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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 Ski Valley. / 32.45222°N 110.78389°W / 32.45222; -110.78389. Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is a recreational ski area in the U.S. state of Arizona, and the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. [1] Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is located on the slopes of Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains just ...
The Catalina Highway, officially the General Hitchcock Highway, is the popular name for a Forest Highway and scenic route located in Pima County in southern Arizona.Also known as the Sky Island Scenic Byway, the Mount Lemmon Highway and Arizona Forest Highway 39, the Catalina Highway is the only paved roadway providing access to the resort village of Summerhaven as well as various recreational ...
Santa Catalina Mountains. / 32.443°N 110.788°W / 32.443; -110.788. The Santa Catalina Mountains, commonly referred to as the Catalina Mountains or the Catalinas, are north and northeast of Tucson in Arizona, United States, on Tucson's north perimeter. The mountain range is the most prominent in the Tucson area, with the highest ...
Lightning. Map. Location in Arizona. The Bighorn Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. [3] It burned 119,987 acres (48,557 ha) until it was finally put out on July 23, 2020. A lightning strike from a storm at 9:46 PM on June 5, 2020 caused the fire. [1] The fire was named after the bighorn sheep that ...
520. GNIS feature ID. 34939. FIPS code. 04-70175. Summerhaven is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a permanent population of 40. [2]
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 ...
Tucson. Range coordinates. 32°10′26″N 110°30′40″W. / 32.174°N 110.511°W / 32.174; -110.511. Borders on. San Pedro River. The Rincon Mountains ( O'odham: Cew Doʼag) are a significant mountain range east of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States. The Rincon Mountains are one of five mountain ranges surrounding the ...