The Ironwood Forest National Monument (IFNM) was established on June 9, 2000 with the signing of Presidential Proclamation 7320 (Proclamation) to protect objects of scientific interest, including geological, biological, and archaeological resources. The IFNM encompasses approximately 189,600 acres of land. Approximately 128,400 acres within the monument boundaries are public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM); the balance of the land consists of approximately 54,700 acres of State Trust land (administered by the Arizona State Land Department) and approximately 6,000 acres that are privately owned.
Ironwood National Monument
The monument is about a half hour drive from the west edge of Tucson through desert like this.
The south end of the monument. On the monument the roads are dirt.
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