It’s one of Maricopa’s best-kept secrets, even if it’s a massive half-million acres with three federally protected desert wilderness areas.

The trail is a curated collection of national and state parks, observatories, planetariums, and musuems that offer travelers ...

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty. Spanning more than 30,000 acres, this preserve is one of the largest urban preserves in ...

Rodeo season is quickly approaching. Every Tucson parent knows what that means: a day off of school for the kids. : Keep them ...

My body protested against this trek through the Sonoran Desert ... native to and a symbol of the desert (its blossom is the state flower of Arizona). They live long – some can reach 150 to ...

Tucson isn’t Los Angeles, and the patchy saguaro scrubland of the Sonoran Desert isn’t the combustible coastal chaparral of Southern California. But the Old Pueblo does face a growing wildfire ...

FORT MCDOWELL, AZ — At Butcher Jones Recreation Site, you can hike along the shores of Saguaro Lake for sweeping views of the Sonoran Desert. The 5.8-mile out-and-back trail in Tonto National ...

The shady portico of San Xavier del Bac Mission, a whitewashed oasis set against the cactus-studded mountains of the Sonoran Desert, offered a brief reprieve from ... story, sign up for The ...