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Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Operations and Maintenance

Hours are dawn to one hour after sunset Tues-Sun, opening at 9am on Monday.

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View of recharge basins (often dry) from Huckleberry bike path, with wetlands in background.

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The transition from the packed-granite path to the paved path has a lip over 2” tall in some places.

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The Agua Nueva Park is located across the street (or down the bike path) from Sweetwater Wetlands.

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Agua Nueva Park is a reclamation pond circumnavigated with a sunny dirt path.

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The 0.5-mile hike around the lake in Agua Nueva Park has benches and intermittent shade from riparian trees.

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The Huckleberry Loop is a paved 2-lane bike path that intersects with the wetland hike leading N and S along the Santa Cruz River.

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The Tucson Reclaimed Water Treatment Plant is the source of water for the Sweetwater Wetlands and the outlet into the Santa Cruz River.

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An outlet of reclaimed water into the Santa Cruz River flowing north, as viewed from the Huckleberry bike path.

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