Parks
Town of Duncan: Centennial Park is a mecca of recreational fun centrally located along side Old West Highway US 70 on the East side of Country Chic. Take a break from your travels and enjoy this wonderful roadside park that hosts amenities such as covered picnic tables, plenty of roomContinue Reading
Scenic Byways
The legendary Coronado Trail Scenic Highway (US 191), aka “The Devil’s Highway” (Old Route 666) leads travelers from high desert landscapes to alpine forests (or vice versa) via more than 200 switchbacks and many hairpin turns so the views are ever-changing and as beautiful as they are varied. The BlackContinue Reading
Rockhounding
Search for fire agate and geodes in first class rockhounding areas! Ash Peak is adjacent US 70, “The Old West Highway”, as you enter Greenlee County on the west side. Explore the valley below the peak with a visit to the Ash Peak Mining District. Visit the old mines andContinue Reading
Happy December Greetings from the GTA!
First of all thank you for reading and supporting the monthly Discover Greenlee Newsletter. We get a lot of positive feedback and it feels good to know our humble newsletter is read appreciated throughout this corner of Heaven. As the GTA contines to grow and begins taking action steps onContinue Reading
Hiding in Plain Sight
by Akos Kovach | GTA Board Member First of all the Greenlee Tourism Association (GGTA) sends you and yours best wishes for a peaceful, safe and Merry Christmas. And there are several holidays celebrated around the world as the end of 2024 becomes history. And on that note please acceptContinue Reading
Happenings in Greenlee
DECEMBER EVENTS TODAY!: RECURRING EVENTS For inclusion in next month’s newsletter, send events to margaret@margaretdillard.net Please send complete info: name of event, where and when it will be held, brief description (or better yet, send a PDF of your flyer), contact information in case readers need more details, ANDContinue Reading
Discover Greenlee Newsletter | December 2024
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Discover Greenlee Newsletter | November 2024
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Mr. Gilbert Mesa: An Excellent Choice for Grand Marshall
Gilbert Mesa has been chosen as the 2024 Clifton Festival of Lights Grand Marshal. This honor is bestowed on an individual who, over a lifetime has made significant contributions to the community as a whole. We are honored to have Mr. Mesa join the ranks of Clifton’s finest. Mr. Mesa’sContinue Reading
Discover Greenlee Newsletter | October 2024
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Day trippers’ delight
You have cabin fever but only have one day to see or do something “special” – Greenlee County offers you the answer! On any given day, groups of Corvettes, Porsches, Harleys, Gold Wings, and sports car clubs flock to Greenlee County for one of two mountain tours with lots ofContinue Reading
The Arizona Route 66 Passport Program celebrates the centennial of The Mother Road
The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona, along with like groups in all the states that Route 66 travels through, are commissioned to continue to work tirelessly to preserve, protect and promote Route 66, ensuring that the Mother Road will be HISTORIC ROUTE 66, also named, THE MOTHER ROAD ORContinue Reading
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear
When brothels were plentiful, and gunfights took place on busy streets. Some streets were nothing more than muddy roadways. Others offered a variety of foods, saloons and overnight rooms. Ghost tours, historical tours, mine tours – you name it – there are lots of exciting things to see and doContinue Reading