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There are all sorts of things to see, do, hear, touch, smell, taste, experience, and absorb that make Tucson and southern Arizona a unique place in the world! ... WhereAZ.com features "Snapshot Sketches and Summary Snippets" to highlight this special area ... For a little STROLL-AROUND, just SCROLL-AROUND below ... CLICK ON A SKETCH to see additional details ... Use the INDEX, QUICK DRAW, SETTLEMENTS, or LABELS for more organized options ...

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Arizona Renaissance Festival

Amusement Park Artisan Markets Arts Children Crafts Entertainment Festivals Food Historic Music Pinal County Winter

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- Amusement center featuring shows, jousting, vendors, food, and other activities - Time travel to the greatest party since Camelot - Take a stroll through the colorful Village of Fairhaven where history comes alive with non-stop, day-long, immersive and interactive entertainments - Shop an abundance of arts and crafts in the village open-air Artisan Market - 12601 East US Highway 60, Gold Canyon, Arizona ... north of Tucson, east of Phoenix Website ==> https://arizona.renfestinfo.com/ Map

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Crystal Palace Saloon

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Alpaca

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Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

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Wilbur Wildcat

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Rose Canyon Lake

Birding Camping Canyons Fishing Funky Hiking JimFav Lakes Mount Lemmon Mount Lemmon Highway Mountains Santa Catalina Mountains Scenic Views Summerhaven Walking

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Sonoyta Mud Turtle

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Jeep Tours

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Biosphere 2

Architecture Birding Botanical Gardens Catalina Funky Gems Highway 77 Historic Marana Oracle Oracle Road Oro Valley Pinal County Scenic Views Science Tucson University of Arizona World-Class

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World's First McDonald's Drive-thru

Cochise County Fast Food Food Fry Boulevard Funky Gems Historic Iconic JimFav Restaurants Sierra Vista Trivia World-Class

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San Xavier del Bac Mission

Anza Trail Architecture Christmas Churches Funky Gems Historic Interstate I-19 JimFav LRFP National Historic Sites Old West Religious Seasonal Spirit Stamps Tohono O'odam Tucson World-Class

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Hooded Oriole

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SunLink Modern Streetcar

Broadway Boulevard Congress Street Fourth Avenue Funky Mercado San Augustin Transportation Tucson Tucson-Downtown UA Banner Medical Center University Boulevard University of Arizona

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Narcissus Dubious

Flora Flowers TBG

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Hummingbird Sculpture in the Fiesta de los Animales

Alvernon Way Arts Crafts Grant Road Hispanic JimFav Special Events Tucson Botanical Gardens

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Western Barking Frog

Amphibians Endangered Species Fauna Frogs Gems Monsoon Rare San Pedro River San Pedro Valley Sounds Toads

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Great Horned Owl

Birds Faces Fauna Funky Gems JimFav Nightlife Owls Raptors

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Jim Click

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Sandhill Crane

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Wilma Wildcat

Entertainment Famous People Funky Gems Smiles Sports University of Arizona

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Wyant College of Optical Science

Architecture Astronomy Education Funky Gems JimFav Optics Photonics Schools Science Space Exploration Technology Tucson University of Arizona World-Class

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Billy Goat

Farm Animals Fauna Funky Humor JimFav Smiles

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McKale Basketball Center

Basketball Campbell Avenue Cats Entertainment Funky Gems Sixth Street Sports University of Arizona

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Dillinger Days

Automobiles Congress Street Funky Gangsters January JimFav Special Events Tucson-Downtown Winter

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Fort Lowell Shootout Soccer Tournament

Funky Gems January JimFav Smiles Soccer Special Events Sports Tournaments

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Tucson Auto Museum

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Council Rocks

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University of Arizona Mall and Campus

Arboretums Botanical Gardens Campbell Avenue Entertainment Funky Gems Historic Military Scenic Views Schools Tucson Unique University of Arizona

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Mexican Long-Nosed Bat

Cochise County Fauna Gems Nightlife Rare

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Transamerica Building with the Desert Colossus

Architecture Arts Church Avenue Funky Gems Interstate I-10 JimFav Murals Saint Mary's Road Speedway Boulevard Tucson Tucson-Downtown Unique World-Class

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Wyatt Earp

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El Conquistador Resort

Accommodations Catalina Foothills Golf Highway 77 Hotels Oracle Road Oro Valley Resorts Scenic Views Tucson

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Elephant Head

Amado Arivaca Road Biking Birding Funky Gems Green Valley Hiking Interstate I-19 JimFav Madera Canyon Sahuarita Santa Cruz County Santa Rita Mountains Scenic Views Tubac

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Bison Smile

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Desert Tortoise

Fauna Funky Gems JimFav Reptiles Unique

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Big Horn Sheep Smile

Fauna Gems JimFav Santa Catalina Mountains Smiles

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Saguaro National Park - West

