Trees around the World, a U of Arizona Campus Arboretum Tour

For more than a century the campus landscape has served as testing grounds for arid-adapted trees, supplying the Campus Arboretum with a collection of unusual but delightful specimens. Trees around the World features some of these unique trees and describes their native uses and interesting folklore.

Tours start at the University of Arizona Memorial Fountain, west of Old Main at 9:30 am and last 60-90 minutes. Campus visitor parking is available in campus parking garages at a cost of $2 per hour. Please bring water and a hat.

Using a rating scale of 1 (least amount of walking) to 3 (more walking), this tour is rated 3.

Using a rating scale of 1 (least sun exposure) to 3 (more sun exposure), this tour is rated 1.

A campus map can be found at: https://map.arizona.edu/