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Mount Glenn

Mount Glenn, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Glenn rises to 2,288 m in Arizona. Black Diamond Peak stands 2,160 m to the south-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Barret Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Glenn, is in the Coronado National Forest, about 75 miles (121 km) east of Tucson, Arizona. The summit, in Cochise County, is the highest point in the Dragoon Mountains and is a popular local hiking destination. Mount Glenn was named around 1888 after Calvin Glenn, who was a manager for the Chiricahua Cattle Co. at the time.

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Wikidata Q6920921, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2288 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.95231, -109.98709

127 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 46
  • Blacktail Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Rockfellow Dome: 1.9 mi
  • Dragoon Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Jones Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Cochise Peak: 4.1 mi
Springs: 22
  • Barret Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Carlink Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Dragoon Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Cochise Spring: 3.2 mi
Parks: 13
  • Evelyn Williams Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
  • Tombstone City Park: 17.2 mi
  • Landin Park: 17.5 mi
  • historic well and water tank: 18.0 mi
  • Apache Park: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Dragoon Springs Cemetery: 3.8 mi
  • White House Ruins: 3.9 mi
  • Sulphur Springs Historic Marker: 11.3 mi
  • Metates: 11.5 mi
  • Titan II Missile Base #02: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Museums: 9
Attractions: 6
  • Old Tombstone Bunkhouse: 17.1 mi
  • Wyatt Earp Village: 17.1 mi
  • Gunfighter Hall of Fame: 17.3 mi
  • Old Tombstone Western Theme Park: 17.3 mi
  • Historic Gleeson Jail: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Wasteland Buttress: 1.1 mi
  • Trad Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Ewephoria: 5.7 mi
  • Sweet Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Peanut Rock: 5.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Texas Canyon Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Texas Canyon Rest Area: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sacred Heart Church Rose Trees: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Wyatt Earp: 17.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Glenn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Diamond PeakSSE 157°2,160 m7.6 mi
China PeakS 178°2,156 m4.2 mi
East PeakWSW 255°2,036 m24.1 mi
Cochise PeakSSE 165°2,030 m4.1 mi
Russellville PeakNW 320°2,008 m12.1 mi
Little Dragoon MountainsNNW 330°2,008 m12.7 mi
Lime PeakNNW 330°2,005 m12.7 mi
Rockfellow DomeSSE 163°1,966 m1.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2518:0018:32
June solstice05:1518:5419:30
September equinox06:0917:4618:18
December solstice07:1716:4317:21

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454853606877797773635244
Precip in0.90.80.60.20.20.62.62.91.50.70.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearce - Sunsites, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/359245973

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