Astro-Trail Backpacking Birding Camping Flora Funky Gems Hiking Hohokam National Monuments National Parks Parks Picnic Areas Saguaro National Park Sonoran Desert Trails Tucson World-Class

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Scorpion

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Rooster

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Zoppe Circus

Children Circus Entertainment Funky January Tucson Tucson-Downtown Winter

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The Loft Cinema

Children Cinema Funky Gems Speedway Boulevard Theaters Tucson

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Copper Queen Hotel

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January 8 Embrace Memorial

Church Avenue Historic Memorials Tucson Tucson-Downtown

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Roper Lake State Park

Birding Boating Camping Fishing Graham County Highway 191 Hiking JimFav Lakes Mount Graham Parks Picnic Areas Safford State Parks Willcox

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Carnivores Cars Casa Adobes Casa Grande Casinos Catalina Catalina Foothills Cats Cattle Caverns Celebrations Cemeteries Center of the Universe Chihuahuan Desert Children Chili Chiricahua Mountains Chiricahua National Monument Christmas Church Avenue Churches Cienagas Cinema Circus Cities City Halls City Parks Clothing Cochise Cochise College Cochise County Cochise Stronghold Collages Comedy Commercial Communications Companies Concerts Congress Street Conservation Conservation Areas Consulate Convenience Stores Convention Center Coolidge Corn Maze Coronado National Forest Court Avenue Courthouses Cowboys Coyotes Crafts Cranes Craters Craycroft Road Creeks Crime Critters Croquet Cuisine Cultural Centers Cycling Dams Dance Dangerous Dark Sky Parks Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Deaf December Deer DeGrazia Deserts Diets Discounts Dogs Domesticated Animals Dos Cabezas Mountains Double Adobe Douglas Dragoon Dragoon Mountains Dude Ranches Economic Development Economy Education Eggs El Presidio District Electricity Elfrida Elgin Elm Street Eloy Endangered Species Entertainment Entrepreneurial Environmental Organizations Equestrains Ethnic Event Space Faces Fairs Fall Famous People Fantasy Farm Animals Farmers' Markets Farming Fast Food Fauna February Federal Fellowship Festivals Fireworks First Avenue Fishing Fitness Centers Flora Florence Flowers Flowing Wells Folk Arts Folklore Food Football Forests Fort Huachuca Fort Lowell Road Foundation Fourth Avenue Frogs Fruits Fry Boulevard Funkolicious Bisbee Funky Galiuro Mountains Gambling Gangsters Gardening Gardens Gems Geologically Interesting Geronimo Ghost Towns Gifts Glenn Street Golf Golf Links Road Government Graham County Grande Avenue Grant Road Grapes Grasslands Green Valley Halloween Hamburgers Harrison Road Hauchuca City Haunted Places Health Clubs Hereford High Schools Highway 181 Highway 186 Highway 191 Highway 286 Highway 77 Highway 79 Highway 80 Highway 82 Highway 83 Highway 85 Highway 86 Highway 90 Highway 92 Hiking Hispanic Historic Historical Markers History Hobbies Hockey Hohokam Holiday Season Horses Hospitals Hot Air Balloons Hot Dogs Hot Springs Hotels Houghton Road Houses Housing Huachuca City Huachuca Mountains Hummingbirds Humor IBA Iconic Ina Road Industry Information Innovation Insects Inspirational Institutions International Interstate I-10 Interstate I-19 Irvington Road Jaguars January Jeep Jewelry JimFav Jogging Journalism July June Kartchner Caverns Kinney Road Kino Kino Parkway Kino Springs Kolb Road Lakes Landmark Lawmen Legal Libraries Live Cameras Live Performances Livestock Lizards Lodges Lottery Lounges Lowell LRFP Lukeville Madera Canyon Main Avenue Malls Mammals Manufacturing Maps Marana March Maricopa County Marketing Mascots May McNeal Medical Medicinal Meditation Memorials Mental Relaxation Mercado San Augustin Mexico Mileposts Military Minerals Mining Monsoon Monuments Mormon Mount Graham Mount Lemmon Mount Lemmon Highway Mountain Biking Mountains Movie Sites Movie Stars Murals Museums Music Naco National Conservation Areas National Forests National Historic Sites National Memorials National Monuments National Observatory National Parks National Scenic Trail National Wildlife Refuges Native American Heritage Nature Conservancy Nature Preserves Neighborhoods News Nightlife Nogales November Nursery Observatories Ocean October Oddity Offices Old Bisbee Old Tucson Old West OLLI Optics Oracle Oracle Junction Oracle Road Orchards Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Organizations Oro Valley Ostriches Overviews Owls Palominas Pantano Road Park Avenue Park Place Parking Lots Parks Parties Patagonia Peacock Pecans Peloncillo Mountains Penaleno Mountains Pennington Street People Pests Petroglyphs Pets Petting Zoo Phoenix Photography Photonics Picacho Peak Picnic Picnic Areas Pima Community College Pima County Pinal County Pinaleño Mountains Pizza Plants Playgrounds Poetry Police Ponds Portal Post Offices Pottery Power Prickly Pear Promotions Publications Publicity Puerto Peñasco Pumpkin Patches Pusch Ridge Raccoons Racing Radio Railroad Ramsey Canyon Ranching Raptors Rare Reclamation Recreation Red Rock Redington Road Refreshments Reid Park Relaxing Religious Renewable Energy Reptiles Research Resorts Restaurants Retirement Communities Rincon Mountains Rio Rico Riparian Areas River Road Rivers Road Trip Roadrunners Rock Climbing Rocky Point Rodents Rodeo Roger Road Romantic Running Ruthrauff Road Sabino Canyon Sabino Canyon Road Safford Saguaro Cactus Saguaro National Park Sahuarita Saint David Saint Mary's Road Salon Saloons San Bernardino Valley San Manuel San Pedro River San Pedro Valley San Rafael Valley San Simon San Xavier del Bac Sandario Road Santa Catalina Mountains Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz River Valley Santa Rita Mountains Sasabe Scenic Highways Scenic Views Schools Science Scott Avenue Sculptures Seasonal Spirit Sells Sentinel Peak September Serenity Shopping Sierra Vista Silverbell Road Sixth Avenue Sixth Street Skiing Sky Islands Skyline Drive Skyscrapers Smiles Snakes Snowbirds Snyder Road Soccer Solar Sonoita Sonora Sonoran Desert Sounds South Tucson Space Exploration Spanish Spas Special Events Special Services Speedway Boulevard Spices Spiders Sports Spring Squirrels Stamps Stars State Parks Statues Stone Avenue Sulpher Springs Valley Summer Summerhaven Sun Historic District Sunbathing Sunrise Drive Sunset Views Sunsites Swan Road Swimming Table Tennis Tacos Tanque Verde Tanque Verde Road TBG Tea Technology Telescopes Television Tennis Theaters Theme Parks Toads Tohono O'odam Tombstone Toole Avenue Tourism Tournaments Tours Towns Toys Trails Transportation Trees Trivia Tubac Tucson Tucson Botanical Gardens Tucson Mountain Park Tucson Mountains Tucson-Downtown Tumacacori Turtles Twin Peaks UA Banner Medical Center UFO Ugly UNESCO Biosphere Preserve Union Pacific Railroad Unique University Boulevard University of Arizona Upscale Utilities Vacation Spots Vail Valencia Road Valleys 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Wyant College of Optical Science

