Coronado National Forest

The Coronado National Forest’s eight wilderness areas are ideal places to view wildlife, hike, ride a horse, backpack, find solitude, and connect with nature.

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The Coronado National Forest’s 15 Sky Island mountain ranges offer awesome scenery, diverse vegetation from deserts to conifer forests, and a wide variety of recreation settings from pristine wilderness to places with many amenities like visitor centers and campgrounds. Millions of people visit the Coronado each year to sightsee and enjoy the great outdoors. Some popular activities are hiking, camping, birdwatching, and visiting historic areas. The Coronado also offers mountain bike trails, OHV areas, lakes for fishing and boating, equestrian facilities, and a ski area.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/coronado/

Wilderness Areas/Wild & Scenic Rivers

Chiricahua Wilderness - The Chiricahua Wilderness is home to a fascinating diversity of both plant and animal life, as well as some of the Southwest’s most spectacular geology.

Galiuro Wilderness - Rugged terrain, diverse plant and animal communities, old west history and plenty of solitude are available for lovers of wilderness in the Galiuros.

Miller Peak Wilderness - The Miller Peak Wilderness is a land of sheer cliffs, soaring summits and deep canyons.

Mt. Wrightson Wilderness - Towering more than 7,000 feet over the surrounding savannas and deserts, Mt. Wrightson’s distinctive pyramid-shaped profile is visible from much of southeastern Arizona and adjoining areas in Mexico.

Pajarita Wilderness - Pajarita is a Spanish word meaning little bird. 

Pusch Ridge Wilderness - Pusch Ridge towers over Tucson and the surrounding desert as one of the most prominent features of the Santa Catalina Mountains.

Rincon Mountain Wilderness - The 38,590-acre Rincon Mountain Wilderness borders Saguaro National Park on three sides, and remains pleasantly remote in spite of its close proximity to Tucson.

Santa Teresa Wilderness - More than anything else, the 26,780-acre Santa Teresa Wilderness can be described as remote.

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