Name: Steve's 80th Birthday Southern Arizona Hiking Trip
Start: 2025-12-13T16:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-12-20T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Benson

Let's celebrate Steve's 80th birthday(December 17) with a hiking trip in Southern Arizona.

The house I rented will allow events up to 30 people so we will plan for Steve's Birthday party on December 17 at that location near Benson AZ.

Be sure to read all the information the Lodging options are at the bottom of the description.

Suggested Hikes are listed below as always these are just suggestions you do as many or as few as you want.

Suggested hikes

Sunday: Bisbee 1000 (The Great Stair Climb) 4.5 miles 675 elevation gain this is an urban hike.

[https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/bisbee-1000--2](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/bisbee-1000--2)

Monday: Saguaro National Park (west) Wasson Peak via Kings Canyon, Hugh Norris, and Gould Mine 7.8 miles 1863 elevation gain.

[https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/wasson-peak-via-king-canyon-and-hugh-norris-trail](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/wasson-peak-via-king-canyon-and-hugh-norris-trail)

Tuesday: Picacho Peak State Park Picacho Peak Via Hunter Trail 2.8 miles 2112 elevation gain

[https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/picacho-peak-via-hunter-trail](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/picacho-peak-via-hunter-trail)

Wednesday: Steve's Birthday This will be our free day Steve's party will at 5pm ( I may be going to Tombstone AZ before the party)

Thursday: The Big Loop in Chiricahua National Monument 8 miles 1791 elevation gain

[https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/the-big-loop--2](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/the-big-loop--2)

We will also do the Bonita Canyon Scenic Drive

[https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/bonita-canyon-scenic-drive](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/bonita-canyon-scenic-drive)

Friday: We can go back to Chiricahua National Monument and hike Chiricahua Natural Bridge Trail 4.7 miles 1040 elevation gain

[https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/chiricahua-natural-bridge-trail](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/chiricahua-natural-bridge-trail)

OR
Kartchner Caverns State Park

We will plan to do a tour of Kartchner Caverns State Park (I am open to suggestions to which tour Check out the link below for details on tour options).

Some of the areas we will explore include Chiricahua National Monument. This area has some awesome rock formations.

Link to Chiricahua National Monument

https://www.nps.gov/chir/index.htm

Saguaro National Park Which is the home to the nation's largest cacti. The giant saguaro is the universal symbol of the American west.

Link to the Park

https://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm

We will go to historic Tombstone Arizona of the Ok Corral and Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday made famous

Link to information on Tombstone

https://discovertombstone.com/

Kartchner Caverns State Park

We will plan to do a tour of Kartchner Caverns State Park (I am open to suggestions to which tour Check out the link below for details on tour options).

https://azstateparks.com/kartchner

Getting there for those flying either Tucson (TUS) or Phoenix (PHX) would be where you should fly to.

We will be staying in the Benson AZ area. The house I rented is in between Benson and Wilcox AZ about 15 minutes from Benson.

Links for lodging:

Vrbo Benson AZ

https://bit.ly/3Eg0zmh

Airbnb Benson AZ

https://bit.ly/3WF644h

Booking.com Benson AZ

https://bit.ly/40PG48J

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