Thimble Peak
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Thimble Peak rises to 1,579 m in Arizona. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the north, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Seven Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Thimble Peak is a well-known landmark in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. Thimble Peak rises from the foothills on the south side of the range. To its east is Bear Canyon, while to its west is Sabino Canyon. The peak is in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness on the Coronado National Forest. There are no trails to the peak itself. The final ascent of the "cap" requires technical climbing skills, class 3 to 5.
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Wikidata Q7784201, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1579 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 3 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 3 mi
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Windy Point · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddleback: 1.3 mi
- Gibbon Mountain: 1.7 mi
- McFall Crags: 2.1 mi
- Mercer: 2.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 2.9 mi
- Red Warrior Spring: 2.0 mi
- Sycamore Spring: 2.2 mi
- Gibbon Springs: 2.3 mi
- Barrel Spring: 2.3 mi
- Rock Ledge Spring: 2.3 mi
- Serguson Donation: 2.7 mi
- Sneed Parcel: 2.7 mi
- Bear Creek Ranch: 3.4 mi
- Tucson Audubon Society: 3.4 mi
- Agua Caliente Creek: 4.3 mi
- Wes Miller Park: 3.5 mi
- McDonald District Park: 3.9 mi
- Roy P Drachman - Agua Caliente Regional Park: 4.6 mi
- Bear Canyon Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- General Hitchcock Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Foutain of Youth: 6.1 mi
- McT-Rex: 7.6 mi
- Moments To Remember: 9.1 mi
- Friends of Catalina State Park: 9.9 mi
- Organ Pipe Cactus: 10.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
- Horticultural Therapy Beds: 9.9 mi
- Native American Crops: 9.9 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 9.9 mi
- Word Garden: 9.9 mi
- Tall Wall: 5.5 mi
- Incinerated Ridge: 5.5 mi
- The Window: 5.6 mi
- Sig Boysen Home Composting Site: 9.9 mi
- Water Harvesting Feature: 10.0 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 6.9 mi
- Tucson Desert Art Museum: 7.2 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 8.7 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 11.3 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 12.0 mi
- Airmen Memorial Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Old Fort Lowell Hospital: 7.9 mi
- Catalina Camp: 10.0 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 10.3 mi
- OF Parker Ranch: 11.7 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Sykes Knob Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Seven Falls: 0.7 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 3.4 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 9.0 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 9.2 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 10.0 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 2.9 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 2.9 mi
- Alcatraz: 2.9 mi
- Sun Spot: 5.0 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 13.7 mi
- American Flag: 17.1 mi
- Redington: 17.5 mi
- Cascabel: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Thimble Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | N 353° | 2,794 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mica Mountain | ESE 121° | 2,627 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | NNE 33° | 2,606.6 m | 6.4 mi |
| Kellogg Mountain | NE 36° | 2,561.41 m | 6.5 mi |
| Duckbill | ESE 124° | 2,559 m | 16.0 mi |
| Spud Rock | ESE 122° | 2,553 m | 15.4 mi |
| Marshall Peak | N 4° | 2,530 m | 6.0 mi |
| Spencer Peak | NNE 17° | 2,493 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:49 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:45 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 46 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 41 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Lemmon Willow Canyon, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 35251 — Thimble Peak, Pima County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359274009
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 12 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 17 mi
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