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Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area

Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 915 m. Window Peak stands 2,277 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
915 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.28341, -111.16732

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Cam-Boh Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Sus Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Picture Rocks Park: 4.5 mi
  • Silverlake Park: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Andrada: 3.0 mi
  • Malcolmson Donation: 3.0 mi
  • Cap Land Bridge: 4.1 mi
  • Bureau of Reclamation Wildlife Mitigation Corridor: 4.7 mi
  • Holden Donation: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 56
Gardens: 53
  • Pollination Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Agave Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Moth Garden: 2.8 mi
  • aquaponics: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Prehistoric Rock Art: 2.5 mi
  • Ancient Arizona and Sonorasaurus: 2.7 mi
  • Mountain Woodland: 2.8 mi
  • Desert Grassland: 2.8 mi
  • Cat Canyon: 2.8 mi
Springs: 24
  • Finger Rock Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Cochie Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Pima Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Bass Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Buster Spring: 18.4 mi
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 22
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Window PeakENE 71°2,277 m19.3 mi
Mount KimballENE 69°2,213.56 m18.0 mi
Little KimballENE 71°2,171 m18.1 mi
Gorp PeakENE 72°2,037 m17.7 mi
Prominent PointENE 70°2,017.75 m16.8 mi
Finger GuardENE 70°1,972.4 m16.9 mi
Finger RockENE 70°1,960.9 m16.8 mi
Table MountainENE 66°1,908 m16.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:37
June solstice05:1918:5919:35
September equinox06:1417:5018:23
December solstice07:2316:4717:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661687686888682726152
Precip in1.01.00.70.30.20.32.12.01.30.70.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson 17 NW, 3 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Saguaro National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Aug and Jul; busiest: Mar.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro605 obs
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard206 obs
  • fishhook barrel cactus181 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus161 obs
  • Chain-fruit Cholla160 obs
  • ocotillo159 obs
  • Teddybear Cholla108 obs
  • Gila Woodpecker103 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359255650

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