Things To Do
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
The Desert Museum is a great place to see various desert plant and animal species.
Tumamoc Hill Hiking Trail
If you love to hike this is a great trail! Newt Proposed at the top of Tumamoc on Valentines Day, 2023.
Historic Fourth Avenue
Tucson's 4th Avenue is a well-known street that has an electric flavor and is a great destination for shopping and dining. The well-known shopping strip of 4th Ave is located about 1.5 miles away from the main campus of The University of Arizona. One thing about this area that is very nice is that the Sun Link Light-rail Modern Street Car connected 4th Ave to a few other popular destinations in Tucson such as Congress Street and Main Gate Square. From costume shops, to thrift shops to souvenir shops, antiques and jewelry, books, clothing and more, you will almost always find what you are looking for when strolling down 4th Avenue, the variety of stores are endless. Although this may sound like your typical shopping strip it is most definitely not, every shop on the strip has a very unique presence and gives off that electric hippy vibe. Almost every shop has vibrant colors on the outside of it or a “vintage” looking presence.
Old Tucson
Old Tucson is an active movie studio and western theme park on the far west side of Tucson. Built in 1939, the Old West town has been the setting of more than 400 movies and television shows - including Arizona, Rio Brave, El Dorado, Three Amigos, Bonanza, The Mark of Zorro, and Tombstone. Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, was also filmed at Old Tucson between 1977-1983. All on-site shows, rides, and attractions are included in the price of admission. Enjoy a small movie history museum, gun fights, stunt shows, and western vaudeville musicals. Ride the miniature train, antique carousel, and horse-pulled wagons up to High Chaparral. Take a historical tour, guided by an on-site Old Tucson Historian, and enter the Iron Door Gold Mine...if you dare! Old Tucson also offers a small shooting gallery and a petting zoo filled with lovable animals.