The Brown Canyon Environmental Education Center offers the public an opportunity to explore, enjoy and learn in an amazing setting deep within the refuge.  

Brown Canyon Guided Hikes 
Group Stays at the Brown Canyon Environmental Education Center

Due to limited staffing Brown Canyon is only open November through April.

The Brown Canyon Casita is no longer available for rent.

In an effort to lessen the impacts to wildlife and plant species, the canyon is open by reservation only. Please call 520-823-4251 Ext. 101 or contact Joshua_Smith@fws.gov for reservation availability.

Directions to Brown Canyon:

To Brown Canyon from Tucson: Take I-10 to I-19. Exit west onto Ajo Way/Hwy 86. Travel 21 miles to Robles Junction/Three Points. Turn south (left) onto Hwy 286. Go past milepost 21 to two mailboxes on the right. Turn here and wait on the west side of the cattle guard, where you will be met. (1¼ hrs)

To Brown Canyon from Green Valley / Amado / Tubac: Take I-19 to Arivaca Road, Exit 48. Go west to the stop sign and turn right. At the Cow Palace turn west (left) onto Arivaca Road. It will be 35 miles to Hwy 286. Along the way you go through Arivaca; veer right at the Sasabe/Ruby Road sign. Continue west and turn north (right) onto Hwy 286. Go past milepost 20 to two mailboxes on the left. Turn here and wait on the west side of the cattle guard, where you will be met. (1¼ hrs)

To Brown Canyon from Arivaca: Take Arivaca Road west; veer right at the Sasabe/Ruby Road sign. At this point pick up directions from the previous paragraph. (¾ hr)

To Brown Canyon from refuge headquarters: Travel north on Hwy 286. Go past milepost 20 to two mailboxes on the left. Turn west (left) here and wait on the west side of the cattle guard, where you will be met. (½ hr)