Marana Rotary's Tour de Cookie
Presented by the Rotary Club of Marana
Would you like to promote your business or organization and reach hundreds of riders while supporting Marana Rotary’s charitable community service projects? Become a 2026 Tour de Cookie sponsor! Check out the different levels below, and please contact rotarytourdecookie@gmail.com, if interested.
About the Ride
The Rotary Club of Marana’s annual Tour de Cookie is the most fun you will ever have on a bicycle, without breaking a sweat.
This is a fundraising event for the many local, national, and international service projects that the Rotary Club of Marana undertakes each year. Proceeds of this year’s event will go to: TBD.
This event is also a time when members of our community can come together for that most scrumptious of American treats: the cookie.
Along a 31 mile loop of The Loop river bike path, twelve community organizations and businesses will each have a station, where they will be handing out cookies to joyful riders. This is not a race, but a casual ride with great friends, family, and uniquely delicious cookies.
Since its inception, the primary objectives of Tour de Cookie are to raise money for local charities while having fun along the way. This is not a competitive bike race, but a bicycle ride with family and friends (aka “Cookie Monsters”) who stop at “Cookie Booths” (local businesses) along the way to “fuel” their ride with all varieties of cookies.
When?
March 6th 2027 for Tour de Cookie!
Where?
Start at Crossroads District Park (Silverbell and Cortaro).
Click the registration link to sign up. Once you have registered, keep track of your registration receipt. Ride packets will be available for pick up prior to ride day. Packet Pickup Crossroads at Silverbell District Park 7548 North Silverbell Road, Marana, AZ 85743. The actual spot we will be at is at the baseball field concession stand.
Want to ride with a group? Team registrations get $5 off each individual registrant. Check out the Sign Up page for more details.
Route
Check out the map below for a detailed look at the Tour de Cookie route. The ride officially starts and stops at the Crossroads District Park. However, as long as you have picked up your packet prior to the event, feel free to enter the route at any convenient and safe location. Cookie stations are strategically placed evenly along the route, so no matter where you jump in, you will find cookies soon enough.
Long, short, whatever you are up for:
Ride from Crossroads Park to Sportsman’s Warehouse for a short ride, for a middle ride, go from Crossroads Park to Sanders and back.
The Marana Rotary’s Tour de Cookie is not a race or fixed route, by any means. If you want to ride the whole loop, feel free. If you just want to check out a few cookie stations, ride a few miles, and come back – that’s perfectly fine too.
There are only two hard and fast rules for this event: be safe and have fun!
Participants can start the at any point along the route, but we encourage them to consider starting at Crossroads District Park so that they can opt for a shorter loop to the right (to Sportsman’s Warehouse and back) or a longer loop to the left (to Santa Cruz River Trail Park at Sanders Rd and back). Riders can also start at Sportsman’s Warehouse and ride the full length of an “out and back” on the Loop for a total ride of 31 miles.
Cookie Stops
See the following for detailed Cookie Stop locations.
#1 Sanders
SPONSOR: TBD
This is a turnaround spot. Tangerine to Moore Road. Right on Moore left on Sanders. Drive until you see the bridge, parking lot on the left. There is a great parking lot to set up along the path…. Park along path.
#2 Honea Park at end of White Ave/Swanson
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Tangerine left on Moore Road. Left on Whitney Lane. Right on Swanson St to White Ave. End of the Road. Park along path. Bathroom available.
#3 Heritage Park
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Interstate 10 and Tangerine. Turn in at Lon Adams, new Frys across the street. Set up along the path at end of parking lot.
#4 Pacheco Farms
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: This can be accessed by Interstate 10 and Tangerine. On left you will see the Roche Building. Drive to the west of building to gain access to farm road. Drive South until you see the path. There is area doesn’t have chain link fence. Will need set up booth without hindering riding path. Recommend having a truck.
#5 Avra Valley Road
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Access by exiting Interstate 10 at Avra Valley Exit. Excellent parking lot next to Mountain. Make sure people know how to proceed across the bridge. Just as you go across the bridge at the Santa Cruz, look for parking lot on the left side of the road.
#6 El Rio Preserve
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Access from Interstate 10 and Twin Peaks to Coachline. Take a right on Coachline to until you see the parking lot near the preserve. Great stop with bathroom. Set up along the path.
#7 Twin Peaks Road
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Access by exiting Interstate 10 on Twin Peaks. Please make sure riders proceed down the path by utilizing the tunnel. Do not let them go over Twin Peaks Road.
#8 Coyote Trail Elementary
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Silverbell Road north of Cortaro Farms Road. Two ways to access stop. You can park in elementary parking lot. In the past, we have utilized the neighborhood off Carefree Way. This is before you the elementary school. See red spot.
#9 Crossroads Park
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Park at Crossroads Park. Adjacent to ride start.
#10 Ina Road Amazon parking lot
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Access via Amazon parking has access to the spot. There are some sculptures right near where you should set up. Please guide individuals to gain access to rest of the path.
#11 Cement Plant
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Access via Cement Plant. Look for parking for Loop.
#12 Sportsman's Warehouse
SPONSOR: TBD
How to get there: Access via Cement Plant. Look for parking for Loop.
Thanks to Last Years Sponsors and Participants! We hope to see you next year!
Would you like to promote your business or organization and reach hundreds of riders while supporting Marana Rotary’s charitable community service projects?
Become a 2026 Tour de Cookie sponsor!
Check out the different levels below, and please contact rotarytourdecookie@gmail.com, if interested.
Sponsorship Packages
Would you like to promote your business or organization and reach hundreds of riders while supporting Marana Rotary’s charitable community service projects? Become a 2026 Tour de Cookie sponsor! Check out the different levels below, and please contact rotarytourdecookie@gmail.com, if interested.
Chocolate Chunk & Pecan Cookie
Includes banner* and booth at ride start, logo on website, rider instruction page and t-shirts, along with four free registrations.Oatmeal Raisin
Includes logo on website, rider instruction page, and t-shirts, along with two free registrations.Sugar Cookie
Includes logo on website, rider instruction page, and t-shirts, along with one free registration.About Marana Rotary
We at the Rotary Club of Marana are dedicated to “Service Above Self.” We engage this principle in our personal and business lives and in our commitment to local and international service projects.
Locally, we:
- support the Marana Food Bank and Community Resource Center.
- Teamed with Coyote Trail Elementary School to build a therapeutic and exploratory play area for their students with the most complex developmental and physical needs.
- Sponsor an aid station at the annual El Tour de Tucson bike race.
- Sponsor a Marana family for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Internationally, we:
- Joined other Rotary Clubs in the Tucson area to build a house in Tecate, Mexico.
ride in El Tour de Tucson to fundraise for the Eradication of Polio - Bought a school bus in Vikravandi, India to bring to school hundreds of children with developmental disabilities in rural areas that were receiving no education.
- Provided Shelter Boxes in Haiti.
built a playground and school for the children of the Ntabangwe Village, Zimbabwe. - Provided water and irrigation for a village in Zimbabwe where starvation was customary.
- Provided memory screening and service support in Nogales, Sonora.
- Are partners in a clean-water project for schools and orphanages in Nogales, Sonora.
Our Mission:
To encourage world peace, our club also participates in the Rotary Youth Exchange program, sponsoring local high school students to spend a school year in a different country and hosting students from around the world here in Marana.
The Rotary Club of Marana was chartered in 1988. While we are a small club, we are diverse in age, gender, ethnicity and profession. We are also one of the most welcoming, friendliest and hardest working clubs around!
CONTACT US
Have a question about Tour de Cookie? Email us at rotarytourdecookie@gmail.com and we will get right back to you.