Named for the giant saguaro cacti that dot the landscape, Saguaro National Park is made up of two separate Saguaro National Park, one on either side of Tucson. It takes between 30 minutes and an hour to drive between the two halves, but if you only have time to explore one section, you can't go wrong with either. Both sides feature loop drives that make it easy to access the park's best lookout points and hiking trails, and the western side also offers the chance to marvel at hundreds of ancient petroglyphs left by the Hohokam people.

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