Sentinel Peak — Local services in Tucson

I like to hike up the hill on the side of the A Mountain, which has always had plenty of interesting graffiti artists decorating the lower and mid levels of the concrete walls. I love art, so that's good for me. Also, some saint hiked a whole metal bench to the very top of the small mountain I like to climb. It had to have been a feat of great strength; I see no vehicle access! The bench appears to have been carried up piecewise, then welded together at the tippy top!

Thank you, kind stranger.

I like the graffiti on the bench, too.

Last Saturday, the Desert Museum had everything set up for people to help paint murals over the old graffiti, so I signed up, which was free! I went up to the summit of the hill, took some pictures, walked around a bit, stretched, finished my breakfast, and then hiked back to the lower level to help paint a person on the wall.

It was fun! Lots of nice people and a few kids helping out with the paints.

I did my part, like half a person that a kid would not have been able to reach, then said goodbyes, walked down, and hopped a bus...

My first time Coming here And came with the wife Was not too sure what to expect They had the gate closed Where you couldn't drive up that was probably due to the Defacing And graffiti From the protest Where they painted the a the Palestinian flag .... so our walk Started From the Bottom by the parking lot

Some nice trails pretty clean and a great view of Tucson and the surrounding area a mountain can be seen from I-10 and what a view you can take a picture with the a behind you or go to the very top where you have a 360 unobstructed view of the entire area you can see all the way out to Picacho Peak recommended most of the way if you walk the road is paved until you get to about a quarter Way to the Top then you'll have to walk on the trail but even then it's not too narrow and me and the wife were able to do it easily if you're in Tucson looking for a hike I recommend this it can be done in less than an hour at most hour and a half taking your time...

Always a nice place to visit for a birds-eye view of the City. But they posted "NO PARKING" signs at the very spot everyone used to park for photos and now expect people to hike up the mountainside where cars drive on a narrow one-way road. Kind of unsafe. And dumb. And when you do reach the peak (and best) observation lookout point of the City, people still park there anyways. So what's the point? Suggest to skip this tourist trap and drive through nearby and scenic Gates Pass instead. For a more majestic mountain view experience, spend half the day driving up Mount Lemmon. Sentinal Peak is a bust. With trashy, dilpidated roads, no parking authorized at the top, forced hiking approximately 1/2 mile up a one-way narrow road with cars deiving right passed you, I would not recommend anyone to waste their time traveling to...