Brown Canyon Ranch is a very popular local hang-out all times of day. Retirees walk here early in…read morethe mornings, then come the mountain bikers, and then the hikers, runners, equestrians. Weddings and Senior pics are also popular. Day use is now $8. There is a restroom and several picnic areas by the pond to sit back and relax. To avoid the fee, park off Ramsey Canyon Road and walk the 0.8 mile to the ranch house. My hiking group does weekly loop hikes in Brown Canyon. The ranch house is open during daylight. The pond is a habitat for the endangered Chiricahua Leopard Frog. There are several trails that start at the ranch house. The Brown Canyon trail is a four-mile trail that one can take into Ramsey Canyon. The Garden Connector trail, which begins off the Buffalo Soldier Trail and SR92, ends here. The Brown Canyon Loop trail also starts here, although it's not marked. Just make sure you turn left at the horse trough two miles into the hike. This is a 4.6-mile loop. Just watch out for speeding mountain bikers. There is also a 1.5-mile Nature Trail loop with a duck pond. Dogs are allowed on these trails, but must be leashed. This place can get busy on the weekends. Watch out for rattlesnakes, javelina, coyote and deer.

Breathtaking views of the mountains with excellent beginner's walking path for the entire family…read more Very informative displays inside the cabin. There's a tiny duck pond on the walking path and a small bench to rest and take in the beautiful scenery. Pet's are welcome as long as you clean up after them to preserve the walking path. Watch out for snakes and other little critters.

Empire Ranch (located within Las Cienegas Conservation Area) is a direct look into early life of a…read morerancher in Arizona. The buildings with the displays from the early era are informative and interesting. You can almost feel what it was like to live on the Ranch. The area is beautiful with trails and wildlife to view especially birders.

Nice old place to see and it's not that far from Tucson only about 1hr drive. Something to do on a…read morelazy Saturday afternoon. Free entrance and pets are allowed. We will definitely see this place again!

We enjoyed our tour of the Titan II Missile museum and silo. Our guide, Seth, was knowledgeable,…read morefriendly AND funny! He made it an interactive, fun experience. Kind of scary to know that back in the day we could launch a missile in 58 seconds... and you can't stop it once it's gone! Put this on your list of things to do in Tucson for sure!

We thoroughly enjoyed this museum, especially the knowledgeable guides, interactive displays and…read morerich cold war history. There is so much to see and do here, plan on 90 minutes at least. You definitely should consider pre-purchasing your tickets for the tour undergroun early so you have more choices of the time that you do it. They will sell out most days. There isn't much to do here besides that tour, so plan accordingly. This was really fun and educational, would highly recommend for anyone school aged and up.

Tumacacori National Historical Park is totally worth the short drive from Tucson. The grounds are…read morelovely and so full of rich history. Walking inside of the old mission is like walking back in time. One can almost imagine the daily lives, religious practices and hardships. I love history and thoroughly enjoyed this magnificent monument.

A beautiful historical place to walk and explore around amidst the ruins of three Spanish colonial…read moremissions. It illustrates the blending cultures of Native Americans and European peoples. Exploring the park is highly immersive and at the same time very calming. It is a short drive from Tucson to the park and is definitely worth a visit.

The Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, AZ it's a must visit museum when in Tombstone…read more The museum is offering evening ghost tours. I'll have to come back for that. There's free parking across this museum. Happy Yelping :)

Had such a fun time during the Ghost Tours at the Bird Cage Theatre!…read more **I have teenagers who are a little scared of the dark so please keep this in mind when visiting because there are about 20-25 minutes that this is going** Tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. She really kept us hooked the whole time. Truly allows you to get the full experience of Tombstone from yesteryear in more ways than ever imagined!

