An ancient Indian city for thousands of years, Tucson lays nestled in the living Arizona desert between Mt Lemmon mountain range (The Rincon's) and the foothills of the Tucson mountains. Covered with Saguaro cactus and desert wildlife this modern city still has it's old west roots very visable. The scenic area of Tucson is loaded with family fun not just for residents but is popular tourist spot as well. So what are some of these fun family activities? Lets take a look..

This is Tucson, if you are just visiting the beautiful Sonoran Desert on vacation doing the tourist thing, here for retirement or just stationed at Davis Monthon Air Force Base for a tour, there is much to be seen. Truley an amazing sight this high desert with sky island oasis.

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Top 25 family Things to do while in Tucson and Southern Arizona:

~ "A" Mountain
~ Agua Caliente Park
~ Asarco Mineral Discovery Center
~ Az Historical Society
~ Az State Museum
~ Arizona Youth University
~ Baseball! Many teams train in AZ!
~ BMX Park!
~ Cienega Creek Nature Preserve
~ BioSphere
~ Colossal Cave
~ Drive In Movie Theater
~ Flandrau Science Center
~ Fort Lowell Museum
~ The Gaslight Theater
~ Funtastic Family Fun Center
~ The Gaslight Theater
~ Golf-N-Stuff
~ Green Valley
~ Historic Fox Theater
~ Horse Trails
~ Ice Skating
~ International Wildlife Museum (Inside)
~ Kitt Peak Observatory
~ Mt. Lemmon
~ Mt bike trails
~ Old Spanish Trail
~ Traildust Town and Cavalry Museum
~ Old Tucson Studio
~ Picture Rock (Petroglyphs)
~ Pima Air & Space Museum
~ Pima Canyon Trail
~ Reid Park Zoo (Tucson)
~ Sabino Canyon
~ Saguaro National Monument West
~ Saguaro National Monument East
~ San Xavier Mission
~ Sentinel Peak Park
~ Skeet Shooting
~ Sonora Desert Museum (outside)
~ Tohono Chul Park
~ Tucson Art Museum
~ Tucson Botanical Gardens
~ Tucson Children´s Museum
~ Tucson Downtown Walking Tour
~ Tucson History Museum
~ Tucson Mountain Park
~ Tucson Raceway Park
~ Tucson Symphony