Communities

• Nogales
• Tubac
• Tumacácori
• Sonoita
• Rio Rico
• Patagonia
• Elgin
• Amado

Prominent Landscapes

• Santa Rita Mountains/Mt Wrightson
• Patagonia Mountains
• Tumacacori Mountains
• Mustang Mountains
• Pajarito Mountains & Sycamore Canyon
• Atascosa Mountain
• Canelo Hills
• Santa Cruz River
• Sonoita Creek
• Babocomari Creek
• San Rafael Grasslands
• Box Canyon
• Sycamore Canyon

Open Space &
Public Lands

• Patagonia Lake State Park 
• Peña Blanca Lake
• Kentucky Camp 
• Tubac Presidio State Historic Park 
• Tumacacori National Historical Park 
• Patagonia – Sonoita Creek Preserve 
• Sonoita Creek State Natural Area 
• Madera Canyon 
• Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail 
• Pajarito Wilderness
• Bog Hole Wildlife Area
• Mount Wrightson Wilderness
• San Rafael State Natural Area  
• Parker Canyon Lake

What do to Outside

Visit the websites for the public lands listed above for opportunities and more information.

• See Santa Cruz County page on Visit Tucson for more info
• Southern AZ Trails and Outdoor Recreation Map (hosted by Pima County)
• See Santa Cruz county website
• Sonoita-Elgin visitors guide

Notable Wildlife

• Gould’s wild turkey
• Elegant trogon
• Gray hawk
• Coues white-tailed deer
• Pronghorn antelope
• Mountain lion

• Ringtail
• Hognosed, striped, hooked, and spotted skunks
• Black-tailed and Mojave rattlesnakes
• Green ratsnake
• Greater Short-horned Lizard
• Sonora mud turtle
• Canyon tree frog

Signature Habitats

• Madrean evergreen woodlands
• Interior chaparral
• Cottonwood -willow  riparian forest
• Mesquite bosque
• Semi-desert and Plains Grasslands
• Oak-Juniper-Sycamore riparian forests