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Easiest route. Catalina Highway. Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,159 feet (2,792 m), [ 1] is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. Mount Lemmon was named for botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain with her ...
Mount Lemmon Observatory. / 32.4420; -110.7893. Mount Lemmon Observatory ( MLO ), also known as the Mount Lemmon Infrared Observatory, is an astronomical observatory located on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains approximately 28 kilometers (17 mi) northeast of Tucson, Arizona (US). The site in the Coronado National Forest is used with ...
Kitt Peak National Observatory. / 31.9583°N 111.5967°W / 31.9583; -111.5967. The Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona - Sonoran Desert on the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, 88 kilometers (55 mi) west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona.
USGS Tucson. Sentinel Peak is a 2,897 ft (900 m) peak in the Tucson Mountains southwest of downtown Tucson, Arizona, United States. The valley's first inhabitants grew crops at the mountain's base, along the Santa Cruz River. The name "Tucson" is derived from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon ( [tʃʊk ʂɔːn] ), meaning " [at the] base of the black [hill]".
Website. Saguaro National Park. Saguaro National Park is a United States national park in Pima County, southeastern Arizona. The 92,000-acre (37,000 ha) park consists of two separate areas—the Tucson Mountain District (TMD), about 10 miles (16 km) west of Tucson, and the Rincon Mountain District (RMD), about 10 miles (16 km) east of the city.
The Tucson Mountains ( O'odham: Cuk Doʼag) are a minor mountain range west of Tucson, Arizona, United States. The Tucson Mountains, including Wasson Peak, are one of four notable mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson Basin. The Santa Catalina Mountains lie to the northeast, the Rincon Mountains are to the east of Tucson, and the Santa Rita ...
The Santa Catalina Mountains, commonly referred to as the Catalina Mountainsor the Catalinas, are north and northeast of Tucsonin Arizona, United States, on Tucson's north perimeter. The mountain range is the most prominent in the Tucsonarea, with the highest average elevation. The highest point in the Catalinas is Mount Lemmonat an elevation ...
Ajo Range, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Artillery Mountains above Alamo Lake. Dragoon Mountains. View of the Galiuro Mountains from San Manuel, Arizona. Harquahala Mountains in spring, 2009. McDowell Mountains at sunset. Low clouds on the Mohawk Mountains. Navajo Mountain and Lake Powell, viewed from the north.