This section includes some of the many places to visit in and around Tucson to experience and learn more about the desert ecology here. In addition, I have included short lists of local guide books and maps.

• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (http://www.desertmuseum.org/): 0.5 hours away
• Boyce Thompson Arboretum (http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu/): 1.5 hrs away.
• Catalina State Park (http://www.desertusa.com/azcatalina/azcatalina.html)
• International Wildlife Museum (http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org)
• Reid Park Zoo (http://www.tucsonzoo.org/)
• Sabino Canyon (http://www.desertusa.com/azsabino/sabino.html); also Sabino Canyon Virtual Tour
• Saguaro National Park (http://www.desertusa.com/sag/du_sag_index.html)
• Tohono Chul Park (http://www.tohonochulpark.org/)
• Tucson Botanical Gardens (http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/)

GUIDE BOOKS/SITES TO LOCAL PLACES TO VISIT

• Aitchison, S. and B. Grubbs. 1992. Hiking Arizona. Helena, MT: Falcon Press Publishing Co.
• Ganci, D. 1995. Arizona Day Hikes. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
• Leavengood, B. 1997. Tucson Hiking Guide. Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co.
• Taylor, R.C. 1995. A Birder’s Guide to Southeastern Arizona. Colorado Springs: American Birding Association.
• Tucson Audubon Society Publications Committee. 1995. Davis and Russell’s Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona. Tucson: Tucson Audubon Society.
• Tucson Travel Guide and Planner (http://goamericanwest.com/arizona/tucson/)
• Desert USA's Tucson, Arizona (http://www.desertusa.com/Cities/az/az_tucson.html)
• Tucson Online (http://www.pima.com/index.html)