[an error occurred while processing this directive]


Best Bet For Perennial Water
Best Day Hike
Best Deal On A Summer Cooler
Best Dog Run
Best Equipment Rentals
Best Leisurely Stroll
Best Mountain-Bike Trail
Best Place To Watch A Sunset
Best Public Landscaping
Best Quick Wilderness Escape
Best Ransomed Landscape
Best Road-Bike Route
Best Urban Garden
Best Urban Hike
Best Vanishing Riparian Area
Best Way To "Waste-Water"
Best Weekend Adventure



Best Dog Run

Rillito River Park

STAFF PICK: Technically, there's not a single place in Pima County where you can let your pup roam freely on public land. That's a tough piece of rawhide for our four-legged friends to chew. But there is a place that, for the most part, you can let the pooch stretch his legs without bothering any fellow park users: the sandy expanses of the Rillito riverbed. The steep, soil-cement walls on either side of the wash serve as a natural containment area, and keep loose dogs from troubling joggers, pedestrians and cyclists. Of course, the same attributes that benefit dog owners--isolation, vegetation, openness--also serve the local coyote population. Coyotes generally avoid conflict, but if you have a moist and tender lap-dog, it's something to consider before venturing into the wash in the lesser daylight hours.


Case History

1997 Winner: Rillito River Park
1996 Winner: Rillito River Park
1995 Winner: Rillito Wash


Page Back

Home | Arts & Culture | Cafés | Chow | City Life | Kids | Outdoors
Saloons | Shopping | Most Wanted | Credits | Search

Copyright © 1995-98 Tucson Weekly

Page Forward