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Catalina Mountain School

Catalina Mountain School from directly overhead

Catalina Mountain School is a historic site in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 915 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the east-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Catalina Vista Recreation Center, a park 1.2 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
915 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.46962, -110.92165

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Catalina Vista Recreation Center: 1.2 mi
  • Desert Oasis Recreation Center: 1.9 mi
  • Catalina Neighborhood Park: 2.6 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.6 mi
  • Hohokam Park: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Springs
  • Cargodera Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Wooden Trough Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Buster Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Iron Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Samaniego Spring: 5.0 mi
Peaks
  • Buster Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • The Cordones: 5.2 mi
  • Table Tooth: 6.0 mi
  • Samaniego Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Table Mountain: 6.1 mi
Artworks: 56
Gardens: 54
  • Victor Romero Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Children's Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Ethbotanical Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Sin Agua Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Spanish Colonial Courtyard: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 45
  • The Window: 7.4 mi
  • Geology Wall: 9.6 mi
  • Crested Saguaro: 9.7 mi
  • Incinerated Ridge: 12.9 mi
  • Tall Wall: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 32
  • Arizona Heroes Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Titan II Missile Base 570-1: 9.0 mi
  • Catalina Camp: 9.4 mi
  • Ogle Well: 11.3 mi
  • Carpenter Ranch: 12.1 mi
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 2.7 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 14.8 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 14.8 mi
  • Alcatraz: 14.9 mi
  • Sun Spot: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Catalina Mountain School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LemmonESE 104°2,794 m8.0 mi
Mount BigelowESE 107°2,606.6 m12.7 mi
Kellogg MountainESE 107°2,561.41 m13.0 mi
Marshall PeakESE 109°2,530 m9.5 mi
Spencer PeakESE 108°2,493 m10.9 mi
Leopold PointESE 108°2,460 m13.7 mi
Syke KnobESE 105°2,426 m10.3 mi
Cathedral RockSE 141°2,425.64 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:36
June solstice05:1818:5919:35
September equinox06:1317:4918:22
December solstice07:2216:4617:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495056627180858479675749
Precip in1.31.20.70.30.20.42.62.51.20.80.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catalina SP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366220131

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