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Tucson AccessTrails

Sweetwater Wetlands
 

Operations and Maintenance

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Hours are dawn to one hour after sunset Tues-Sun, opening at

9am on Monday

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The transition from the packed-granite path to the paved path has a lip over 2” tall in some places

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Agua Nueva Park is a reclamation pond circumnavigated with a

sunny dirt path

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The Huckleberry Loop is a paved 2-lane bike path that intersects with the wetland hike leading N and S along the Santa Cruz River

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View of recharge basins (often dry) from Huckleberry bike path, with wetlands in background

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The Agua Nueva Park is located across the street (or down the bike path)

from Sweetwater Wetlands

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The 0.5-mile hike around the lake in Agua Nueva Park has benches and intermittent shade from riparian trees

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The Tucson Reclaimed Water Treatment Plant is the source of water for the Sweetwater Wetlands and the outlet into the Santa Cruz River

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An outlet of reclaimed water into the Santa Cruz River flowing north, as viewed from the Huckleberry bike path

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