Sahuarita , Arizona

Sahuarita is a booming residential area and an established agricultural area. If you are traveling south from Tucson on I-19, you will pass the San Xavier del Bac Mission on your right, and the Desert Diamond Casino further down on your left, just before you enter Sahuarita. The San Xavier Indian Reservation is located between Tucson and Sahuarita. Adjacent to Sahuarita is Green Valley, to the south. The communities of Sahuarita and Green Valley are closely related to one another and even share a Chamber of Commerce. It is difficult to describe one without the other.

Another interesting and beautiful way to visit Sahuarita, when coming from Tucson, is to take Nogales Highway south, through the miles and miles of Pecan trees. You will see signs for The Green Valley Pecan Store, run by The Green Valley Pecan Company. This is home of the world's largest irrigated pecan orchard with over 6,000 acres. You can buy delicious pecans at their store and all sorts of items with pecans in them. These pecan trees grow for miles through Green Valley down the Santa Cruz Valley. While the pictures we have in our slide show were taken during winter, we will add pictures when the trees are green again in the spring.

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Sahuarita - Madera Canyon - Green Valley

Not far after entering Sahuarita on Nogales Highway is the turn off to beautiful Madera Canyon. We will cover this area in the Green Valley section of this site. You can easily get there from Sahuarita. Consider staying at the Mi Gatita Bed & Breakfast while you explore the canyon, or go birdwatching.

Sahuarita was incorporated in 1994, and the population is approximately 20,000. A new Wal-Mart Supercenter has opened, as well as the Madera Marketplace. Construction of the Rancho Sahuarita Marketplace will begin soon. This shopping marketplace will have nearly 200,000 square feet of retail shopping.

Another interesting attraction in Sahuarita is the Titan Missile Museum. It is the is the only publicly accessible Titan II missile site in the nation. They offer one hour guided tours of the missile site are offered every half-hour beginning at 9:00 am. Non-commercial photography and video recording are permitted.

One feature that visitors will notice traveling down I-19 is the mined mountains just to the west of Sahuarita and Green Valley. This is part of Arizona's history and more information about this mining operation can be found at the ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center, located on Pima Mine Road in Sahuarita. They will take you on a tour of an open pit copper mine and explain the history and process of mining in Arizona.

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