Community: Marana

Introduction

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Marana combines a pleasant rural community with a bustling commercial expanse. It is the main trade center and community focus for a vast rural area covering approximately 500 square miles.

Many recreational opportunities are within an hour's drive. Picacho Peak State Park, site of Arizona's only Civil War battle, is 15 miles north. Its camping, picnic areas and nature trails are noted for colorful spring wildflowers. In the Santa Catalina Mountains is Catalina State Park, 20 miles east. Saguaro National Monument west portion) is a few miles south. Within the monument is the world famous Arizona Sonora Desert Museum with native wildlife exhibits, and Old Tucson Studios. Other attractions include Biosphere II, Kitt Peak, Pima Air Museum, and the San Xavier Mission.

FOUNDED: 1881
DISTANCE TO PHOENIX: 88 miles
HIGHWAYS: I-10
INCORPORATED: Yes - 1977
ELEVATION: 2,000 feet
DISTANCE TO TUCSON: 1 miles
COUNTY: Pima County