against Apache attacks, Tucson’s Fort Lowell highlights late 19th-century military life. Also in Tucson, the Pima Air & Space Museum counts rare World War II aircraft among its collection of historic flying machines. At the Titan Missile Museum, just south of Tucson, you can descend into the control center of the only one of the country’s 54 Titan misq Pima Air & siles that wasn’t destroyed by Space Museum, treaty with the Soviets. Tucson Military History DAN CONWAY BIRDWATCHING With almost 500 migrating species making rest stops at its ecologically diverse Sky Islands, southeastern Arizona ranks as one of the United States’ five top birdwatching spots. Top avian havens include the Madera Canyon Recreation Area, featuring some 200 miles m Spot hundreds of bird species, such as this wren of scenic trails; the (above left), at Ramsey Canyon Preserve. Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, protecting a rare waterside habitat; Ramsey Canyon Preserve, known for its hummingbirds; and the Willcox Playa Wildlife Area, with its annual sandhill crane gathering. Sierra Vista makes a great base for birding day trips—several nearby B&Bs are especially birder friendly. http://www.arizonaguide.com

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