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Arizona State Parks. Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a show cave with 2.4 miles (3.9 km) of passages. [1] The park is located 9 miles (14 km) south of the town of Benson and west of the north-flowing San Pedro River. Long hidden from view, the caverns were discovered in 1974 by local cavers ...
Northwestern Chihuahuan Desert. Municipalities. Benson and Sierra Vista. Range coordinates. 31°48′41″N 110°25′07″W / 31.8114757°N 110.4186871°W / 31.8114757; -110.4186871. Borders on. San Pedro River, San Pedro Valley, I-10, Mule Mountains and Huachuca Mountains. The Whetstone Mountains is a mountain range in Cochise ...
FIPS code. 04-05770. GNIS ID. 2409835 [2] Website. bensonaz.gov. Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 5,105. [3] It was founded as a rail terminal for the area, and located approximately 45 miles (72 km) east-southeast of the city of Tucson.
Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park System located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The monument was established on April 18, 1924, to protect its extensive hoodoos and balancing rocks. The Faraway Ranch, which was owned at one time by Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson, is also preserved ...
An Arizona state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Arizona preserved by the state for its natural, ... Kartchner Caverns State Park: Cochise: 4,700 1,400:
Apache Peak (Whetstone Mountains) Apache Peak, at 7,714 feet (2,351 m), is the highest peak in the Whetstone Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. The summit, located in the Coronado National Forest, is a popular local hiking destination. It is located near the Kartchner Caverns State Park, the city of Benson, Interstate 10, and Arizona State ...
The Coronado National Memorial commemorates the first organized expedition into the Southwest by conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1540. The memorial is located in a natural setting on the Mexico–United States border on the southeast flank of the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista, Arizona and is bordered to the north and west by Coronado National Forest.
Pages in category "Caves of Arizona" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Kartchner Caverns State Park; L. Lava River Cave (Arizona) O.