Agua Caliente Park

Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting
2023-09-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Virtual, Zoom
The Friends of Agua Caliente Park (FOAC) Board Meeting will be held via Zoom. If you want to attend, please email info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org for additional information or the link. The meeting will go from 7 – 8:30 pm.

Naturalist Fireside Chat (virtual)
2023-09-16 19:00 | Virtual, Zoom
Naturalist Fireside Chat
Saturday, September 16, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. MST
Saturday, October 14, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. MS
We begin with a look at observations, news, and notes on the natural world. Then the floor is open to all who want to ask questions, share observations, and connect with other nature lovers. This monthly series is modeled after Ranger talks offered by the National Park Service.

Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration.

This virtual event is FREE,
but pre-registration is required.

Click to Register for “September Fireside Chat”

Birding 101: Birding for all Ages and Abilities
2023-09-16 07:30 - 09:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Birding 101: Birding for all Ages and Abilities
Are you new to birding? Need help getting started? Birding is a great way to get outside to explore nature, learn more about wildlife and wildlife behavior, hone your observation skills, reduce stress, and connecting with others. Join naturalist Jeff Babson for a casual birding experience to familiarize yourself with birding basics. Loaner binoculars available. All ages encouraged.
Dates: Saturdays, September 16 and October 7
Time: 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Where: Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road Tucson, AZ 85749
Cost: Free. Online registration required.

Adventures in Birding: Falcons (Virtual)
2023-09-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, Zoom
Adventures in Birding: Falcons
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. MST
Falcons are diurnal birds of prey well known for their speed and hunting prowess. In this episode of AIB we explore the caracaras, forest-falcons, and true falcons, including their biology, classification, and tips for identification.

Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration.

This virtual event is FREE,
but pre-registration is required.

Click to Register for “Adventures in Birding: Falcons”

Stargazing Agua Caliente Park
2023-09-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Stargazing Agua
Caliente Park
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing.
Free, family-friendly fun. Registration required. Weather permitting.
Date: Saturday, September 9
Times: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Online registration required.
Register at: http://pima-county-nrpr.eventbrite.com

Click to Register on our Eventbrite Page

Photography Basics
2023-09-08 08:00 - 11:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Photography Basics:
Agua Caliente Park
Whether you’re using a cell phone or a professional camera, the basics of photography are the same. Things like aperture, shutter speed, and ISO can strike fear in those just starting out, so we’ll define them in basic terms and discuss when, why, and how to use them. We’ll start our learning in the classroom, go outside to explore the park to try out what we’ve learned, and finally review our pictures and discuss what worked well for us. If you have a camera, bring it. Point-and-shoot digital cameras will be available to borrow if needed.
Date: Friday, September 8
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Where: Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: $10 activity fee. Online registration required.

The world of Mammals: North American Deer (Virtual)
2023-09-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual, Zoom
The World of Mammals: North American Deer
Thursday, September 7, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. MST
Deer are very familiar animals throughout North America. Who hasn’t stopped along a road to gaze at these elegant mammals? This month we explore deer, focusing on North American species, but with a global perspective.
Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration.

This virtual event is FREE,
but pre-registration is required.

Click to Register for “North American Deer”

Birding Agua Caliente Park
2023-09-06 07:00 - 08:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Birding Agua Caliente Park
Explore the ponds, mesquite bosque, and surrounding desert of Agua Caliente Park in search of its rich bird life. We expect to see woodpeckers, flycatchers, warblers, vireos, and more.

Dates: Wednesdays, September 6 and 20, October 4 and 18
Time: 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Where: Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: $5 activity fee. Online registration required.

Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting
2023-05-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-03-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual, Zoom
The Friends of Agua Caliente Park (FOAC) Board Meeting will be held either in-person or via Zoom. If you want to attend, please email info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org for additional information or the link. The meeting will go from 7 – 8:30 pm.

Stargazing Agua Caliente Park
2023-05-20 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-02-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-01-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free.
Registration Required. Registration is on Eventbrite and fills up quickly. Go to Eventbright.com and search Stargazing and location Tucson.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Specters of the Past - Ghost Towns That Built Arizona
2023-02-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Specters of the Past – Ghost Towns
That Built Arizona
with Jay Mark
Saturday, February 25, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
In addition to an entertaining, visual display of the communities, towns and settlements that contributed to the early growth of the state, this presentation by writer and historian Jay Mark, also focuses on respect for these diminishing historic resources. Most of the photographs represent a comprehensive exploration of Arizona ghost towns made by Mr. Mark in the 1960’s and 1970’s. This occurred just prior to a major period of incursion and destruction by off-road and all-terrain vehicles. Many sites are no longer extant or have been seriously degraded since, over the last fifty of sixty years. This presentation emphasizes the need to respect these valuable, but fragile and vulnerable resources. Most are on public land with little or no protection afforded. From Mr. Mark’s personal library of nearly one thousand photographs of nearly three dozen ghost towns, the presentation features ghost towns from the area in which it is made.

