Labyrinth at Pima Prickly Park

In Pima County's Prickly Park, a native-plant preserve built around cactus collections, a permanent labyrinth lies on the trail loop, walked in desert quiet. The Labyrinth Locator's record lists it as a Medieval 11-circuit path with 30-inch paver paths level for wheelchair accessibility; installed May 16, 2024.

Every labyrinth is a walking practice, not a puzzle: a single path winds to a center and back out, and the walk is done slowly, as prayer or meditation. The pattern descends from the medieval pavement labyrinth at Chartres, and the modern urban revival began in the 1990s when Lauren Artress brought replicas of that path to American congregations and public grounds through Veriditas and the Labyrinth Society, whose World-Wide Labyrinth Locator now catalogs thousands. There is no branching and no trick to the path; walkers of every religion and none use it.

Visiting

tucsoncactus.org carries the site's own information and schedule.