Ryan Fish is KGUN 9's Midtown and Downtown Tucson reporter. Send your story ideas to Ryan at [email protected].
TUCSON, Ariz. — Hiking in the extreme heat of a Southern Arizona summer is dangerous enough. But monsoon storms can create flash flooding that ramps up that risk even more.
Changes are being made to make it safer. The area is getting more than a million dollars in improvements from federal funding through the Great American Outdoors Act. The funding paid for new trails, including one called the “Overlook Trail.” Just over a half mile long, it gives guests a new, safer way to view the iconic waterfall.Before, if you wanted an up-close view of Tanque Verde Falls, you’d have to hike to the bottom of the canyon and then all the way up to the base of the falls. Now you can get a beautiful view of the falls from the end of the trail, high above the canyon on the cliffside.
The new trail starts at a new dirt parking lot for cars and trailers, between the upper and lower parking areas.Other new trails loop around the area to keep hikers off of Redington Road.
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