Patagonia, Arizona
Get to Patagonia
EASIEST: fly right into / out of Tucson International Airport
Rent a car & drive straight to Patagonia.
56 miles / 1 hour & 15 minutes.
SECOND EASIEST: fly into / out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Rent a car & drive straight to Patagonia.
170 miles / 2 hours & 40 minutes.
THE BIG BAD DRIVE FOR YOU MOTIVATED ROAD TRIP PEEPS!
Denver, CO to Patagonia: 902 miles/12 hours & 33 minutes
Emporia, KS to Patagonia: 1,136 miles/17 hours
Missoula, MT to Patagonia: 1,359 miles/19 hours & 15 minutes
San Francisco to Patagonia: 925 miles/13 hours
Los Angeles to Patagonia: 546 miles/7 hours & 45 minutes
Santa Fe, NM to Patagonia: 517 miles/7 hours & 20 minutes
Burlington, Vermont to Patagonia: 2,607 miles/1 day & 14 hours (YOW!)
Guided Gravel biKe rides
The Cyclist’s Menu team can’t wait to show you these magical dirt roads!
We offer guided day trips out of our bike shop in town, Patagonia Bikes, and longer multi-day trips and gravel camps through out the season.
biKe Shop
Our little bike shop, Patagonia Bikes is brought to you after 9 years of deeply exploring Arizona's borderland region of Santa Cruz, Cochise, and Pima Counties. The cycling in our corner of the Southwest is incredible, but the terrain is demanding on your bike's hardware. We carry the products we trust, have tested, and feel do best across the San Rafael Valley and our surrounding mountain ranges; while offering accessories to make your cycling endeavors more enjoyable. We can't wait to outfit your needs on the pavement, dirt roads, the Arizona Trail, and future bike packing adventures.
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biKe Rentals
If you are coming to town and interested in renting a bike - no worries! We carry Pivot gravel and e-bikes and offer daily and weekly rentals. Our bike shop, Patagonia Bikes can help you set up rentals and get you fitted with anything you might need for exploring the SRV.
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The Arizona Trail
Hike, trail run, or mountain bike the AZT!
It’s endless out there & right out the backdoor of The Gravel House. Patagonia is one of three gateway communities over the course of the trails 700 mile journey.
World Class birding
Folks travel from all around the world to be in the thick of Patagonia, AZ’s birding season which is ranked one of the best places in the world to see them fly!
Winery Tours
13 miles east of Patagonia sits 16 different & stunningly beautiful wineries! If you’re into riding your bike, make it a point to point bike tour and meet your friends in the afternoon. Cheers!
Food in Patagonia
The Gravel House is a 2 minute walk from downtown. Patagonia has a short list of amenities: 2 grocery stores, 6 restaurants (The Wild Horse Saloon, Wagon Wheel Saloon, The Queen of Cups & Velvet Elvis Pizzeria serve dinner. The Gathering Grounds and Patagonia Ovens are open for breakfast and lunch. Check local hours), 3 local arts/gift stores, public library, Bird Song massage therapy & the Sky Islands Tourism Association. Both houses sit inside a double lot, completely fenced in and hidden from any noise on highway 82. Let us know if you'd like our best recommendations for produce, meats, beer, wine and other speciality items. Red Mountain Foods is our local Patagonia grocery store (it rocks! Cash only), and you'll be able to find most everything you need there. The Patagonia Market has liquor and some beer/wine options + some additional grocery items that you might not be able to find at Red Mountain Foods.
The Patagonia Lumber Co serves coffee on the weekends in the morning and is open Wednesday - Sunday with beer, wine, food trucks and live music (check here for the schedule).
The Spirit World 100
A 50 & 100 mile gravel bike cycling event: November 2-5, 2023.
