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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.
With more than 2,500 established routes, Mount Lemmon is one of the most developed and popular rock-climbing areas in Arizona. Visitors find crags to climb at elevations from 2,500 feet in the foothills to more than 9,000 feet at the highest summits, making this a year-round destination for traditional crack climbs, bolted sport climbs and ...
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With a summit of 9,159 feet, Mount Lemmon is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The mountain was named for botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain by horse and foot in 1881.
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Mt. Lemmon is unquestionably the monarch of the Catalina Mountains. Its huge, broad summit rises nearly seven thousand feet above the city of Tucson, and is often snowcapped while far below, saguaro cacti bask in the sun.
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- 32.44310°N / 110.7878°W
- 9157 ft / 2791 m
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The Santa Catalina Mountains are the largest of several ranges of hills that surround Tucson, dominating the northern skyline and rising to a high point of 9,157 feet (Mt Lemmon), over 6,000 feet above the city. All the high land is within the Coronado National Forest, which extends further southeast towards the slightly less tall Rincon ...
Sep 23, 2023 · The peak on Mount Lemmon rises 6,000 feet from the base of the mountain, sitting at 9,171 feet and is the highest peak in the Catalina Mountain range, according to Visit Arizona. Visitors can...
May 11, 2022 · Mount Lemmon is the name of the highest “peak” of the Santa Catalina Mountain range at 9,159 feet (or 9,171 feet according to some). I put peak in quotations because the summit of Mount Lemmon is not very prominent like a typical mountain peak.
