Sentinel Peak Park

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1001 S. Sentinel Peak Rd. • Tucson AZ 85745

Regional Park • Natural Resource Park • 372.8 acres • Ward 1

CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE
Sept. 13-27

Park Hours
Sunrise-Sunset

Vehicle Access
Monday: no vehicle access
Tuesday-Thursday: 2 p.m.-sunset
Friday-Sunday: 11 a.m.-sunset

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Closed for Maintenance Sept. 13-27

Sentinel Peak Park will be closed from Sept. 13-27 to all traffic.  Crews will be repairing the rock structure of the "A" on the mountain.  During this time no vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic will be allowed past the lower parking lot.

Once the mountain reopens on Tuesday, Sept. 28, the City of Tucson will be piloting new operating hours.  The new hours are:

Park Hours
Open sunrise to sunset

Vehicle Access 
Monday: no vehicle access
Tuesday-Thursday: 2 p.m.-sunset
Friday-Sunday: 11 a.m.-sunset
 

Amenities

Historic Site

Below this 2,900-foot peak, the Santa Cruz valley was farmed by the Hohokam Indians as early as 800 AD.  When the Spaniards arrived in the 17th century, the Hohokam had vanished and settlements of Piman people dotted the valley.  One settlement called "Schuk-Shon," meaning "at the foot of the black mountain," was pronounced "Tuk-Son" by the Spaniards.  The hill was a lookout for these early Indian and Spanish settlers, who lived in fear of hostile raiders.  The white washed stone "A" was constructed by University of Arizona students in 1915.