Best Of Tucson®

Best Rec Area in Southern Arizona

Sabino Canyon

Sabino Canyon has been bringing in the clowns for eons. From high school kegger fun-seekers to college-age semi-professional partiers studying Snap-a-Tab 1A who have taken the art of mountainside imbibing to a science, the canyon continues to suffer its share of fools looking for a place to cut loose. It also welcomes the more sedate and serious, from strolling senior citizens to bird and wildlife watchers to families who want to let the junior members, aspiring acrobats, burn off excess energy. That's the beauty of this place: Sabino has room for all types and asks only that her tranquility be appreciated and treated with care so others may also enjoy.

Runners up:

2. Mount Lemmon

3. Patagonia/Patagonia Lake