Breathe in Sky Island vistas and crisp mountain air from your patio overlooking Patagonia. Downtown is a 10 min. walk away! Enter the private entrance to your comfy and roomy apartment featuring a one-bedroom with Queen-Size Bed, Full Kitchen, Living Room & a Big Bathroom! The apartment is attached to a Large Home on 5 quiet foothill acres at the west edge of town. Your secluded getaway is perched atop an arroyo opening into the high country of The Coronado National Forest. Ideal for 1- Guests!! Twelve miles north of you towers Mt. Wrightson (Baldy), a Sky Island climbing nearly 10,000 feet into the endless, blue southern AZ sky. Here at Las Colinas/The Foothills you're relishing your getaway within a Private Apartment... a Large Bedroom with a Queen-size bed; a Large Living Room; a Large Bathroom with Big Shower; and a Kitchen, fully equipped. Saltillo Tile Flooring throughout the "Pieza" (Apartment) gives your pleasant stay here a distinictly South of the Border feel. The Arizona Trail - Patagonia is a Gateway Community for the Arizona Trail. Patagonia Lake State Park is a hidden treasure, tucked away in the rolling hills of southern Arizona. The parkwas established in 1975 and is an ideal place to find whitetail deer roaming the hills and great blue herons walking the shoreline. A campground overlooks a 265-acre man-made lake where anglers catch crappie, bass, bluegill, and catfish. Trout is stocked every three weeks from October through March. The tracks of the New Mexico/Arizona railroad lie beneath the lake and remnants of the old historic line may be found at the Nature Conservancy in Patagonia and on the town’s “RR Trail.”.Hikers can stroll along the beautiful creek trail and see a variety of birds such as the canyon towhee, Inca dove, vermilion flycatcher, black vulture, and several species of hummingbirds. The park offers a beach, picnic area with ramadas, tables & grills, a creek trail, boat ramps, a marina, and a market. There is a campground, boat-in camp sites, restrooms, showers, and a dump station. The Lakeside Market offers boat rentals, fishing licenses, bait, ice, and more. At two and a half miles long, Patagonia Lake is popular for a variety of recreational activities, including water skiing, fishing, camping, picnicking, and hiking. Rent a canoe or a rowboat for the day, or bring your own boat and enjoy Patagonia Lake State Park. Nature Conservancy’s Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve The Preserve is one of the best-known and most popular places for birding in the U.S. More birders have seen their first gray hawks here than anywhere else. The streamside or riparian habitat found along Sonoita Creek contains some of the richest habitat remaining in Southern Arizona. More than 300 species migrate, nest, and live in this critical habitat and bird enthusiasts come thousands of miles to catch a glimpse of some of them. Of particular interest are the gray hawk, vermilion flycatcher, violet-crowned hummingbird, thick-billed kingbird, zone-tailed hawk, green kingfisher, white-throated sparrows (in winter) and black-bellied whistling duck. Violet-Crowned Hummingbird. Even if you can’t tell a bluebird from a blue jay, the Preserve still offers something for you. Three miles of easy walking trails take you along Sonoita Creek and through rare cottonwood and willow forest. The peace that comes from relaxing under 140 year-old cottonwood trees will bring you one step closer to nature. The Paton Center for Hummingbirds is a place to explore and experience the special birds of southeast Arizona. It is dedicated to the celebration and conservation of hummingbirds—and all of southeast Arizona’s astounding biodiversity—through recreation, education, and sustainable living. More than 212 bird species have been reported for this cozy home lot on the outskirts of Patagonia, including Violet-crowned Hummingbirds, Gray Hawks, Varied Buntings, Green-tailed Towhees, Thick-billed Kingbirds, and many more local specialties. Gates are open dawn to dusk. Entry is free of charge … Your stay, your way: a lot or a little interaction, it's up to you. Need insider scoop on touring the local wineries? Got U covered. Want to know which are the best hiking trails up Mt. Wrightson? Covered. When do local fisherman cast a line in the local lake for trout? Yessir. Where to eat? Yesssir. Wine Lover? The best Arizona Wines are grown and vinted locally where you can also taste them 7 days a week!! Birding is crazy popular in Patagonia with places to visit like Audubon's Patton Center for Hummingbirds and the Nature Conservancy's Bird Sanctuary on Sonoita/Patagonia Creek - both right next to our little town that time forgot. Epic views in every direction and remote, rural quiet. Your Las Colinas Sanctuary is on five acres backing on Coronado National Forestland with a trailhead on our property! What else!? Unbelievably dark nighttime skies copiously strewn and gleaming with crushed diamond stars. Activities!? Eating well at the local restaurants, tasting delicious wine at local wineries, strolling along Patagonia Lake, hiking/biking and sipping morning coffee on your patio among the spectacluar Sky Islands. Hard Core Birders? You already know that Patagonia is required destination. Hunters? Coos Dear, Turkey, Javalina, Quail to name the obvious.