Elephant Head Mobile Homes & Double-Wides for Sale

Elephant Head shares its name with the quarts monzonite landmark pushing out of the western foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains. The community sits close to the Elephant Head peak, and hikes to it lead to sweeping views of the valley and range. Natural attractions aside, this place gives its residents ample room and quiet desert living on the fringes of the Tucson metro. For David Katen, who moved here in the 1980s, Elephant Head proposed an alternative to nearby Green Valley, where age-restricted properties and homeowners association fees are common. “The Realtor said … ‘I have a place in an area in Elephant Head I’d like to show you.’ He drove us out. It’s country, pretty rough roads getting out there, but we fell in love with it all,” says the owner of the antique store Dave’s Place in the desert. Homeowners here owe their extra land to a requirement that properties span at least 5 acres. Lots here allow some to keep horses, as the Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary most visibly shows. The nonprofit keeps 67 horses on 25 acres of land. Homes here also rely on well and septic systems. “The dwellings are all different. They go from manufactured homes to beautiful custom homes. It