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Rex Allen Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame
150 S. Railroad Ave, Willcox
(520) 384-4583
This museum is located in downtown Willcox on historic Railroad Avenue. It includes memorabilia of Willcox native Rex Allen, a famous singing cowboy of records, movies, and tv. Also included are local history and displays of western stars. Theater and gift shop.

The Willcox Commercial is the oldest store in it's original location in Arizona.  The Commercial offers a glimpse into the past while allowing you to shop for items of the present.  The Commercial was established in 1880.  The actual building built in the early 1880's.  The Commercial was important to the Southern Pacific railroad in the early days with sending freight to Fort Grant, Fort Bowie and Globe.  The Commercial is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


The Chiricahua Regional Museum houses many artifacts and exhibits of the area, as well as the Chiricahua Apache Indians, their great Chief, Cochise, and renegade Geronimo.
127 E. Maley St.
520-384-3971

 

  • Cut into 18 acres of corn
  • Over 6 miles of pathways
  • 3 levels of difficulty
  • Interactive “passports”  help you find your way
  • The perfect outside adventure!
Open DAILY 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
October Hours:
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Closes on October 31, 2008
 2081 W Hardy Rd
(map & directions)
Willcox, AZ 85643
520.384.2084

Twin Lakes Golf Course

Located in Willcox, Arizona about an hour away from southeast Tucson, Twin Lakes Golf Course lies in the Sulphur Springs Valley. Surrounded by open range and grazing cattle, this course is a breath of fresh air.  At a cooler elevation of 4200 feet, one can xperience the migratory Sand Hill Cranes from October through March and a multitude of other birds year-round.  A lot of these birds hang out at nearby Cochise Lake.
1000 S. Rex Allen Jr. Dr.
(520)384-2720

Willcox Livestock Auction

Willcox Livestock Auction is a 50 year old market located in the heart of Southeast Arizona.

From I-10 take exit 340 go east on Rex Allen Drive to T intersection. Turn left onto Haskell, 1/4 mile on left.
Phone: 520-384-2206



Chiricahua National Monument
(39 miles from Willcox)
A “Wonderland of Rocks” is waiting for you to explore at Chiricahua National Monument. This forest of rock spires was eroded from layers of ash deposited by the Turkey Creek Volcano eruption 27 million years ago. The 8 mile paved scenic drive and 18 miles of day-use hiking trails provide opportunities to discover the beauty, natural sounds, and inhabitants of this 11,985 acre site. Visit the Faraway Ranch Historic District to discover more about the people who have called this area home: Chiricahua Apaches, Buffalo Soldiers, Erickson and Stafford families.

Faraway Ranch
(39 Miles from Willcox)
The Faraway Ranch, just west of the Chiricahua National Monument Visitor's Center, was owned by the Erickson family from 1888-1979. Tours of this early dude ranch provide a glimpse into life for the Erickson family, one of the first families to settle in the area.

Fort Bowie
(26 Miles from Willcox)
Fort Bowie commemorates the story of the bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military and stands as a lasting monument to the bravery and endurance of U.S. soldiers in paving the way for westward settlement and the taming of the western frontier. It also serves to provide insight into understanding a "clash of cultures," one side a young emerging nation in pursuit of its "manifest destiny," the other a valiant hunter/gatherer society fighting to preserve its existence.
Dragoon
Amerind Foundation
(26 miles from Willcox)

Founded in 1937 by William Shirley Fulton, the Amerind Foundation is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) anthropological and archaeological museum and research center dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories.  Located in spectacular Texas Canyon in the Little Dragoon Mountains of southeastern Arizona, the Amerind houses one of the finest private collections of Native American art and artifacts in the country.
Cochise
Cochise Stronghold
(45 miles from Willcox)

 

Cochise Stronghold is located to the west of Sunsites, Arizona in the Dragoon Mountains at an elevation of 5,000 ft.  This beautiful woodland area lies in a protective rampart of granite domes and sheer cliffs which were once the refuge of the great Apache Chief, Cochise, and his people.  Located within the Coronado National Forest it is managed by the Douglas Ranger District.  In Sunsites, AZ, take Ironwood Rd. (off State Rt. 191) west 9.1 miles to campground entrance. Once inside the Forest, Ironwood Rd. becomes Forest Rt. 84.  NOTE: After, 3.8 miles, Ironwood Rd. (and Forest Rt. 84) becomes a rough, rocky dirt road. There are five stream crossings on Forest Rt. 84 that can be forded if not wet weather.
Benson
Kartchner Caverns State Park
(48 miles from Willcox)

Kartchner Caverns is a stunning limestone cavern system in Southeastern Arizona discovered in 1974 by two amateur cavers from Tucson. It is host to world-class cave formations considered to be the best of their kind in the world.

Discovered by explorers Randy Tufts and Gary Tenen, the cave was kept a secret for 14 years to protect it from vandalism and exploitation and to ensure the survival of its delicate ecosystem. Kartchner Caverns is a wet living cave into which water still percolates from the surface above and calcium carbonate features are still growing. It has an unusually wide variety of brilliantly colored cave formations, including the longest known Soda Straw stalactite formation in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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