- A premier educational and research institution in optics and photonics worldwide - A college within the University of Arizona - Newest addition opened in 2024 Map www.optics.arizona.edu

The Crossing

-The Crossing is a freeway interchange in Tucson that connects Interstate 10 and Interstate 19 -Interstate 10 is a major east-west interstate highway that runs in Arizona from California, through Phoenix and Tucson, to New Mexico -Interstate 19 is a trade corridor that opened for travel in 1962 and was fully completed in 1978 ... it is the only highway in the United States to be fully marked by kilometers Map

Lowell

- Lowell, Arizona was once a sizable mining town located just southeast of Bisbee - Today, it is a small neighborhood of the larger community - The majority of the original town-site was consumed by the excavation of the Lavender Pit mine during the 1950's - What remains of Lowell today is a strikingly intact, historical mid-20th-century street – often utilized as a backdrop for film and video shoots - Well worth a visit to walk back in time - It’s also the location of well-documented daylight UFO sightings at the traffic circle in mid 1990’s - The traffic circle in Lowell is actually "The Center of the Universe" ... according to legend, anyway ... but it is so marked and celebrated ... it's gotta be somewhere, so why not here? Map

Sandhill Crane

- Thousands (THOUSANDS!) of Sandhill Cranes take their winter vacation in Cochise County, southern Arizona -While most are from northern North America, some come from as far away as Siberia -From November through March, popular viewing areas are around the Willcox Playa, Willcox (Twin Lakes), and Whitewater Draw (near Douglas) -A typical crane is 3-1/2 feet tall with a 6 foot wingspan -Live Crane Camera (Whitewater Draw) Several thousand cranes at the Twin Lakes viewing area just south of Willcox on February 9, 2024, 2:30 PM ...

Interstate Highway I-19 Neighborhood

- Interstate highway I-19 connects Nogales, Tubac, Green Valley, Sahuarita, Tucson and a few other communities -The only US Interstate with metric signage

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