Desert dwellers have known this to be a special place for millennia and today's inhabitants feel the same, enjoying the wide open spaces, the dark night skies, and the peace and quiet that the Tucson Mountains provide.īut also out on this range, you will find two of Tucson's most famous destinations, each distinctly different but equally entrancing. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum houses native plant and animal species in a setting that is as much part of nature as it is man-made. Tucson's west side is home to the picturesque mountains that shares the city's name holding in their grasp desert trails, ancient petroglyphs and towering forests of cacti that make up Saguaro National Park West. Westside Amazing sunsets, unusual wildlife and the locations of your favorite Westerns, are all found here.
