Hikers attacked by bees north of Tucson

Five hikers, including a 6-year-old boy, were attacked by bees Sunday morning as they hiked Linda Vista Trail, near North Oracle Road and East Calle Concordia.

Catalina State Park marks 30th birthday Saturday

Tucsonans John and Kathy Mulligan relax with their dogs, Max, left, and Wiley, in the Cañada del Oro Wash where it passes through Catalina State Park. The couple were having lunch Wednesday before taking a hike.

Catalina State Park marks 30th birthday Saturday

This piece of pristine desert was slated for expansive residential development in the 1970s, but a citizens coalition saved it.

Catalina State Park marks 30th birthday Saturday

Catalina State Park - a preserve of grand desert landscapes and curvaceous canyons set against a backdrop of the craggy Catalina Mountains - turns 30 years old this month.

New group hopes to chart new path for Redington Pass

For years, Redington Pass was a popular place for shooters, and wildcat shooting sites came to look like dumps, with assorted debris used for target practice. Shotgun shells and casings littered one such area, above. Redington is now largely cleaned up.

New group hopes to chart new path for Redington Pass

Almost anything was a target at one wildcat shooting site in Redington Pass. This one had a bullet-riddled computer monitor and appliances.

New group hopes to chart new path for Redington Pass

A cleanup of trashed-out shooting sites has been completed in Redington Pass east of Tucson - and events at the pass next weekend will highlight the many recreation opportunities there.

The tougher, the better for Tucson hiker who's battling Parkinson's for Tucson hiker with Parkinson's

Hikers set off on extreme treks for all kinds of reasons - everything from building endurance to seeking solitude or reaching remote sites in the wild.

Catalina Park has it all

Left: You know you want to relax in the warm early springtime sun on one of those rocks and gaze at Montrose Pools on the Romero Canyon Trail. It's a 7.2-mile trail, but many hikers turn back after about 3 miles.

Catalina Park has it all

Hikers and horseback riders mix it up at the Sutherland Wash near the Romero Canyon Trail. In late winter and early spring, Catalina State Park offers flowing streams and tranquil pools.

Catalina Park has it all

This stream bubbles across the 2.3-mile Canyon Loop Trail, a mostly easy ramble with big visual rewards.

Catalina Park has it all

Tucson hikers Kevin and Melanie Duckett gaze at stone ruins along the Romero Ruin Interpretive Trail at Catalina State Park.

Catalina Park has it all

The mile-long Birding Trail at the park winds through three kinds of habitat. This nest was built in a cholla cactus.

Catalina Park has it all

Greenery along the Canyon Loop Trail at Catalina State Park.

Catalina Park has it all

Recreation options you'll find at various sites around Arizona: hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, bird-watching, camping, picnicking and exploring ancient ruins. • Recreation options you'll find at Catalina State Park: all of the above. • You get the point. • The park - nestled in t…

These trails easy as pie to access

Jacosa Boyle hikes with daughter Lillian, who will be 3 by year's end, on a loop of connected trails at Saguaro National Park East, made up of Shantz, Pink Hill, Loma Verde, Cholla and Cactus Forest trails.

These trails easy as pie to access

Horizon views take in the Catalina and the Rincon mountains, beautiful in any season, often snowcapped in winter.

These trails easy as pie to access

The loop of connected trails in Saguaro National Park East wends through a wide variety of desert growth and offers easy-to-manage hikes without forsaking scenery.

These trails easy as pie to access

Cholla cacti and desert trees dot the spaces in between towering saguaros along the trails.

These trails easy as pie to access

Broadway in midtown Tucson is all about bright lights and big city - but you will find something very different near the street's eastern dead end: tranquil trails. • A maze of more than a dozen interconnected paths begins at a trailhead off Broadway just west of Camino del Codorniz. • Hiker…