WILLCOX - COCHISE
COUNTY, ARIZONA
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WILLCOX,
ARIZONA is located in South Eastern Arizona, approximately
75 miles west of Tucson. The elevation is nearly 4200 feet above
sea level.  SLIDESHOWS |
| Dos Cabezas - Chiricahua's - NATURE | WILDLIFE |
Trains still regularly pass through this quaint, historic western downtown. Old passenger rail cars can be seen in town, near the historic Willcox Depot. One has even been converted into a restaurant, The Dining Car. If you stop by and eat there, walk down to Buffalo Sisters Trading Post where you will find interesting antiques, collectibles, and art.
Be
sure to visit Willcox's museums, The
Rex Allen Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame, and
The
Chiricahua Regional Museum and Research Center. Warren
Earp, brother of Wyatt Earp of Tombstone,
was murdered in 1900 in a Willcox, Arizona saloon.
Recreational activities in Willcox include hiking, camping, horseback riding, and golfing at Twin Lakes Golf Course, a nine-hole course. Like all of Southern Arizona, Willcox is another prime birdwatching stop. Wings Over Willcox - A Sanhill Crane Celebration is an event held in January.
As
you leave Willcox and travel south to the Chiricahua Mountains and
Chiricahua National Monument, you will pass trough the pioneer
mining town of DOS CABEZAS.
There is an historic Pioneer Cemetery
in Dos Cabezas. You can stay at the Sunglow
Ranch if you are going birding, hiking, or bicycling in the
Chiricahua Mountains.
Willcox is an agricultural area that produces corn, peppers, beans, squash, zucchini, cherries, peaches, apples, pears, pecans, and pistachios.
Willcox is becoming increasingly more recognized for its vineyards that produce fine wine grapes. For more Southern Arizona wine information, visit Arizona Vines & Wines.
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Pictures/Photos of Willcox, Arizona
A Visitors Guide to ARIZONA's COCHISE
COUNTY
