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Sabino Canyon Recreation Area

The Sabino Canyon Recreation Area is comprised of multiple trails and recreational opportunities. This landing page will link you to all the different opportunities within the Recreation Area while also allowing you to explore it as an OVERVIEW

7 Falls trail sign

The Seven Falls trail is a subsection of Bear Canyon #29. This popular trail is out and back across numerous streams and rugged terrain.

Swimmer at Hutches Pool

This popular hike starts at Sabino Canyon Trail #23 (3.7 miles up the paved road not accessible to personal vehicles) and begins its ascent for 2.5 miles to West Fork #24.

Phoneline Trail 27 20240313

Phoneline #27 is a popular trail for hikers and runners in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area.

Phonelink Link #27A connects Sabino Canyon Road with Phoneline #27, also

Blackett's Trail 48 20240313

Blackett’s Ridge #48 is a out-and-back spur trail connected to Phoneline Trail #27, leading up Sabino Canyon ridge to st

Bajada Loop Nature Trail sign

This easy and flat .25-mile loop trail has signs identifying vegetation in the Sonoran Desert. 

Night photo of the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center
Site Open

The Sabino Canyon Visitor Center is located immediately north of the parking lot.

Trail junction sign

This trail is located in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area and offers access to the dramatic landscape of the Santa Catalina front range, famous for its deep canyons and soarin

The trailhead for the Esperero Trail from Sabino Canyon

Many hikers start along this trail, which includes several miles of hard climbing, because it leads to The Window, a 15 by 25-foot hole in a fin-like ridge that extends out

Sabino Canyon Trail #23 sign

Sabino Canyon Trail begins at the end of the recreation area shuttle bus route and contours along the canyon’s eastern slope a good distance above the canyon floor.

USDA Forest Service Logo

Lower Sabino Picnic Area

Cactus Ramada 2 is a reservable group picnic site within the extremely popular Sabino Canyon Recreation Area at the edge of Tucson, Arizona.

Shuttle stop 9

The canyon itself has been closed to private vehicles since 1978.

Bear Canyon Overlook Picnic Area

The Bear Canyon Overlook provides spectacular views of the Sabino Creek canyon and of Tucson and area.

Last updated April 24th, 2025