Historic site · Arizona

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

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Coordinates32.46962, -110.92165

9.5 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National

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

Honey Bee Canyon Park: 2.7 mi
Upper Cañada del Oro: 4.0 mi
Santa Catalina Research Natural Area: 8.2 mi
Faul Preservation Area: 9.7 mi
Mason Center: 10.3 mi

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

Artworks52

Artisan Center: 1.6 mi
Friends of Catalina State Park: 3.1 mi
The Learning Tree: 6.0 mi
Bighorn: 6.0 mi
Joshua Tree: 6.7 mi

Gardens52

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

Attractions45

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 sites32

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

Museums24

Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 9.7 mi
Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 10.4 mi
H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 13.9 mi
Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 14.1 mi
The Mini Time Machine Museum: 14.2 mi

Picnic sites9

Waterfalls7

Walter's Cascade: 4.9 mi
Seven Falls: 13.1 mi
Seven Catarcts: 13.5 mi
Tanque Verde Falls: 21.5 mi
Ernie's Falls: 22.5 mi

Cliffs5

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 towns2

American Flag: 14.0 mi
Tiger: 21.6 mi

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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Lemmon	ESE 104°	2,794 m	8.0 mi
Mount Bigelow	ESE 107°	2,607 m	12.7 mi
Kellogg Mountain	ESE 107°	2,561 m	13.0 mi
Marshall Peak	ESE 109°	2,530 m	9.5 mi
Spencer Peak	ESE 108°	2,493 m	10.9 mi
Leopold Point	ESE 108°	2,460 m	13.7 mi
Syke Knob	ESE 105°	2,426 m	10.3 mi
Cathedral Rock	SE 141°	2,426 m	7.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:28	18:03	18:36
June solstice	05:18	18:59	19:35
September equinox	06:13	17:49	18:22
December solstice	07:22	16:46	17:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	49	50	56	62	71	80	85	84	79	67	57	49
Precip in	1.3	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	2.6	2.5	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.2

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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