Top Tourist Attractions in Tucson: Arizona Travel Guide
Top Tourist Attractions in Tucson: Arizona Travel Guide
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Biosphere 2, Catalina State Park, El Presidio Historic District, International Wildlife Museum, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Old Tucson Studios, Pima Air & Space Museum, Reid Park Zoo, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Saguaro National Park, University of Arizona Campus
Bighorn Sheep On Rock - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ
Our trip to the beautiful Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum in February, 2016.
Rolling Hills Museum
Awesome Museum! Enjoy watching!
PART TWO--The Arizona Historical Society Museum, in Tucson Arizona. This place is awesome!!!
Come along with us to the Arizona historical society museum. This place has so much stuff in thier museum, it takes hours to see it all. Lets get going so we can see it all. This will be a two part video.
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Ocelot (Dward Leopard) - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson AZ
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
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Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is widely recognized throughout the world as a model institution for innovative presentation and interpretation of native plants and animals featured together in ecological exhibits. The Museum is regularly listed as one of the top ten zoological parks in the world because of its unique approach in interpreting the complete natural history of a single region (in our case this is the Sonoran Desert and adjacent ecosystems). This represents a significant achievement, as the Museum's collections and size are smaller than many of its counterparts. Not a museum in the usual sense, it is an unparalleled composite of plant, animal, and geologic collections with the goal of making the Sonoran Desert accessible, understandable, and treasured.
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The Reid Park Zoo
Take a look around the Reid Park Zoo with the Jacksons. We recently relocated from New York to Tucson and this was our first experience.
Groundwater: Unlocking the Mystery of an Unseen Resource
Groundwater is sometimes described as a “hidden resource” or a “stealth treasure”. Why is it considered so mysterious? Join U.S. Geological Survey Senior Science Advisor for Groundwater Bill Cunningham to unlock the mystery of a critical national resource by describing how groundwater works, and why it’s important for water supply, irrigation, ecosystems, and cleaning up our nation’s streams.
field trip: wonder of Wildlife National Museum and aquarium
We went on a road trip to Springfield MO to check out there wonder of Wildlife National Museum and aquarium.
Field Museum Birds and More Animals (Chicago) Part2
la segunda parte del video del museo de Historia... nuevamente pido disculpas si algunas partes se ven algo oscuras.
America's Wildest Places - Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Desert Wilderness, Arizona
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, encompassing 860,000 acres of mainly desert, is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge's focus is on the endangered Sonoran pronghorn, bighorn sheep and lesser long-nosed bat. Seven rugged mountain ranges are separated by broad flat valleys of creosote-bursage that is dissected by desert washes covered with mesquite, palo-verde and ironwood. Lava flows as old as two million years extend into the south-central portion of the refuge, an extension of the geologically famous Pinacate volcanic field in Sonora, Mexico. Saguaros loom in stark profile above the baked earth. Its 56-mile border with Sonora, Mexico, might well be the loneliest international boundary on the continent.
Cabeza Prieta, Spanish for dark (or dirty) head, refers to a lava-topped, granite peak in a remote mountain range in the western corner of the refuge.
This landscape is big and wild and can be incredibly hostile to those that need water to survive. Yet within this harsh environment life persists, even thrives. The refuge is home to more than 275 different species of wildlife. Endangered Sonoran pronghorn and lesser long-nosed bats call this parched land home, as do desert bighorn sheep, desert tortoises and many other species of lizards, snakes, and even a few toads. Many birds migrate through the area during spring and fall. The migrating warblers, swallows and flycatchers find food and shelter along the refuge's vegetation-lined washes. Others birds reside here year-round, including elf owls that peer from holes carved in the saguaros by Gila woodpeckers.
Far from a barren desert, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge harbors nearly 400 plant species. For thousands of years, runoff from the mountains during summer monsoons and winter rains eroded into the valleys below bringing sand, silt and gravel. These soils support the plant community known as the creosote bursage flats, broad flats on gently sloping hillsides that support creosote bushes, white bursage, mesquite, palo verde, ironwood, ocotillo and an abundance of cacti, including cholla, and saguaro. Depending on the amount of rain the desert receives during the fall and winter, the spring flower show can be spectacular with more than 30 species flowering at once.
Almost all of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge is designated wilderness. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, a national network of lands and water managed for the benefit of wildlife by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Travel & Tourism:
A portion of the refuge is open to tourists and visitors for wildlife related activities including wildlife watching and photography, primitive camping, limited hunting, and environmental education and interpretation.
The refuge's visitor center is located in Ajo, Arizona. It is open Monday through Friday from 8am to 4pm. Here, refuge staff and volunteers are available to provide you with maps, brochures and checklists and let you know what's happening on the refuge. This is also where the business of the refuge is conducted.
Directions:
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge's office and visitor center are in Ajo, Arizona.
From Phoenix: Take I-10 west to exit 112. Follow Highway 85 south to Gila Bend and continue south on 85 approximately 40 miles to Ajo.
From Tucson: Take Highway 86 (Ajo Way) west across the Tohono O'odham reservation to the town of Why and follow Highway 85 north to Ajo.
