Name: Tanque Verde Falls Trail
Rating: 4.5

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Features River/Creek · Swimming · Views · Waterfall

Family Friendly Short, interesting scrambling with a refreshing waterfall at the end makes this worth it.

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A short, well-maintained trail leads from the parking area down to the stream bed. After this, an interesting, mile-long scramble over boulders in the stream bed leads to a pretty waterfall in a narrow part of the canyon. A scramble above the first fall leads to the base of a beautiful second and larger fall tumbling into a large swimmable pool in a grotto.

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Land Manager: USFS - Coronado National Forest Office

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4.5 from 12 votes

#2

in Tucson

#1051

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4.5 from 12 votes

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4 Star		33%
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#2

in Tucson

#54

in Arizona

#1,051

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Sep 27, 2025

Karrie May

I hiked out and back with Jake and Mike K. This was the first time we made it all the way to the base of the falls. It was excellent swimming! — 2h 00m

May 28, 2023

Alan Garcia

Mar 15, 2022

Fredi Caonach

Me and my fiancé are heading out for our first hike in the area! — 2h 13m

Apr 4, 2020

Shannon VD

2mi — 1h 40m

Jan 5, 2020

Kat Hofmann

Oct 26, 2019

Cheyenne Canty

Nice day! Made it to the falls but it wasn't flowing. Still pretty 2.5mi

May 29, 2019

Emily Freed

Dry river bed with pockets of pools-algae 2mi

Aug 2, 2018

Vaibhav Tadepalli

No water in valley or over falls

Mar 31, 2018

Sam Harvey

Still great water levels...falls still flowing but easy stream crossings

Feb 3, 2018

Travis Bugbee

Aug 26, 2017

hdjohnson

Fun hike and swim 1mi — 1h 00m

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Tanque Verde Falls Trail

“A short hike to two spectacular falls. ”

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Point to Point

3,105' 946 m

2,831' 863 m

155' 47 m

274' 84 m

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Features River/Creek · Swimming · Views · Waterfall

Family Friendly Short, interesting scrambling with a refreshing waterfall at the end makes this worth it.

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#1051

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#54

#1,051

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