Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Virtual Travel

Alamo Canyon Trail

Organ Pipe Cactus NM

Puerto Blanco Drive

Begin your virtual tour of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument by clicking on any of the above entry points, and follow roads or trails through a network of linked images.

Pipe Organ Cactus National Monument preserves 330,689 acres of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona right on the Mexican border. It is named after the the Saguaro Cactus whose multiple trunks resemble the pipes of an organ. A surprising variety of desert plants cover the desert, including the saguaro cactus, prickly pear cactus, ocotillo and creosote bushes.

California Route 85 passes through the middle of the monument, and southward into Mexico. A handful of dirt roads and several trails offer a closer look at the desert, including Alamo Canyon Road, Ajo Mountain Road and Puerto Blanco Road.