Saguaro National Park Trail
Your out of town guests, coming to your wedding, may want to visit one of our closest attractions, “Saguaro National Park”. The Park’s entrance is around two miles North of “Saguaro Buttes” on Old Spanish Trail. Check out the Park’s web site (Click Here). The Park has a Visitor’s Center and a 8.3 mile paved road that you can either drive with your car or ride a bike through. (Pictured to the right top with the red/yellow line.) It also has miles of hiking trails, and some of the most beautiful views in Southern Arizona.Wikipedia has this article on the park. “What is unique about this park is that it starts off in the Sonoran Desert and gradually gives way to a montane coniferous forest of the Rincon Mountains. The highest peak in this range is Mica Mountain, at an elevation of 8,666 feet (2641 m). While this side of the park has fewer Saguaros than its counterpart they remain larger in size, due to higher amounts of rainfall and run off from the Rincon Mountains. The key feature of this district is its 8.3-mile (13.4 km) loop, which connects its two picnic areas and central trails. Recently after a lengthy road improvement project, and refurbishment of the Visitor Center, the Rincon District is fully open once more. Hiking on this side of the park is readily accessible to visitors. There are trail heads present at the east end of Speedway and Broadway, but these trail heads are commonly used by horses and get heavy usage on the weekends. Off the park’s loop road there are several additional trail heads. Each Visitor Center will supply a map of hiking trails on request.” The picture on the bottom shows the park in the background as a wedding is taking place.
Dave Hallstrom | Saguaro Buttes
