When I wrote about key locations in and around Phoenix to visit to get a deeper understanding of what makes Arizona unique and special, my many friends in Tucson kept reminding me about Southern Arizona and especially Tucson.
Before I get to the Old Pueblo, let's look at four places that are a day trip from Tucson or worth an overnight stay. A unique geographic feature of our southern desert is our sky islands. These mountains rise to over 9,000 feet above the desert floor, creating isolated pine and oak ecosystems a short drive from cactus and rock. Mount Lemmon is an hour's twisty drive north of Tucson.
Ready for a rough dirt road? Head down"the back way" on Mount Lemmon Road to Oracle. It has some fantastic vistas, old mines, and Peppersauce Cave. Not wanting to be topped by Northern Arizona's Jerome, the southern part of the state has its own former mining town, Bisbee, also featuring a thriving art colony, great restaurants and plenty of ghosts. The crown jewel of the city is the Copper Queen Hotel.
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