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Agua Caliente Regional Park, Tucson, AZ

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Agua Caliente Regional Park

A 101-acre Pima County park in northeastern Tucson built around a warm spring, pond, and historic ranch buildings.

12325 E Roger Road, Tucson, AZ 85749 · Tucson, AZ

About Agua Caliente Regional Park

Agua Caliente Park sits in northeastern Tucson and centers on a warm spring that feeds a pond, supporting many kinds of plants and animals. Visitors can tour the restored Ranch House Visitor Center and Art Gallery, join naturalist-led walks, or picnic under palms and mesquite trees. Paved and gravel trails with interpretive signs explain the geology and history of the spring and the site. The land shows evidence of human use going back thousands of years, and a historic ranch and health resort once operated here. The park is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a rural historic landscape. Rules limit alcohol, fishing, swimming, bicycles, and feeding wildlife, and recent fire damage has closed the spring area to the public while restoration continues.

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