Community: Arivaca

Introduction

Arivaca services Lodging: Make hotel reservations in Arivaca. Aaron J. Latham / Staff The Arivaca Creek watershed, home to 21 threatened or endangered species, covers 87 square miles and supports 1,100 acres of riparian habitat.

Arivaca is home to the oldest standing adobe schoolhouse in Arizona. Scattered throughout the surrounding scenic high desert are many places of interest including the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, the Arivaca Townsite, Heintzelman Mine, the ghost town of Ruby, Oro Blanco in the Coronado National Forest, and Tumacacori Mission (30 miles southeast). Hunters come here annually for javelina, mule deer, whitetail and dove. For the fisherman, Arivaca Lake is well stocked with large-mouth bass, bluegill and catfish, as is the Pina Blanca Lake further south. Ample camping is available locally and on surrounding federal lands.

FOUNDED: 1878
DISTANCE TO PHOENIX: 167 miles
INCORPORATED: No
HIGHWAYS: I-19
DISTANCE TO TUCSON: 56 miles
COUNTY: Pima County