The Desert Rose Inn is the top-rated Trip Advisor® Hotel in Benson, Arizona, rated 3 Diamond by AAA® and well known for our clean rooms, friendly staff, and well-kept facilities. Located in the heart of the Old West, halfway between San Diego, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico, and just 280 miles from El Paso, Texas, we are a natural stop-over point going back to the days of the Butterfield Overland Stage Coach line and the Southern Pacific Railroad.

We are the ideal location for exploring the many unique attractions including Kartchner Caverns State Park, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Huachuca, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area and central to the major communities of Benson, Bisbee, Douglas, Sierra Vista/Fort Huachuca, Tombstone, and Wilcox The Desert Rose Inn features an authentic Southwestern theme but with all of the modern conveniences and extra touches you expect from a first class Hotel. So whether you are traveling for business, pleasure, or both, we invite you to experience the award winning cleanliness and service that have allowed us to consistently exceed guest expectations for over ten years.

Southeastern Arizona is known for its beautiful High-Desert scenery and wildlife. It is surrounded by several small mountain ranges including the Chiricahua Mountains, Huachuca Mountains, Santa Ritas, the Santa Catalinas, the Rincons, and the Piñalenos. It has a rich and diverse history from the Precolumbian inhabitants the Hohokam, to the more recent Tohono O'odham - also known as the “People of the Desert” - who live in the area today.

There are still many signs of the Spanish/Mexican influences in the architecture and Missions from the early 18th century as well as the original towns and cities from the wild early-days of Arizona statehood - including Tucson, Arizona with Old Tucson Studios (many of the great Western movies made from the 1920’s through the 1950’s were made in the state of Arizona); Fort Huachuca – home to the Buffalo Soldiers made famous during the Indian Wars and the assault on Cochise’s Stronghold; the founding of the city of Benson, Arizona - when the Southern Pacific Railroad came through (the city was named for Judge William B. Benson – a friend of the president of the Southern Pacific Railroad), and of course the infamous Wild West stories of Tombstone, Arizona – home to Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, and the Gunfight at OK Coral; Bisbee, Arizona – home to the Copper Queen Mine; Wilcox, Arizona – home to the Rex Allen Museum, and Yuma, Arizona – with one of the few natural crossings of the Colorado River and known for it’s early Steamboat Crossing.

Kartchner Caverns State Park http://azstateparks.com/Parks/KACA/index.html
Gammon’s Gulch http://www.gammonsgulch.com/
Chicicahua National Monument http://www.nps.gov/chir/
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/ncarea/sprnca.html
Fort Huachuca Museum http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/travel/amsw/sw3.htm
Colossal Cave Mountain Park http://www.colossalcave.com/welcome.html
Kitt Peak National Observatory http://www.noao.edu/kpno/
Old Tucson Studios http://www.oldtucson.com/
Sabino Canyon http://www.sabinocanyon.com/index.htm
Saguaro National Park http://www.nps.gov/sagu/
San Xavier del Bac Mission http://www.sanxaviermission.org/
Tucson Botanical Gardens http://tucsonbotanical.org/
Arizona Historical Society Museums http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/default.asp
Pima Air & Space Museum http://www.pimaair.org/
Titan Missile Museum http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/