WELCOME TO
The CITY OF TUCSON & The STATE OF ARIZONA
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TUCSON, ARIZONA U.S.A.:
Estimated 2004 city population: 522,000
Estimated 2004 metropolitan population: 932,000
Latitude: 32 degrees north
Environment: The Sonoran desert, home of unique and
beautiful desert scenery and plant life.
Many Hollywood Western films have been
filmed here. Indian reservations are only a
half hour drive from downtown Tucson.
City Elevation: 700 meters; 2,300 fee
Surrounding Mountains: 2,740 meters; 9,000 feet
Mexican Border: One hour by car (need re-entry U.S. visa to return to Arizona)
California Coast (San Diego): 7 – 8 hours drive by car; one hour by plane
CLIMATE:
Tucson is famous for its year-round warm, dry sunny weather. Winter days are warm, averaging 18 – 22 degrees centigrade; nights are cool to cold, averaging 3 – 4 degrees centigrade, requiring a coat. Because of the wonderful winter weather, many visitors from the northern U.S. and from Canada spend the winter in Tucson. Summer temperatures are hot but very dry due to the low humidity most of the year, and all buildings are air-conditioned. Cooler summer temperatures can be enjoyed in a half-hour drive up into the forested mountains surrounding Tucson.
Centigrade: Jan. Feb. March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Maximum: 18 19 22 27 32 37 37 36 34 29 22 18
Minimum: 3 4 7 10 14 19 23 22 19 14 7 4
Fahrenheit: Jan. Feb. March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Maximum: 64 67 71 80 89 98 99 96 94 84 72 65
Minimum: 38 40 44 50 58 67 74 72 67 57 45 39
ACTIVITIES and ATTRACTIONS:
In Tucson you can enjoy outdoor activities all year, as well as numerous cultural, educational, recreational and social activities year-round.
Outdoor Activities All Year
Desert and Mountain Hiking and Biking
Horseback Riding
Camping, Rock Climbing, Mountain Fishing
Soccer, Tennis, Baseball, Swimming
Golfing (over 25 public courses open year-round)
Ballooning over the Desert
Outdoor Winter Activities: Dec. - March
Snow Skiing (1 hour by car) http://www.skiodyssey.com/overview.cfm/as02.htm
http://fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/scrd/rec/skiing/skivalley.htm
http://www.ultimateskiguide.com/mtlemmon.htm
Sports
Arizona Skate Center (roller-skating) http://www.arizonaskatecenter.com
Skate Tucson http://www.skatetucson.org/
Gateway Ice Center (ice-skating & http://www.gatewayicecenter.com
Hockey)
Breakers Water Park (May-August) http://www.breakerswaterpark.com
Baseball, Football, Basketball (all year)
Museums
Tucson Museum of Art http://www.tucsonarts.com
University of Arizona Museum of Art http://www.artmuseum.arizona.edu
Center for Creative Photography http://www.creataivephotography.org
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum http://www.desertmuseum.org
Tucson Children’s Museum http://www.tucsonchildrensmuseum.org
International Wildlife Museum http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org
See: Aviation & History (below)
Colleges & Universities
University of Arizona http://www.arizona.edu/
Pima Community College http://www.pima.edu/
Tucson Design College http://www.designcollege.org
Chaparral College http://www.chap-col.edu/
ITT Technical Institute http://www2.itt-tech.edu
University of Phoenix http://www.phoenix.edu
Prescott College http://www.prescott.edu/tucson/index.html
Parks/Botanic Garden
Saguaro National Park: East & West http://www.nps.gov/sagu
Arizona Parks http://www.azstateparks.com
Tohono Chul Park http://www.tohonochulpark.org
Tucson Botanical Garden http://www.tucsonbotanical.org
Sabino Canyon http://www.sabinocanyon.arizona.edu
Zoo
Reid Park Zoo http://www.tucsonzoo.org
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum http://www.desertmuseum.org
The Old West & Western Movies
Old Tucson Studios http://www.oldtucson.com
Trail Dust Town http://www.traildusttown.com/tdt.html
Indian Tribes in Tucson Area
Pascua Yaqui Reservation
Tohono O’odham Nation
Astronomy
Kitt Peak National Observatory http://www.noao.edu
Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium http://www.flandrau.org
Aviation
Pima Air and Space Museum http://www.pimaair.org
Titan Missile Museum http://www.pimaair.org/TitanMM/titanhome.shtml
Challenger Learning Center http://www.pimaair.org/challenger/clc.shtml
Tucson International Airport http://www.tucsonairport.org/
History Museums
Arizona Historical Museums http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org
Arizona State Museum http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu
Mission San Xavier http://www.sanxaviermission.org
The Arts
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (Sept.-May) http://www.tucsonsymphony.org Sept.- May
Arizona Opera (Oct.-April) http://www.azopera.com/ Oct. - April
Early Music America http://www.earlymusic.org
Arizona Theatre (Sept.-May) http://www.aztheatr.org Sept. – May
Ballet Arizona http://www.balletaz.org
Caves
Colossal Cave http://www.colossalcave.com/
Kartchner Caverns http://www.kartchnercaverns.com/Parks/parkhtml/kartchner.html
Environment
Biospere2 Center (Columbia University) http://www.bio2.edu
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum http://www.desertmuseum.org