Photos: Tucson Homeless encampment in '100 acre woods'
A huge homeless camp in Tucson is located in an area known as 100-Acre Wood. It is located near where Golf Links Road curves south. The land is owned by Davis-Monthan Air Force Base but leased by the city.
It got its name in 2019 when it became a mountain-bike park.
A man stands in front of a large shelter where multiple people reside inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
Cece Kon shows the bathroom she made for her shelter inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
The 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A man rakes in front of his home inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A swarm of shelters inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A distressed American flag lays in the dirt inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A tent sits by a cacti inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A shelter inside the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
Two men sit in the shade inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
The living room inside of Cece Kon’s shelter at the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A circular rock formation protects a memorial in the middle of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A painting of the Buddha sits in a tree outside of someones shelter inside the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
Alexander Trujillo prepares the ice chests for soda inside the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A wooden sign that reads “This mess is a place!” lives inside of Cece Kon’s kitchen at the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A shelter inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
A ceramic frog holds Cece Kon’s pens, markers, and other tools inside of her shelter at the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
Solar panels power Cece Kon’s shelter inside of the 100-acre wood near East Golf Links Road, Tucson, Ariz., September 6, 2023.
Grace Trejo
Photojournalist