Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Tours Review

Posted on 08 July 2009
Tags: Arizona, casa grande, casa grande national park, great house, tours, tucson

Opens daily from 8am until 5pm, the Casa Grande Ruins offers tours for every whole year round except for the Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, having an entrance fee of $5.00 per person, only valid for seven days. Good thing that Casa Grande tours also are open to all ages but children of 15 years of age and below are recommended to bring water jugs because the climate can be extremely exhausting, and also, upon parents’ consent and joining their school groups. Meanwhile, as incentive, younger kids are admitted free of charge but with special waivers.

Joy of Tours

While touring the place, the visitors can have a sneak on the monument’s picnic area, perfect for family, friends and school bonding activities, having shaded tables and raised platform to have a delightful sight of the ancient ball court. Then suggesting a cleaner environment, the place is surrounded by hard-packed dirt paths for easy dumping, especially when pets are around. Though finding more time to spend while roaming, monument visits only allow one to two hours of stroll due to summer daytime pressures that exceeds to 100 degrees, making the visitors safely entertained as well.

However, during winter, it has been observed that temperatures still reach high as 60 and 80 degrees while spring and fall remain warm and dry in 80 and 90 degrees. With this kind of skin pressure around, tourists are asked to wear protective clothing, sunscreen, hats and personal water containers to sustain enjoyment.

The Tucson Trail

Getting into the Casa Grande National Park is just easy by travelling from the Tucson area in I-10 west that ranges to approximately 47 miles of drive to AZ-87 passing the exit 211b. While continuing to pass across the Frontage Road, it takes half mile then stay at the right lane going north on roads AZ-87 covering 22 miles straight to Coolidge. The monument’s entrance then will be reached upon the left wing. Meanwhile, from Phoenix, passing the I-10 east covers approximately 36 miles to reach the AZ-387 at Exit 185. When turning left again, you should see the end of the off-ramp onto AZ 187/AZ-387. Going over the I-10 overpass, going right onto AZ 387 would then proceed to going east passing 7 miles to reach AZ-87. Afterwards, a stop sign would be seen so the moment it’s there, turn right onto AZ-87. When you already reached Coolidge, turn right again onto the Arizona Boulevard and this time, the monument entrance is reached upon the right wing.

Other Exciting Breakaways

Learning more of its events, Casa Grande’s is also packed with seasonal activites with festivals including the Annual Fiddlers’ Bluegrass Jamboree, Wuertz Farm Family Gourd Festival, Heritage Tourism Days, O’Odham Tash Festival, Copperstate, Arizona State Open Chili Championship and Cactus Fly-In to name a few. As for the yearly celebrated O’Odham Tash, Native American arts and crafts, rodeos, ceremonial dances, parades and powwows are all experienced. Then to a newest addition, the Casa Grande also provided a mall known as The Promenade at Casa Grande which offers amenities and open-air centers, including department stores including JC Penny, Dilliard’s, Kohl’s, Marshall’s, Target and Harkin multiplex theatre.

All these packed up, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument completes a whole day of sightseeing, tours and festivities together with ancient memories brought by the Hohokam tribe. A tour to the “Great House” would be such a memorable surprise. Want more? Find scheduled tours by visiting: http://www.nps.gov/cagr/planyourvisit/events.htm

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