Area Attractions & Activities

And lets not forget the wide variety of activities to do in the immediate area: Hiking, Mountain Biking, Horseback Riding, Golfing, Fishing, Boating, Bird Watching, Observatories, Dining, Shopping, Missions, Historical Sites, Museums, Art Festivals, Ghost Towns, Mineral & Gem Shows, Rodeos, Mystery Dinner Theater, Spas, Exploring Nogales, Mexico

Within 15 to 30 Minutes     Within 1 Hour     Easy Day Trips    Local Churches
Area Photos         Visitor Information Links

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WITHIN 15 TO 30 MINUTES:

Dozen Golf Courses                                       
Historic Tubac Art Community                    
Tubac Presidio 
Tumacacori State Park Mission
Mount Hopkins Whipple Observatory
Open Pit Mine Tours: ASARCO
Mineral Discovery Center
Sonora Desert Museum
San Xavier Mission
Casinos
Titan II Missile Tour
Madera Canyon (birding/hiking)
Nogales, Mexico        

WITHIN 1 HOUR:

Pena Blanca (fishing/picnicking)
Patagonia State Park (fishing)
Sonoita Creek Preserve and Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge offer birding and hiking.
Pima Air Museum
Ghost Towns: Harshaw, Washington Camp, Duquesne, Lochiel, Ruby
Saguaro National Monument

Easy Day Trips:

Kartchner Caverns                                   
Sonoita-Elgin (wine country)                   
Tombstone (historical western town)      
Bisbee (old mining town)                          
Colossal Cave
Off Roading: Bull Springs Rd goes over Santa Rita Range southwards toward Patagonia
Old Tucson Studios
Kitt Peak Nat’l. Observatory
Reid Park Zoo

Visitor Information Links

Tubac Chamber of Commerce - www.tubacaz.com 
Green Valley Chamber of Commerce- www.greenvalleychamber.com Santa Cruz Visitors Center - www.toursantacruz.com
Metro Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau - www.visittucson.org

LOCAL CHURCHES

AMADO                                                                                                  

Baptist                                          
Amado Baptist Church CBA                           
2991 W. Frontage Rd.                                    
(520) 398-8017                                              

Catholic                                        
Assumption Chapel (St. Ann’s)            
Amado Rd (520) 398-2646     
                                                                                 
TUBAC

Baptist
The Church at Tubac
The Frontage Rd
(520) 398-2325             

Catholic                                            
St. Ann’s Church(520) 398-2646
18 Calle Iglesia
(520) 398-2646

GREEN VALLEY
Baptist                                       
Green Valley Baptist Church                
1111 N. La Canada Dr.                      
(520) 625-3600                                  

Catholic                                               
Our Lady of the Valley                        
Catholic Church                                   
505 N. La Canada Dr.                        
(520) 625-4536

Episcopal                              
St. Francis-In-The-Valley                    
Episcopal Church                                
600 S. La Canada Dr.                         
(520) 625-1370

Lutheran     
Desert Hills Lutheran Church   
2150 S. Camino Del Sol
(520) 648-1633          

Methodist
Green Valley Comm. Church
300 Esperanza Blvd.
(520) 625-4712          

Presbyterian
Valley Presbyterian Church
2800 S. Camino Del Sol
(520) 625-5023

Evangelical Free                             
Evangelical Free Church
1393 W. Mission Twin Buttes Rd.
(520) 648-6781

Religious Science
Call for Location
(520) 625-6100

Area Photos - Please click to enlarge.
 Large photo at the top of this page was taken by Gabby Cook, Courtesy of National Park Service , Tumacacori

De Anza Sunset, Courtesy of  Guest - Ray Miller	Santa Rita Mountains, photo by Tom Brennan, courtesy of the National Park Service	Tumacácori National Historical Park, photo by Ed Wittenberg, courtesy of the National Park Service	Tumacácori National Historical Park, photo by Clark Spec, courtesy of the National Park Service
Santa Cruz River by John Hoffman , Courtesy of National Park Service, Tumacacori.	Compliments of Smithsonian Fred Whipple Observatory