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Sabino Canyon Review
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Sabino Canyon
Nature Preserves, Foothills
Fodor's Review:
Year-round, but especially in summer, locals flock to Coronado National Forest to hike, picnic, and enjoy the waterfalls, streams, swimming holes, and shade trees. No cars are allowed, but a narrated tram ride (about 45 minutes round-trip) takes you up a WPA-built road to the top of the canyon; you can hop off and on at any of the nine stops or hike any of the numerous trails. There's also a shorter tram ride to adjacent Bear Canyon, where a much more rigorous but rewarding hike leads to the popular Seven Falls (it'll take about 1 1/2 hours each way from the drop-off point, so carry plenty of water). If you're in Tucson near a full moon, take the special night tram and watch the desert come alive with nocturnal critters.
INFO
- Address: Sabino Canyon Rd. at Sunrise Dr., Foothills, Tucson, AZ
- Phone: 520/749-2861 recorded tram information; 520/749-8700 visitor center
- Web site
- Cost: $5 per vehicle per day or $20 for an annual pass, includes Mount Lemmon; tram $5; Bear Canyon tram $3
- Open: Visitor center weekdays 8-4:30, weekends 8:30-4:30; call for tram schedules
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