| Facilities: Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge provides primitive campsites, a visitor's center, picnic areas, and restrooms. Reservations: Unknown Best Time To Visit: The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center is open year round from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm seven days a week (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day). April and May are best for breeding birds. Fees: No entrance fees are charged except for Brown Canyon hikes and programs. Accessibility: Headquarters visitor center, Arivzca visitor station, and Arivaca Cienega Trail are handicap accessible. Rules: No overnight parking in trailhead parking lots. Dogs must be on a leash. Directions: To reach Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge headquarters visitor center from Tucson, travel west on Ajo Way (Highway 86) to Three Points. Travel 38 miles south of Three Points on Highway 286 to milepost 7.5. If traveling on Interstate 19, take the Amado/Arivaca exit west, turn right at the T, and then left at the Cow Palace onto Arivaca Road. Proceed 23 miles to Arivaca (two refuge nature trails are east and west of the town). For the grasslands, go west of Arivaca 12 miles to highway 286, turn left, drive 4.5 miles to entrance road to headquarters at milepost 7.5. Proceed west 35 miles on the Arivaca Road to Highway 286, and turn left at milepost 7.5. | |
