Your mountain retreat in the desert welcome to the hampton inn sierra vista az when you stay at our hotel in sierra vista the stunning desert scenery will awe you located in the mountains about 70 miles southeast of tucson sierra vista is the home of historic fort huachuca and its also the first city to have a mcdonalds drive thru trivia note it first opened its window on january 24 1975 as a means to be able to quickly feed the many soldiers traveling from fort huachuca today the