Ghost town · Arizona
Tiger
Tiger is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 933 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona
What the record says
- Founded
- 1881
How to reach it
Coordinates32.70780, -110.68200
- 18.4 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- San Pedro Vista · 21 mi
- Geology Vista · 23 mi
- Windy Point · 24 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Red Hill: 0.9 mi
- Signal Peak: 3.7 mi
- Black Hills: 4.2 mi
- Ray Spring Hill: 8.3 mi
- American Flag Hill: 8.8 mi
Springs
- Shultz Spring: 2.2 mi
- Ray Spring: 8.2 mi
- Putnam Spring: 9.1 mi
- Buzzard Roost Spring: 9.5 mi
- Copper Springs: 9.7 mi
Historic sites: 23
- Horse Camp: 10.9 mi
- Miner's Grave: 11.1 mi
- Southern Belle Mine: 11.2 mi
- Old Finch Ranch: 12.6 mi
- Horse Foot Ranch: 13.4 mi
Parks: 14
- Ysidro Ruiz Park: 2.5 mi
- Mammoth Softball Field Park: 2.6 mi
- San Manuel Park: 7.4 mi
- San Manuel Main Street Park: 8.0 mi
- Oracle Park: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Oracle Ridge Property: 15.4 mi
- Upper Cañada del Oro: 17.6 mi
- Butterfly Research Natural Area: 19.0 mi
- Faul Preservation Area: 19.1 mi
- Virginia Furrow Preserve: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- American Flag: 9.1 mi
- Copper Creek: 12.3 mi
- Klondyke: 22.2 mi
- Redington: 22.3 mi
- Christmas: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Loma Linda Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Sykes Knob Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Charlie Dike: 16.4 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 2
- Incinerated Ridge: 21.4 mi
- Tall Wall: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 2
- Artisan Center: 22.9 mi
- Friends of Catalina State Park: 23.5 mi
Museums: 1
- motorcycle museum (under const.): 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Seven Catarcts: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Tiger. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | SSW 199° | 2,794 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | S 185° | 2,607 m | 20.3 mi |
| Marshall Peak | SSW 194° | 2,530 m | 20.2 mi |
| Spencer Peak | S 190° | 2,493 m | 20.2 mi |
| Syke Knob | SSW 192° | 2,426 m | 19.5 mi |
| Westfall Knob | S 185° | 2,364 m | 19.5 mi |
| Samaniego Peak | SSW 206° | 2,312 m | 18.3 mi |
| Marble Peak | SSW 192° | 2,297 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 18:02 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:48 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:44 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oracle SP, 7 mi away.
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