Photos: A walk through Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West
Visitation at Saguaro National Park hit another record high in 2021, and officials there are trying to figure out where all the people are coming from.
The roughly 93,000-acre preserve bracketing Tucson reported 1,079,786 recreational visits last year, an increase of almost 60,000 over the previous record set in 2019. It marked just the second time annual visitation has topped 1 million in 101 years of record-keeping.
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A family walks along the Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West.
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Michelle and Gaelen Cole walk along the Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West.
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A hiker walks at the Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West.
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A hiker stops to take a photo of the scenery at Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West.
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Autumn Stephens and her son, Brady, take in the scenery at the Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West.
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A group of hikers make their way along the Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West.
Saguaro National Park West
A group of hikers make their way along the Valley View Outlook trail at Saguaro National Park West.
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