Showing posts with label NP Saguaro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NP Saguaro. Show all posts

West Side of Saguaro National Park

 We were in Tuscon in June for a wedding so it was too hot to do much outside in the middle of the day.  We did a quick drive through the west side of the national park.


















East Side of Saguaro National Park - Sunrise & Sunset

 Our Airbnb was only 3 miles from the entrance of the park











 Gate opened at 5:30 am











2 Arizona Itineraries from Phoenix


Phoenix & North

  • Papago Park - hike, Hole in the Rock
  • Cleveland Guardians spring training game
  • Apache Trail - rough drive.  Be sure to from west to east on the trail. That way you are on the inside of the road that has no guard rails and is almost one lane at times. 
  • Organ Stop Pizza

Sedona

  • Chapel of the Holy Cross
  • Airport Vista – great for sunset
  • Airport Summit View
  • Fay Canyon
  • Coffee Pot Rock hike

 

Flagstaff – good central location for Grand Canyon & Petrified Forest/Painted Desert

Grand Canyon NP

  • Overlooks
  • South Kaibab Trail
  • Desert View

 

Route 66 - Winslow

 

Petrified Forest NP

  • Agate Bridge
  • Blue Mesa
  • Pueblo

 

Painted Desert NP

Overlooks

 

South of Phoenix - Tucson

Pinal Airpark – commercial airplane “boneyard”

Saguaro NP West Entrance - Bajada Loop Drive, Valley View overlook, Signal Hill Trail, Petroglyphs

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum – animals, botanicals

Saguaro NP East Entrance – drive & short hikes

Tanque Verde Falls Trail

Drive up Mt Lemmon – giant cookie

Garden of Gethsemane

Historical Tucson walking tour

Sentinel Peak – Hike to the A

San Xavier Del Bac Mission

Titan Mission Museum


Tucson - Saguaro National Park - East Entrance AZ

 We mainly just did the scenic drive through the east part of Saguaro.  We walked around the visitor some and stopped at scenic view & hiked around a little.








Tucson - Saguaro National Park - West Entrance AZ

 We spent a few hours exploring the west entrance of Saguaro National Park

Bajada Loop Drive

Valley View Overlook trail




Signal Hill Trail - Petroglyphs





Discovery Trail at Visitor Center



 We drove back to see Pinal Airpark - commercial airplane storage

 Picacho Peak - on the drive between Phoenix & Tucson