Ajo House close to Plaza

Colorful home on a quiet street just behind Ajo's beautiful Spanish Colonial style plaza. The house is on an inner corner and faces an arroyo on two sides, giving you a "desert" view with accompanying bird and wildlife--with the best of Ajo just a few minutes walk away. Birds abound and are your morning wake-up call. Javelina, coyote, and even the occasional bobcat strut by at dusk or dawn. Step out at night to the Milky Way and stars like you've never seen before. The space This 930 square foot home has a well-appointed kitchen and comfortable, colorful furnishings--everything you would need for a short or long-term stay. There is a house manual that is very thorough and a Southwestern library of guidebooks, maps, natural history and non-fiction books to assist you in your explorations. As a host, I am available to you as much or as little as you like. Ajo is a small former copper mining town located in the heart of the Sonoran Desert and is entirely surrounded by public lands: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge (Edward Abbey's former stomping grounds), the Tohono O'odham Indian Nation, BLM lands. You can literally be out in the wild within a couple minutes of this home in lush, quintessential saguaro-studded desert. BLM backroads lead into Cabeza Prieta, the nations 2nd largest wildlife refuge. Ajo is 40 miles north of the border, just 100 miles from Puerto Penasco at the head of the Sea of Cortez. Excursions abound. It is 110 miles from Phoenix, 130 from Tucson, a beautiful desert drive on a quiet two-lane with Kitt Peak National Observatory and the Tohono O'odham Cultural Center along the way. Ajo is one of only 65 towns in the country that have been designated National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat. Ajo is architecturally unique in that its historic heart is still intact and was modeled on the City Beautiful movement in 1914. Many of its homes and public buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Curley School has been refurbished into artist studios and apartments. Ajo's friendly residents are bound by love of their community and the surrounding desert. The town has often been referred to as a well-kept secret. A qualifier on the TV: There is a smart TV and blu-ray/DVD player but no cable. The wifi is fast and you should be able to stream to your heart's content. Guest access Entire home