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520-417-6960 or 800-288-3861, off AZ Hwy. 90 near Sierra Vista, AZ. Open dawn–dusk. Allow 2 hours.
Murray Springs, outside of Sierra Vista, features evidence of the Clovis culture—the earliest known people to have inhabited North America, as long as 11,000 years ago. The area also boasts one of the only mammoth-kill sites known. Garden Canyon, at Fort Huachuca, has moderate hiking trails that lead to spectacular Native American petroglyphs.
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Museum, off I-10, midway between Benson and Willcox, near Dragoon.
$5/adults, $4/seniors, $3/children 12-18, 12 and under free. Year-round 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Closed Mon. & major holidays. Allow two hours. The Amerind collection offers a glimpse of ancient life,their dwellings, tools, ceremonies, clothing, and even children’s toys. Museum has an art gallery featuring Western artists like Frederic Remington. Museum gift shop offers Southwestern treasures. 520-586-3666 for more information.
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Off I-10 to U.S. Hwy. 191, east of Dragoon, AZ. $3. Allow 3 hours.
The rugged canyons here are famous as the place where famed Apache Chief Cochise based his operations. Some say he is buried in a canyon crevice here. A 2-hour hike leads from the campground through a maze of granite boulders.
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928-428-6760, off U.S. Hwy. 191 at Dankworth Ponds State Park, near Roper Lake. $6/car. 6 a.m.–10 p.m. daily, year-round.
An archaeological exhibit that showcases the history of this region’s first inhabitants with reconstructed prehistoric dwellings and use-areas typical of the Mogollon indigenous people. Scenic hiking trails, picnicking, and fishing.
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