Editing Sierra Vista, Arizona (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Pictographs in the Huachuca Mountains.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Pictographs in the [[Huachuca Mountains]]]]
Sierra Vista has a variety of cultural and family-oriented activities throughout the year. Some of the major events include the Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering in February, the Festival of the Southwest in the spring, Independence Day celebration, the Southwest Wings Festival in August for bird watching enthusiasts, and Arizona's longest-running holiday parade in December. During the winter months, the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra presents three concerts of classical and popular music, including pre-concert seminars, and puts on special fund raising events. Throughout the year, the Art Discovery Series presents plays, concerts, and musicals, and in the summer, there are regular band concerts at Veterans' Park, as well as many activities at the Sierra Vista Public Library such as a film series, lectures, readings, and other programs for children and adults. [[Pictographs]] created by Native Americans can be found in certain areas of the Huachuca Mountains.

The Gray Hawk Nature Center {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020603112526/http://www.grayhawknaturecenter.org/]}} offering nature education programs and housing live [[reptile]] and [[invertebrate]] exhibits is located nearby on the San Pedro River.