Tumamoc Hill
Category Historic Landmarks
Address
260 S Church Ave
Tucson, AZ 85701
Details
C on Turquoise Trail Map (View From Turquoise Trail): Tumamoc means “horned lizard” in the Tohono O’Odham language. In an O’Odham legend, a giant horned lizard suddenly began eating people. The O’Odham prayed to their god I’itoi to help them. I’itoi heard them and turned the lizard into a rocky hill. The hill was used by indigenous people for farming and other purposes for several thousand years and is an important archaeological site.Today, Tumamoc Hill is the home of the U of A’s Desert Laboratory founded in 1903. It is the site of the longest continuous botanical monitoring plots in the Sonoran Desert. Tumamoc is also a very popular walking route for seekers of aerobic exercise. The Tumamoc Tour app is available on smartphones for those interested in learning more about the desert plants and animals around them as well as the area’s 4,000+ years of human history.
- El Mezquite Grill & Taqueria280 S Church Ave (471 feet SE)
- Brings Coffee236 S Scott Ave (0.2 miles E)
- Street Taco and Beer Co58 W Congress St (0.2 miles NE)
- JA Ramen54 W Congress St (0.2 miles NE)
- Ben's Bells Project40 W Broadway Blvd (964 feet NE)
- Midtown Liquor & Deli339 S Stone Ave (0.2 miles SE)
- Vitnage44 E Broadway Blvd (0.2 miles NE)
- Pearly Baker Fermentables64 E Broadway Blvd (0.3 miles NE)
- Tucson Convention Center260 S Church Ave (302 feet SW)
- Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Tucson192 S Stone Ave (666 feet NE)
- Carillo's Tucson Mortuary204 S Stone Ave (683 feet E)
- Diocese of Tucson192 S Stone Ave (702 feet NE)