Community: Sahuarita

Introduction

Sahuarita services Lodging: Make hotel reservations in Sahuarita.

Sahuarita (saw-wah-ree-ta) was incorporated in September 1994. The town encompasses a 29-square-mile area. Sharing a southern border with the retirement community of Green Valley, the area offers direct access to Tucson and Mexico via Interstate 19. Surrounded by majestic mountain ranges, Sahuarita has a growing number of family residential areas in a semi-rual setting as well as three master-planned communities (Rancho Sahuarita, Quail Creek and Madera Highlands).

Recreational opportunities are plentiful: Pena Blanca Lake, Arivaca Lake, Madera Canyon, Kitt Peak Observatory, the Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation, the Mexican border at Nogales, and Tucson are all within an hour's drive.

Sahuarita is home to the Titan II Missile Museum, the only one of its kind in the world, with more than 50,000 visitors annually.

HIGHWAYS: I-19 Tucson/Nogales Hwy.
DISTANCE TO PHOENIX: 130 miles
INCORPORATED: Yes - 1994
ELEVATION: 2,844 feet
DISTANCE TO TUCSON: 15 miles
COUNTY: Pima County