2013 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide - (Page 58)

COWBOY CULTURE The disputed mine claims, family feuds and vast cattle-grazing spreads of southeast Arizona helped create the enduring legends of the Old West. They’re still enshrined here, both in fact and ﬁction. At Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, for example, you can get the lowdown on the OK Corral showdown. For cowboy ﬁlm buffs, there’s Old Tucson, built in 1939 for the ﬁlming of Arizona, and the Rex Allen Museum in Willcox, celebrating the singing cowboy ﬁlm star. Just want to play cowpoke for a week—or a day? Work cattle and bunk at one of the area’s many guest ranches, go horseback riding in the mountains, chow down in a cowboy-themed steakhouse or do the two-step to live country western bands. OFFBEAT AZ Now a University of Arizona earth sciences research center, Biosphere 2, about 24 miles north of Tucson, earned worldwide notoriety in the early 1990s, when two groups of men and women were sealed into the terrarium-like central enclosure. This experiment in self-sustainability was satirized in the 1996 Pauly Shore comedy Biodome. POPULATION Arizona’s Western movie history comes to life at Old Tucson. ASTRONOMY Clear nights, dry air and abundant mountain ranges— not to mention ordinances against light pollution in Tucson—make Southern Arizona some of the most astronomy-friendly real estate on the planet. The observatories on Kitt Peak, Mt. Graham (in North Central Arizona) and Mount Hopkins draw astronomers from around the world. Kitt Peak National BOWIE CATALINA DOUGLAS GREEN VALLEY HUACHUCA CITY MARANA NOGALES 449 7,569 17,378 21,391 1,853 34,961 20,837 S a n t a Cruz Observatory offers nighttime stargazing programs year-round; the others have seasonal daytime tours. Among Southern Arizona’s less formal programs for the star-struck is one at The University of Arizona’s Flandrau Science Center, which also runs astronomy camps for adults and teenagers, and Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, which boasts the state’s largest telescope (32 inches) dedicated to public viewing. Or see how enormous telescope mirrors are crafted at The University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. ARTS & CRAFTS In Tubac, more than 100 galleries and studios line the town’s Spanish-style plazas and meandering 41,011 913 1,260 18,962 25,259 165 2,495 Oracle G ELEVATION (IN FEET) 3,763 3,156 4,009 2,904 4,400 1,991 3,832 ORO VALLEY PATAGONIA PEARCE-SUNSITES RIO RICO SAHUARITA SAN SIMON SELLS 2,543 4,058 5,194 3,553 2,703 1,949 2,388 SIERRA VISTA SONOITA SOUTH TUCSON ST. DAVID TOMBSTONE TUBAC TUCSON WHY WILLCOX 43,888 818 5,652 1,699 1,380 1,191 520,116 167 3,757 Bowie 4,623 4,865 2,425 3,645 4,541 3,225 2,490 1,791 4,167 CITY AJO ARIVACA BENSON BISBEE 3,304 695 5,105 5,575 1,759 3,629 3,586 5,538 85 ? Ajo Why 15 86 AJO RANG Marana ? IRONWOOD TOHONO O'ODHAM PASCUA YAQUI Cortaro SAGUARO 10 Oro Valley Catalina CATALINA MT. LEMMON SANTA C AT MTS ALIN A . 191 10 FT. BOWIE M LI U T S. RO Quijotoa ? 85 ORGAN PIPE CACTUS TucsonSAGUARO ? Willcox Dos Cabezas 86 Sells Topawa I MT S . MTS. SA N TA MTS. RITA Sonoyta, Mexico Lukeville 386 KITT PEAK Vail 19 Green Sahuarita ? 286 Valley ? 83 SIERRITA TOHONO O’ODHAM Benson KARTCHNER ? CAVERNS Dragoon St. David 186 CH 191 MT S. Pearce ? CHIRICAHUA Portal 19 S IV A R Amado Tubac Arivaca TUMACÁCORI MADERA CANYON TUBAC PRESIDIO OQU Sonoita 82 Elgin 90 ? 80 ? 181 Tombstone TOMBSTONE COURTHOUSE LEGEND O BAB 83 STATE HIGHWAYS N O R Sasabe A , M E X 10 INTERSTATE 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 FEDERAL HIGHWAYS O Nogales UC CORONADO Sierra Hereford Bisbee ? A Vista MT S. 90 80 ? 92 Douglas ? INFORMATION CENTERS Nogales, Mexico Agua Prieta, Mexico 58 Arizona 2013 Ofﬁcial State Visitor’s Guide COURTESY OLD TUCSON R. A N CO RIN TS. M DRA E IR I GO ON CAH UA M T S . AC H

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2013 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide
Arizona State Map
Contents
Authentic Arizona, A to Z
Tastes on Tour
Make a Splash
Centers of History & Craft
Statewide Calendar of Events
Phoenix & Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
• RV Parks
Tucson & Southern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
• RV Parks
Northern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
Arizona’s West Coast
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
North Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
Smart Traveler
Arizona Visitor Centers
Arizona Mileage Map

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