From Yuma: Take I-8 east to Gila Bend and follow Highway 85 south approximately 40 miles to Ajo.
The refuge office is on the west side of Highway 85 at the north end of town.
The lat/long to the refuge's visitor center is 32.385579, -112.872383.
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The Most Dangerous Desert Wildlife Revealed!!!
Adventuring in the desert can be exciting but also dangerous. Familiarize yourself with these desert wildlife creatures and you will be much safer. Also bring lots of water! :D
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Places to see in ( Tucson - USA )
Places to see in ( Tucson - USA )
Tucson is the second-largest city in the state of Arizona, in the United States of America. At an elevation of 2,400 feet, it has slightly cooler temperatures than its desert cousin, Phoenix. It is situated in the biologically diverse Sonoran Desert. With a population of 486,699 (2000 Census) in Tucson and 843,746 in the greater metro area, which also includes Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita, Drexel Heights, Vail, South Tucson.
Tucson has always been a crossroads. Until recently, water was relatively plentiful in Tucson, in spite of its location in the middle of a desert. This made it an important travel route, an agricultural center, and a communications nexus. Tucson's history is ancient, with evidence of human occupation stretching back 10,000 years. Between A.D. 200 and 1450, the Hohokam culture dominated the area -- the Pima and Tohono O'Odham peoples that still occupy the area are descendants of the Hohokam. In 1699, Father Eusebio Kino, S.J., established the Mission San Xavier del Bac, southwest of present-day Tucson. Over the next 100 years, other missions were established in the area, but European presence was minimal.
It wasn't until 1775 that the Presidio of Tucson was created by Don Hugo O'Connor. At that time, it was the northernmost Spanish outpost in the New World. In 1821, Tucson became part of the new country of Mexico, and in 1853 it became part of the United States as a result of the Gadsden Purchase. In 1863, Arizona became a US territory, and by 1880, its population was around 8,000. In 1912, Arizona became the 48th state to enter the union. Today, Tucson is still a crossroads, with European, Native American, Mexican, and Asian cultures bumping into one another, in sometimes conflicting and sometimes compatible -- but always interesting -- ways.
A college town with a long history, Tucson (too-sawn) is attractive, fun-loving and one of the most culturally invigorating places in the Southwest. Set in a flat valley hemmed in by snaggletoothed mountains and swaths of saguaro, Arizona's second-largest city smoothly blends American Indian, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo traditions. Distinct neighborhoods and 19th-century buildings give a rich sense of community and history not found in the more modern, sprawling Phoenix. The eclectic shops toting vintage garb, scores of funky restaurants and dive bars don't let you forget Tucson is a college town at heart, home turf to the 40,000-strong University of Arizona (UA).
A lot to see in Tucson such as :
Saguaro National Park
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Pima Air & Space Museum
Old Tucson
Seven Falls
Reid Park Zoo
Tohono Chul
Gates Pass
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Sentinel Peak
A Mountain
Agua Caliente Park
The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures
Reid Park
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
Children's Museum Tucson
Tucson Museum Of Art
Tumamoc Hill
Funtasticks Family Fun Park
Arizona State Museum
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Brandi Fenton Memorial Park
Pusch Ridge
Center for Creative Photography
Airplane Boneyard
Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
El Presidio
Trail Dust Town
Rillito River Park
Bear Canyon Trail
Mercado San Agustin
Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Tucson Audubon Society
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
International Wildlife Museum
Barrio Viejo
St. Augustine Cathedral Church
Fort Lowell Museum
Himmel Park
West Romero Pools Place
Northwest
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
Blacketts Ridge Trail
Arthur Pack Regional Park
Crossroads at Silverbell District Park
Morris K Udall Park and Recreation Center
Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum
( Tucson - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Tucson . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Tucson - USA
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum 2015
Photographs taken by Kathleen Reeder at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Music licensed from Triple Scoop. © All Rights Reserved
Saguaro National Park: Tucson, Arizona USA
A quick overview of both West and East sides of Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. The iconic cactus' and landscapes will leave you breathless in the Sonoran desert, the only place on Earth to witness this unique yet world famous imagery of the U.S. Southwest.
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History at East Stroudsburg University is open to the public.
Reid Zoo - Tucson & Mt. Lemon, Arizona - Eneida's B-Day 2011.m4v
Eneida's Birthday Event This long weekend celebration with family & friends took place in Tucson & Mt. Lemon, Arizona
What’s in a Name? Wildlife management, systematics research and museum collections
The USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center collaborates with the National Museum of Natural History, to curate the North American collection of terrestrial vertebrates. John B. French, Jr., Ph.D., Director, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center discusses what makes a museum specimen, how information is gleaned from series of specimens, and how research on those specimens lends insight into the work of land and wildlife managers in the U.S.
Wonders of Wildlife Grand Opening
Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium consists of an all-new 1.5-million-gallon aquarium adventure showcasing 35,000 live fish, mammals, reptiles and birds, and immersive wildlife galleries that bring visitors eye-to-eye with the greatest collection of record-setting game animals ever assembled. Located adjacent to Bass Pro Shops National Headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, the 350,000-square foot experience celebrates people who hunt, fish, and act as stewards of the land and water.
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