Contemplating a trip to Saguaro National Park in Arizona? For those of you who have never visited and now want to see these amazing giant cacti for which this park is named, the National Parks Traveler’s founder and editor-in-chief Kurt Repanshek wrote about what you can do and see while spending just three days here.

The starry sky over Saguaro National Park / Ray Cleveland-Visit Tucson

Saguaro National Park covers little more than 90,000 acres, which is small compared to Yellowstone or Death Valley national parks, and less than a quarter the size of nearby Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. But that doesn't mean you should take a windshield tour of Saguaro and be gone in 24 hours.

The fact is, Saguaro seems to get little respect for being a destination. Ask Google how much time you should spend in the park and you might see stories with one-day itineraries or people arguing whether two days is too long. I've made two visits to Saguaro in the past decade, and neither was long enough.

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