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Standing-Up Rocks.” Headquarters Saloon on Railroad Avenue and
Visitor Center exhibits offer a glimpse of what the park is buried in the cemetery.
has to offer. Admission to the park is $5; children ages 15 The most famous local cowboy is native son
and younger are free. Rex Allen, star of ‘50s movies and television.
Black bear, mountain lions, Arizona white-tail deer, The 1800s Schley Saloon is now the Rex Allen
coati-mundis, snakes and lizards call the Chiricahuas Arizona Cowboy Museum and well worth a
home. Arizona Highways photographer Bob Rink says visit.
years ago he woke up in the campground to the sounds Travelers fi nd an array of chain motels and
of a bear breaking into his van and taking off with a local cafés in town. Ranger Neilsen says in the
backpack. past few years, a number of new restaurants,
Ranger Katharine Neilsen says it has been more than such as the Blue House Music and Café, have
a decade since the campground had this type of bear enhanced the downtown fare.
encounter, and she credits the 24-hour campground The area is Arizona wine country. Kokopelli
Photo courtesy Arizona Offi ce of Tourism
hosts with educating visitors on ways not to attract the Winery, located in downtown Chandler, has COOL: If you head up north to Hannagan Meadow, don’t forget to pack a
wildlife. The Bonita Canyon Campground is $12 a night vineyards here but they are not open to the
sweater, even in the summer, as it can get downright chilly.
per site with fl ush toilets and running water. public. However, visitors are welcome at the
White Mountain heaven
Chiricahua National Monument is located 120 miles Coronado and the Crop Circle vineyards.
Since 1926, remote Hannagan Meadow Lodge has
southeast of Tucson. Find the full park scoop at 520-824- For more information, call the Willcox Chamber of
brought guests to the scenic Coronado Trail, in the
3560, ext. 302, or visit www.nps.gov/chir. Commerce at 800-200-2272.
wilderness of northeast Arizona’s Blue Range Primitive
There are several bed and breakfasts minutes from the
Area. At more than 9,000 feet, temperatures rarely
park entrance including the Dream Catcher B&B at 520- Mt. Lemmon Summerhaven
exceed 80 degrees and summer evenings often require
824-3127 or the Sunglow Guest Ranch at 866-786-4569. At 9,000 feet, the cool pines of Mt. Lemmon are high
a sweater.
on Tucson’s escape-the-summer list. The only village at
This is wildlife heaven and the heart of the fi rst
Wild West Willcox its summit, Summerhaven, is accessed by the 25-mile Mt.
recovery efforts for the Mexican Gray Wolves.
If you are heading to the Chiricahua Mountains, the Lemmon Road.
Stay in the classic lodge or rent a cabin. Rates start at
town of Willcox is on the way. This agricultural area is an After a devastating wildfi re in 2003, life is returning
$70. Breakfast and dinner are served in the dining room.
Arizona hot spot for food festivals starting with the Peach slowly to Frog Mountain, the name given to the Catalina
There’s a general store for basic supplies. Find cool facts
Festival in July. Visitors to the farms can pick produce Mountains by the Tohono O’odham Indians. The Mt.
at www.hannaganmeadow.com or call 928-339-4370.
or buy it from the stores plus enjoy some down-home Lemmon General Store is back, joined by businesses
Hannagan Meadow is located 22 miles south of the
cooking cafés. Find a complete list of U-Pick farms at such as the Lost Iron Door Mine Restaurant, Mt. Lemmon
town of Alpine. There’s a wide range of food and lodging
www.willcoxchamber.com. Cookie Cabin and the Mt. Lemmon Café. The best bet to
and even a golf course. The towering forest is abundant
Historic downtown Willcox is a Wild West experience. fi nd a cabin to rent is to call Dorothy Crawford, 520-576-
around Alpine and for backcountry or car camping.
Stroll down Railroad Avenue to the Willcox Commercial. 1455 or go to www.mtlemmoncabins.com.
Alpine information is available at www.alpinearizona.
Built in the early 1880s, it is the oldest continually There’s no charge to visit Summerhaven, but there is
com or call the local chamber at 928-339-4330.
operating store in Arizona, where Geronimo shopped for a $5 day fee/$10 week to go beyond to hike or camp on
sugar. Mt. Lemmon, which is part of Coronado National Forest.
Joan Westlake is a longtime reporter, writer and resident of
At one time, Willcox was the center of the range cattle Get details from the Santa Catalina Ranger District offi ce,
the Southeast Valley. She is also editor of SanTan Essential
shipping world, and cowboys ruled. Warren Earp, the 520-749-8700 or go to www.fs.fed.us/r3/Coronado. magazine and can be reached at Editor@SanTanEssential.com.
youngest brother of Wyatt, was gunned down at the
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