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Tucson - Trips & Activities - The Foothills
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Finger Rock Trail

Spectacular vistas

7180 North Alvernon Way (trailhead)
Tucson, AZ 85718
United States
+1 520 299 1771

This is a pretty fair climb, but it's worth all the sweating and panting it requires: the vistas from different vantage points are simply stunning. Once you're past the trailhead on Alvernon Way, you'll encounter a fork giving you the choice between the Finger Rock and the Pontatoc Trail. The Finger Rock Trail climbs about 4,000 feet in elevation, stretched over approximately five miles. The hike takes you along the saguaros, prickly pears and ocotillos of the Sonoran Desert vegetation zone up to the jagged, pine-covered peaks of the Catalina Mountains

Review © 2007, Wcities

Finger Rock Trail photo by Charles Miles

Photo: Charles Miles

Finger Rock Trail photo by Laurie C. Switzer

Photo: Laurie C. Switzer

Finger Rock Trail photo by Andrew Harris

Photo: Andrew Harris

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Finger Rock Trail photo by Robert C. Hutchinson

Photo: Robert C. Hutchinson

Gamezone by Gameworks

Games galore 7401 North la Cholla Boulevard
(Northwest corner of Ina and La Cholla; in Foothills Mall)
Tucson, AZ 85741
United States
+1 520 297 4458
http://www.gameworks.com Located in the middle of the Foothills Mall, right next to the Loews Cineplex Odeon Cinemas, this venue is most likely the hottest video arcade in town. Entertainment here runs the gamut, from inside basketball for kids, to extremely violent alien and monster games where scoring equals "maim events."

Review © 2007, Wcities

Sabino Canyon

A tram ride into the canyon 5600 North Sabino Canyon Road
Tucson, AZ 85750
United States
+1 520 749 2861 / +1 520 749 2327 (Shuttle Information)
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/corona... Of all the natural attractions in and around Tucson, Sabino Canyon is certainly the most popular. This large chasm in the Santa Catalina Mountains is where ancient Hohokam people built irrigation dams while mammoths roamed the ground. Access is free, but there is a charge for parking. Highlights are swimming (conditions allowing) in clear pools after a six-mile hike to Seven Falls and summer evening shuttle rides by pre-paid reservations. Sabino tram and bear shuttles rides are available.

Review © 2007, Wcities

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Spanish Trail Outfitters

Cookouts and cattle drives 8500 East Ocotillo Drive
Sabino Canyon Road & Sunrise Drive
Tucson, AZ 85730
United States
+1 520 631 3787
http://www.spanishtrailoutfitt... Looking for an outdoors adventure? Check out this business. The company offers off-road rides and hikes into scenic Sabino Canyon and Bear Canyon as well as other outdoor events such as horseback rides, target shooting and cookouts at Redington Pass, between the Catalina and Rincon mountain ranges. The staff also organizes cattle drives near Colossal Cave, in the Rincon Mountains.

Review © 2007, Wcities

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