Discover Marana Visitor Center

About

Official source of information for visitors to the Gateway to Southern Arizona.

Story

Our Town’s history goes back much further than its 1977 incorporation. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of more than 4,000 years of human occupation in what is now known as Marana. Native Americans, European settlers and some of the earliest Americans lived in or passed through Southern Arizona. When the railroad put the community on the map in the 1800s, it gained a name: Marana, meaning thicket. These days, Marana is synonymous with quality of life in the Sonoran Desert. Actually, it’s been that way for thousands of years.

The Town of Marana administers this site to inform the public about Town business, services and events. For more complete information, please visit the Town's website at www.marana.com, or www.discovermarana.org.

The Town's Parks and Recreation (search Marana Parks & Recreation) and Police (search Marana Police Department) also have Facebook pages.

Comments posted to this page will be monitored. The following postings/comments are prohibited: Comments not topically related to the administrator’s posting; content that violates town policy, including abusive, harassing, intimidating, vulgar, obscene and offensive communications, communications that defame or libel others, and communications that infringe upon the privacy rights of others; disparaging communications or jokes that are based on race, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law; communications of any copyrighted materials, trade secrets, proprietary information, or any other highly sensitive confidential information; solicitation of others for commercial ventures or religious, social or political causes. The Town of Marana reserves the right to remove content that is deemed in violation of Town policy or any applicable law. Any participants on the Town’s official social media sites who are in continual violation of the posting/commenting guidelines may be permanently removed from the Town’s site.