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Southeast Arizona

overview Southeastern Arizona overview
In southern Arizona, the mountains sit upon the surrounding desert like bubbles on a boiling cauldron. The Santa Catalinas, the Chiricahuas, the Santa Ritas. Arizona's human history is written in the valleys below.

attractions Southeastern Arizona attractions
Southeastern Arizona is a place where visitors can get a look back at the Old West — an area once dominated by cowboys and Indians, and the cavalry. It's also the legendary home of the Apache leader Geronimo.
• Itinerary ideas for Southeastern Arizona

Chiricahuas Exploring the rugged Chiricahuas
There are two things you should bring on a weekend trip to Chiricahua National Monument: a camera and a disposable camera, in case your regular camera goes kaput.
• Story: Trail traces Apache wars of late 1800s

cochise Driving Cochise County
Down in Cochise County, that storied land of cattle, copper and cavalry, there's a wonderful loop drive that touches on everything that makes this corner of southeastern Arizona such a great place to visit.

Bisbee Side trip: Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee, about 95 miles southeast of Tucson, boasts a historic district, museum and mine tour that recall its heydey as "Queen of the Copper Camps" and its new life as an artist colony, retirement community and tourist center.

Tombstone Side trip: Tombstone, Arizona
Tombstone's place in the Old West is well-known from novels and movies — the discovery of silver and resulting boom, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, larger-than-life characters like Wyatt Earp, and its rebirth as "The Town Too Tough to Die."

photos Southeast region photos
Take a photo tour of Arizona's picturesque southeastern region.

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Travel Headlines

Travel Headlines

Whoville minus the Grinch

Whoville minus the GrinchPrescott is the kind of town you'd expect Santa to hit up first on Christmas Eve. • Boasting the world's largest gingerbread village, a 70-foot-plus Christmas tree in the town square, and a slew of long-held Christmas traditions, how could St. Nick not bestow a little extra attention on Arizona's self-proclaimed Christmas City? • Prescott (pronounced "Pres-kitt") is nestled in the pine-filled Bradshaw Mountains of Northern Arizona about 215 miles from Tucson. It begs visitors to abandon their cars, pull on a sweater and partake in the holiday cheer that fills the streets of the historic, Old West downtown. • "It's everybody's hometown, and it's a very friendly town," said Mayor Jack Wilson. "I think that's what our distinction is." • So if you'd rather see some pine trees instead of cacti for a change, and if you want an excuse to trade in your flip-flops and T-shirts for winter boots and chunky sweaters, then a getaway to Prescott is just a few hours away. • And if you're lucky, it just might snow. ...

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TRAIL: BIKE OLD SPANISH TRAIL

TRAIL: BIKE OLD SPANISH TRAILWhat: Paved bicycle or jogging path from midtown to the entrance of Saguaro National Park-Rincon District ...

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Chiricahua National Monument - Bisbee Arizona - Cochise County Arizona