I live 11 miles from this place, but it's only been ten days since I found it. A friend lives…read morenearby and said this is where she parks her car and walks her dog on a three-mile loop down to the San Pedro River and back. She took me here with another dogwalker and I've been coming here daily ever since. There isn't much at the actual kill site other than a plaque describing how Ed Lehner in 1952, landowner of this site, who found butchering tools along with tapir, mammoth, bison and horse bones dating 11,000 years ago when Clovis people lived here. There's nothing here now but the plaque on a high spot in the area. It's now used mostly for other things: It's a great place to set up a telescope on a new moon, or a camera tripod for those gorgeous sun rises and sunsets, and moon rises and moon sets. You have a panoramic view of the Huachuca Mountains. About 50 meters east is a trail that locals use for their dogs and horses. It is a perimeter trail that loops around the field. Birders at the nearby San Pedro B&B use this trail along the river early in the mourning and near dusk to spot birds of all kinds. There are harriers that fly over the field looking for a meal. I would not suggest anyone come here after dusk, as it's six miles from the border with Mexico.

Just a plaque. Nothing there. But nice to think there were mammoths there and was probably a kill…read moresite for prehistoric people.

Normally I would give it 5 stars, but the mining room was closed for restoration when we visited…read morethis week and it seems like some of the exhibits were missing stuff that we had seen before, i.e. behind the bar. It is worth walking to the museum if for no other reason to take a selfie with the building in the background - it is truly a gem. The inside has old creaky stairs and lots of memorabilia - it generally takes us almost hours to make it through everything. Don't miss the gallows out back (see photo). The museum does not focus on the shootout, so if you are looking for a ton of stuff from that you might be disappointed, though there is a small exhibit that describes the events of the day. Worth the stroll a block off main street and the price of admission.

Beautiful original 1882 Cochise County Victorian courthouse. We didn't have time for the tour, but…read moreenjoyed visiting it.

If you are looking to be entertained and support youth activities, this is a good one. If you're…read moreold school Tucsonian you will recognize some really cool items from Magic Carpet Golf here. If not you'll see some really cool props then. The performance was not something I would have chosen without knowing someone in the cast. There is a spring performance planned so I'm looking forward to that one. The staff is all volunteers and the program is free to the kids. So support them if you can. Kids need more arts and theater and face to face social activities I believe this and Valley of the Moon is encouraging this.

I've heard alot about this place, I finally got to visit it on a "free day", good thing I did, it…read morewas truly a weird experience. Place seems to attract hippy types who hang around, reminds me of a 60's cult commune. Staffed by volunteers in bad costumes, they take you around a dusty acre of land built by a strange "gnome type man" who lived on vitamins & canned milk. He put up some concrete structures, sort of like a poor man's fairy land. Lighting is good, rather creepy with all the hippy types though. Put it on your quirky to do list. Be sure to tell someone you are going there or go with a group of pals. Be careful not to step on dead gnomes.

Possibly the best National Historic Site I've been to in a very long time…read more - Great mile and half trail to access the fort. There is also an ADA road access option but I'd recommend the trail unless you can't make the hike. It's a fairly easy trail. Going back to the trailhead, take the Overlook Ridge trail located north of the visitor center. It affords better views of the site. - Lots of informative signs along the trail and at the fort describing the history (which is sordid - Cochise was framed!). - Also lots of signs identifying the various plants. - Visitor center has a great collection of artifacts and especially, old photos. - The fort itself is very interesting - many buildings (or rather, the remains of buildings) to explore. Don't forget to walk up the short trail on the west side to see the original fort.

This is certainly an interesting set up for a national historic site. You drive partially on a dirt…read moreroad and then park and set out on a 1.5 mile hike with placards and historic points of interest along the way. Make sure to bring water! If you have a disability, you can skip the hike and drive in, but you have to make prior arrangements so they can open the road for you. It's due to the road crossing sensitive ecological areas so they want to limit traffic. Since I visited in winter, a lot of the critters were hibernating/less active, so I didn't see any wildlife. The hike was ok. Sometimes the trail was narrow and so you were brushing up against grass. There's no water on the trail until the visitor center so make sure you bring water. There's a spring along the way (0.25 miles from the visitor center) but it's not treated and not recommended to drink from it. The ruins are not going to be restored, rather they put concrete/plaster over it to preserve them. There's some exhibits in the visitor center explaining things, but the volunteer and rangers are better sources of information. Otherwise I wish that there were more details. There's a small gift shop as well. Restrooms are at the trailhead and at the visitor center.