Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community May 17, 2003
Pros: Great cactus and t-storm photo ops
Cons: Long drive
Summary: Okay, I admit it. With all the negative publicity lately about Organ Pipe and illegal aliens and drug smugglers and feds running loose with weapons, I was reluctant to take my 3 and 5-year-old boys. My husband was more rational (as always; if he got ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 26, 2008
Pros: Nice scenery, unique desert environment
Cons: Hot; a known human trafficking corridor, some of the park has been closed to visitors
Summary: Overview Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a 330,689-acre piece of the Sonoran Desert filled with organ pipe cacti, saguaro cacti (more than in Saguaro National Monument), and pretty scenery. There are a couple of ways to experience this ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 2, 2001
Pros: See "stick 'em up" cacti up close and personal
Cons: Very out of the way
Summary: This national monument is found on the mexican border on Arizona's southernmost section. Figure on taking a full day by car on getting there and back from either Phoenix or Tucson. Although any Arizona map shows with some prominence the town of Ajo I ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 30, 2000
Pros: Unlike anything found anywhere else.
Cons: Hot in the summer.
Summary: Organ Pipe Cactus National Park, a desert wild-land that holds history and beauty in a remote and mysterious setting.
This area is the home of the Tohono O'Odham indian tribe and the Saguaro Organ Pipe cactus. The park was designated to ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 20, 2000
Pros: Funny shaped cactuses
Cons: Long drive far from everywhere
Summary: At Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument you'll find cactuses of a very peculiar shape. Being a forty miles dusty drive from the interstate connecting Tucson and San Diego, you should go only if you are very much into cactuses; otherwise you can happily ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 26, 1999
Pros: Spectacular Sonoran desert scenery
Cons: Limited amenities, excessive heat in summer
Summary: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is probably one of the lesser-visited sites in the National Park service, although many vehicles speed through the park without stopping on their way to Puerto Penasco (aka Rocky Point)
Mexico. That's a shame ... read more
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