Index

There are all sorts of things to see, do, hear,
touch, taste, experience, and absorb that
make southern Arizona special in the world! 
What are your interests?  CLICK for more ...

Some of the GEMS (jewels, treasures)
of Tucson and southern Arizona!

Cities: 
Benson ... Bisbee ... Douglas ... Marana ... 
Nogales ... Oro_Valley ... Safford ... 
Sierra_Vista ...Tucson ... Willcox

Towns: 
Ajo ... Amado ... Arivaca ... Dragoon ... Elfrida ... 
Elgin ... Eloy ... Green_Valley ... Huachuca_City ... 
Hereford ... Lowell ... Oracle ... Palominas ... 
Patagonia ... Portal ... Rio_Rico ... Sahuarita ... 
Saint_David ... San_Manuel ... Sasabe ... Sells ... 
Sonoita ... South_Tucson ... Summerhaven ... 
Tanque_Verde ... Tombstone ... Tubac ... 
Tumacacori ... Vail ... Whetstone ... 
Warren ... Why

Counties: 
Cochise ... Graham ... Pima ... Pinal ... Santa Cruz

Attractions: 
Baseball ... Basketball ... Bicycling ... Birding ... 
Cactus ... Camping ... Canyons ... Cars ... 
Casinos ... Caverns ... Children ... Churches ... 
Cemeteries ... Collage ... 
Community_Colleges ... Dark_Sky_Parks ... 
Deserts ... Downtown_Tucson ... 
Dude_Ranches ... Education ... Entertainment ... 
Fairs ... Fauna ... Festivals ... Fishing ... 
Flora ... Food ... Football ... 
Forests ... Fourth Avenue ... Funky ... 
Ghost_Towns ... Golf ... Haunted_Places ...
Hiking ... Hispanic ... Historic ... 
Holiday_Season ... Horses ...
Information ... Lakes ... 
Libraries ... Live Cameras ... Maps ... 
Mexico ... Military ... Minerals ... Mining ... 
Mountains ... Movie_Sites ... Murals ... 
Museums ... Music ... 
National_Conservation_Areas ... 
National_Forests ... National_Historic_Sites ... 
National_Monuments ... National_Parks ... 
National_Wildlife_Refuges ... 
Native_American_Heritage ... 
Nature_Preserves ... Nightlife ... 
Observatories ... Organizations ... Parks ... 
Picnic_Areas ... Publications ... 
Railroads ... Religious ... 
Reptiles ... Restaurants ... Resorts ... 
Retirement_Communities ... Riparian_Areas ... 
Rivers ... Rock_Climbing ... Rodeo ... 
Running ... Saguaros ... Scenic_Views ... 
Science ... Shopping ... Skiing ... Snakes ... 
Soccer ... Spas ... Sports ... Stars ... 
State_Parks ... Space_Exploration ... 
Spanish_Heritage ... Special_Events ... 
Statues ... Sunsets ... Swimming ... 
Technology ... Theaters ... Trails ... 
Transportation ... 
University_of_Arizona ... Unique ...Valleys ... 
Vegetation ... Visitor_Centers ... Walking ... 
Waterfalls ...Wild West ... Wildlife Refuges ... 
Wine ... World-Class ... Zoos

Streets and Roads: 
Alvernon Road ... North/South
Barraza-Aviation Parkway Stravenue ...
A stravenue is a type of road particular
only to Tucson and runs
"diagonally between and intersects
a Street and an Avenue."
[There are 40-some in Tucson.]
Broadway Boulevard ... The east-west "main drag"
in Tucson ...pairs with Congress Street downtown
Campbell Avenue ... Noth/South
Church Avenue ... N/S
Congress Street ... Pairs with Broadway Boulevard
in downtown Tucson
Court Avenue ... N/S
Craycroft Road ... N/S
Fourth Avenue ... N/S
Golf Links Road ... E/W
Houghton Road ... N/S
Ina Road ... East/West
Kolb Road ... N/S
Oracle Road ... N/S
Orange Grove Road ... E/W
River Road ... E/W
Sixth Avenue ... N/S
Sixth Street ... E/W
Skyline Drive ... E/W
Speedway Boulevard ... The longest
east-west road in Tucson
Swan Road ... N/S
Tanque Verde Road ... E/W
Valencia Road ... E/W
Wilmot Road ... N/S

Highways:
Highway 77 ... Tucson, Oro Valley, Catalina, Oracle
to Globe
Highway 80 ... Benson, Saint David, intersect
with Highway 90, Tombstone, Bisbee, Douglas, Portal
to New Mexico
Highway 82 ... Nogales, Patagonia, Sonoita,
Whetstone, Tombstone
Highway 83 ... Vail, Sonoita, Canelo
Highway 86 ... Tucson, Sells, Why
Highway 90 ... Benson, Whetstone, Huachuca City,
Sierra Vista, Fort Huachuca, intersect with Highway 80
Highway 92 ... Sierra Vista, Palominas, Lowell
Highway 191 ... Safford, Willcox, I-10, Willcox Playa,
Cochise, Sunsites, Elfrida, Douglas
Interstate Highway 10 ... From California to
Phoenix, Casa Grande, Eloy, Marana, Tucson,
South Tucson, Vail, Benson, Willcox, Bowie,
San Simon to New Mexico
Interstate Highway 19 ... Tucson, Sahuarita,
Green Valley, Amado, Tubac, Tumacacori,
Rio Rico, Nogales
Mount Lemmon Highway ... Tucson, Tanque Verde,
Summerhaven ... also known as Catalina Highway

[NOTE: This is an ever-growing work in process!!
The more we find, the more we know we have
to find! Stop back every now and then
and see how we're doing!]