Assembling the Southwest: The History and Geography of a Region
2023-02-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Assembling the Southwest: The History and Geography of a Region
with Scott Warren
Saturday, February 18, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Our region is a diverse and contrasting patchwork of cultures, resources, and environments. So how did the Southwest and its cultural and natural icons become so distinctive in our collective imagination? In this richly illustrated presentation, we will pull from the broad discipline of cultural geography to explore the historical processes that made the Southwest into both a geopolitical reality and a distinctive region in our imagination. With an understanding of how the Southwest was assembled, Academic Geographer Scott Warren describes how we can better relate to our neighbors, to the land, and to our own position in this special place.

Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art
2023-02-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual, Zoom
Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art
with Allen Dart
Saturday, February 11, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
*This program is presented online via Zoom
Ancient American Indian petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) and pictographs (rock paintings) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or by Native Americans? Archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates how petroglyph and pictograph styles changed through time and over different parts of the U.S. Southwest both before and after non-Indian peoples entered the region, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American perspectives.

Caretakers of the Land: A Story of Farming and Community in San Xavier
2023-02-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Caretakers of the Land: A Story of Farming and Community in San Xavier
with Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan
Saturday, February 4, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Farming has always been the way of life for the Tohono O’odham community in San Xavier, located just south of Tucson. Their way of life depended on access to the land and to the water, namely the Santa Cruz River, which nourished agriculture in the area for generations. But a history of division sown through government land allotments and land development plans, coupled with the declining flow of the Santa Cruz, fractured community farming. How did the community come together to revitalize the land for future generations? What lessons can we learn from their story? Join Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan for a program about land, water, and community in San Xavier.

Annual Member and Board Meeting
2023-01-30 19:00 - 20:30 | AZ
The Annual Member and Board meeting will be held at 7 pm. Location is To Be Determined. For additional information, email: info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org.

LGBTQ+: A History in Arizona
2023-01-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
LGBTQ+: A History in Arizona
with Marshall Shore
Saturday, January 28, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Historian Marshall Shore presents Arizona’s history of the LGBTQ+ community, which begins long before Arizona was a state, with the Native American belief of two-spirits, continuing on through to the seismic shift of Civil Union/ Marriage Equality. There are some surprises along the way as we talk about artists and Arizona connections to Warhol, Keith Haring, and those muscle magazines by George Quaintance. Where was the Trans Flag created and where is it now? There is also the little known story of a 1906 Russian gender pioneer named Nicolai De Raylan.

Miners, Cowboys, and Washerwomen
2023-01-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Miners, Cowboys, and Washerwomen
with Dr. Craváth
Saturday, January 21, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
In a narrative and musical portrait of working-class music, Dr. Craváth explores its roots and rhythms in our state. From Hopi basket songs, the Yavapai acorn gathering songs, to the cotton fields of Chandler and the crooked streets of Jerome, songs were companions to the immigrants who explored and built our state. Through performance and discussion, these tales, which reveal so much of the nature and character of a people, are explored.

The Shadow catchers: 150 years of Arizona Photography
2023-01-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
The Shadow Catchers: 150 years of Arizona Photography with Jim Turner
Saturday, January 7, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies, canyons, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive.

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing
2022-12-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-05-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Registration Required. Check back closer to the event or search Eventbrite, Agua Caliente Park Tucson.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting
2022-11-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual, Zoom
The Friends of Agua Caliente Park (FOAC) Board Meeting will be held via Zoom. If you want to attend, please email info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org for the link. The meeting will go from 7 – 8:30 pm.

Cienega Creek Natural Preserve Stargazing
2022-10-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
MOVED TO CIENEGA CREEK NATURAL PRESERVE. 16000 E MARSH STATION ROAD.
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E Marsh Station Road, Vail, AZ
Cost: Free. Registration Required. Check back closer to the event or search Eventbrite, Agua Caliente Park Tucson.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Park Closed due to Fire
2022-09-30 - 2022-10-31 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Agua Caliente Park will be CLOSED for at least 30 days due to a Lightning Strike fire to several palm trees. No structures were damaged. Pima County Natural Resources parks and Recreation (NRPR) has closed the park during the damage assessment and debris cleanup. They anticipate this taking at least 30 days. Stay tuned to our website or Facebook page for any updates.

FOAC Board Meeting
2022-09-19 19:00 - 20:30 | AZ
The next FOAC Board Meeting will be held on Zoom September 19, 2022 at 7 PM on Zoom. If you want to attend, please email us at info[at]friendsofaguacalieente.org for the zoom link.

Friends of Agua Caliente Board Meeting
2022-05-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
The Friends of Agua Caliente Board meeting will meet at 10 AM Saturday May 21, 2022 in the Rose Cottage at Agua Caliente Park. This meeting is open to the public.

Bridge & Main Pond Dedication Ceremony
2022-03-26 09:30 - 12:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Join Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation (NRPR) and the Friends of Agua Caliente (FOAC) for a Bridge and Main Pond Restoration Dedication Ceremony. There will be short talks by residents of the community, music by the Tanque Verde High School Jazz Band, tours of the Park and Ranch House, Birding activities, and more.
Music: 9:30 – 10 am
Dedication: 10 – 10:30 am with refreshments
Park and Ranch House Tours: 10:30 – 11 am
Birding: 10:30 – 11 am
Other Activities to be announced
