25609 N FOREST Road Unit 12

Oracle State Park, just 45 minutes from Tucson, is a 4,0000-acre environmental education park with miles of diverse hiking trails. A stretch of the Arizona Trail winds its way through the park and is open to the public for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. Educational programs are offered through the Center for Environmental Education, focusing on ecologic principles and public awareness for safeguarding the area’s natural resources.

Not quite Mesa, but close enough to count, Usery Mountain Park is 3,648 acres of hiking trails, volcanic tuff, and hanging gardens set against the Goldfield Mountain Range. Here in the Wind Cave Trail, you can feel the water seeping from the roof down onto the hanging gardens called Rock Daisy.