Things To Do Near Downtown in Puerto Penasco
The Links at Las Palomas Golf Course
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Boulevard Costero 150 Colonia Sandy Beach
The Links at Las Palomas Golf Club is the most popular golf course in Puerto Penasco. It is an 18-hole, par-72, seaside golf course which is designed in the "true links" tradition...
Tequila Factory
approx 9 blocks
Blvd. Benito Juarez 121 & Calle 12 Plaza California #101
Tequila Factory offers fun tequila tasting. They have a wide variety of tequila, including their private label Blanco, Reposado and Anejo tequilas. They also offer nine specialty, flavored tequilas: Coffee, Caramel, Almond, Peach, Pomegranate, Apple, Piña Colada, Raspberry & Quince. Their tasting room features a brief film describing the process to make tequila...
Sonoran Desert Tours
approx 11 blocks
Blvd Benito Juarez entre calle 11 y Blvd Kino No. 401 local 2
SDT (or Sonoran Desert Tours) is a local tour company offering a variety of unique and specialty tours to the El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve. There trips offer the security of knowledgeable and experienced tour guides in a desert that can be rugged and harsh to travel alone...
Visit Playa Hermosa (The Public Beach)
approx 14 blocks
18th Street Access
Playa Hermosa is the public beach for the town. This is a sandy beach which can be quiet in the mornings and during the week. However, it can also be crowded and lively all weekend! This is where the action is. Music, BBQ's, food, swimming and fun...
Latitude 31 Restaurant & Sports Bar
approx 1 mile
Benito Juarez
Latitude 31 Restaurant and Sports Bar in Rocky Point is a family owned restaurant and sports bar owned by Mike and Cindy. They pride themselves on offering constant & consistent high quality meals with a diverse menu in a family friendly atmosphere...
Peninsula de Cortés Golf Course at the Mayan Palace
approx 1 mile
Km. 24 Carretera Penasco-Caborca, Ejido Miramar
The Peninsula de Cortés Golf Course is part of the Mayan Palace Resort which is about 20 miles south of Puerto Penasco. It is an 18-hole, par-72 course which was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II...
Malecon (Fish & Shrimp Market)
approx 1 mile
Malecon / Old Port
The Malecon (or boardwalk) in Rocky Point is one of the most well-known features of the town. It is located in the Old Port of Rocky Point...
Cet-Mar Aquarium
approx 2 miles
43 Las Conchas Rd, Rocky Point
CETMAR is a Center of Education with a focus on ocean studies. The campus is located just before the guard gate heading into the Las Conchas neighborhood. This is their aquarium which is open to the public...
Visit Sandy Beach
approx 2 miles
Sandy Beach
Technically named Playa Arenosa, nearly everyone refers to this area as Sandy Beach. It stretches in a long crescent shape from Playa Hermosa (the public beach) at its southeast out to Competition Hill on the edge of Cholla Bay at the northwest end of the beach...
CEDO
approx 3 miles
Las Conchas Road
Over 30 years of studying and educating others about the desert and oceans of Northern Sonora, CEDO is a landmark in Mexico...
Visit las Conchas Beach & Community
approx 4 miles
Las Conchas
Las Conchas is a 6 mile stretch of beautiful, pristine beaches. Las Conchas community includes some of the most exclusive beachfront homes in town and at its far southern point is the exclusive Tessoro condominium complex. The CETMAR aquarium and CEDO are both located along the Las Conchas Beach area. Las Conchas beaches are for the most part shallow sandy beaches extending far into the water at high tide...
Laguna del Mar Golf Course
approx 5 miles
Blvd. Laguna del Mar
Open for play in 2005, the Laguna Del Mar Golf Course is an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. At present (2010) the course has 9 holes playable. The Golf Course is located within the Laguna Del Mar development and has is built overlooking the Sea of Cortez and Cholla Bay...
Visit Cholla Bay (Choya Bay)
approx 6 miles
Cholla Bay
Cholla Bay is a tiny, fishing based community just a 5 minute drive from Puerto Penasco. A community unto itself, Cholla Bay has its own markets, bar, restaurants, a sandy beach, a bed and breakfast, a boat launch, a small boat storage facility and even a Homeowner's Association!...
JJ's Cantina
approx 6 miles
Cholla Bay
JJ's Cantina is a Cholla Bay landmark. Cholla Bay is located just 5 miles or so from Puerto Penasco. The Cantina sits right on the Bay which has an incredible high and low tide difference, emptying the bay during the new and full moons...
JJ's Cantina
approx 6 miles
JJ's Cantina is an authentic Cholla Bay landmark. The building originally housed the Club La Pesca de Cholla. Cholla Bay is located just 5 miles or so from Puerto Penasco. The Cantina sits right on the Bay which has an incredible high and low tide difference, emptying the bay during the new and full moons...
Schuk Toak Visitor's Center
approx 15 miles
Highway 8 (Sonoita to Penasco) KM 73
This new state-of-the-art complex sits on a lava flow. It is about 20 kilometers north of the town of Puerto Penasco and serves as an introductory center for the Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, El Pinacate Crater and the Sonoran Desert. Hours of Operation: (September thru June) Monday thru Sunday 9 am to 5 pm...
Visit the Beaches Southeast of Town
approx 18 miles
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There is a series of beaches off the road to Caborca (SON HWY 3). These are all dirt, sandy roads which occasionally get waterlogged at the extreme high tide. There are small residential communities all along the road which are marked with billboards along the highway...
EL Pinacate Biosphere Reserve Self Drive Trip
approx 28 miles
KM 52 Sonoita to Penasco Highway 8
Located just 30 miles north of Puerto Penasco on the main highway to Sonoyta/Lukeville border crossing is where you will find the entrance to the El Pinacate Reserve. This reserve is over 6,000 square kilometers and actually reaches from the Sea of Cortés to the Arizona border, where it is called both the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and the Organ Pipe National Monument. This volcanic desert has a moon-like quality of vast sand dunes and gigantic volcanic crater depressions. The Elegante crater is the largest and most visited. El Pinacate is a great day trip from Puerto Penasco!...
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
approx 63 miles
Route 1, Box 100
Ajo, AZ
Plants and animals found nowhere else...
