Sonoran Desert National Monument

Prepare yourself for a wonderful hiking trip with an America Outdoors outfitter in the Sonoran Desert! 

The Monument contains more than 496,000 acres of diverse Sonoran Desert landscape.  The Sonoran Desert is the most biologically diverse of the North American deserts, and the monument captures a significant portion of that diversity.  The most striking aspect of the plant community within the monument is the extensive saguaro cactus forest.  The monument contains three distinct mountain ranges, the Maricopa, Sand Tank and Table Top Mountains, as well as the Booth and White Hills, all separated by wide valleys.  The monument also contains three Congressionally designated wilderness areas and many significant archaeological and historic sites, and remnants of several important historic trails.