Crested Saguaro Society


Crest Quest Reports (Blog)

The thousand of crested saguaros that have been documented by the Crested Saguaro Society are the result of many, many outings in the Arizona desert going back almost two decades. Countless miles driven and walked ... untold hours scanning the saguaro forest with naked eyes, binoculars, and spotting scopes ... tens of thousands of photos taken. Here are the stories of our latest adventures.


To read the report for each trip, click on each link (latest entry at top):

January 19 - 22, 2024 — Near Florence (Dreamed Landscapes) (NEW!)

January 5 - 6, 2024 — Off Highway 93 (The Fire Inside)

December 26 - 28, 2023 — Near Florence (Old Friends, New Friends)

December 10 - 14, 2023 — Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Crested Pincushions)

December 1 - 3, 2023 — Near Florence (Something Lost, Something Gained)

November 16 - 17, 2023 — Off Highway 93 (Canyon and Creek)

November 5 - 7, 2023 — Off Highway 93 (Taking the Roads Less Traveled)

October 29 - 31, 2023 — Off Highway 93 (A Wash Runs Through It)

October 1 - 3, 2023 — Off Highway 93 (Something out of Nothing)

May 8 - 10, 2023 — Hills and Valleys North of Tucson

March 4 - 9, 2023 — Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

February 22 - 24, 2023 — Superior Crests

February 12 - 17, 2023 — Superstition Mountains and White Tank Mountains

January 28 - 30, 2023 — Near Mesa and Near Florence

January 18 - 23, 2023 — Pathways Around Tucson and Back Again

January 13 - 14, 2023 — Congress Country

January 6 - 7, 2023 — Out Wickenburg Way

December 24, 2022 — Near Cave Creek

December 16 - 18, 2022 — Sonoran Desert National Monument

December 7 - 9, 2022 — Near Florence

November 9 - 10, 2022 — Near Florence

October 28 - 30, 2022 — Western Arizona Mountain Range

October 23 - 24, 2022 — Out Bagdad Way

June 2, 2022 — Rincon Mountains Roundabout

April 15 - 22, 2022 — Joshua Tree National Park

April 8, 2022 — Boyce Thompson Arboretum

March 12 - 19, 2022 — Sonoran Desert National Monument and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

March 5, 2022 — Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pinal County

February 26 - 27, 2022 — More Western Arizona Mountain Ranges

February 15 - 20, 2022 — Arizona and California Deserts

February 11 - 13, 2022 — More Western Arizona Mountain Ranges

February 5 - 7, 2022 — Western Arizona Mountain Ranges

January 29 - 30, 2022 — Hillside, Arizona

January 11 - 16, 2022 — Southeast Arizona



New reports added regularly - check back often!



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Revised: March 28, 2024