Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park is a national park of the United States in southeastern Arizona [1]. The 92,000-acre park consists of two separate areas—the Tucson Mountain District, about 10 miles west of Tucson, and the Rincon Mountain District, about 10 miles east of the city [1]. The earliest known residents of the land in and around what later became Saguaro National Park were the Hohokam, who lived there in villages between AD 200 and 1450 [1]. Petroglyphs and bits of broken pottery are among Hohokam artifacts found in the park [1]. Hohokam petroglyphs etched into large stones are easily accessible in the Tucson Mountain District [1]. The Signal Hill Trail leads to an area with dozens of examples of the 800-year-old rock art [1].