Mount Graham, Coronado National Forest

Name: Mount Graham
Address: Coronado National Forest, United States

#5 among attractions in Coronado National Forest

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Vernacular architecture

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Mount Graham is a mountain in Graham County, Arizona, United States, approximately 70 miles northeast of Tucson. The mountain reaches 10,724 feet in height. It is the highest elevation in Graham County, Coronado National Forest and the Pinaleño Mountains. It is also the southernmost peak and land area in the continental United States above 10,000 feet. As the name "Mount Graham" is often used by locals to refer to the entire mountain range, the peak itself is frequently referred to as "High Peak". It is twentieth of the 57 ultra prominent peaks of the lower 48 states, and the first of the five in Arizona. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 10724 ftProminence: 6320 ftCoordinates: 32°42'6"N, 109°52'16"W

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Coronado National Forest United States

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Mount Graham – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Large Binocular Telescope, Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, Pinaleño Mountains.

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Observatories and planetariums
Large Binocular Telescope, Coronado National Forest
27 min walk • The Large Binocular Telescope is an optical telescope for astronomy located on 10,700-foot Mount Graham, in the Pinaleno Mountains of southeastern Arizona, United States. It is a part of the Mount Graham International Observatory.
1.2 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, Coronado National Forest
32 min walk • The 1.8 meter Alice P. Lennon Telescope and its Thomas J. Bannan Astrophysics Facility, known together as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, is a Gregorian telescope observing in the optical and infrared situated on Mount Graham in southeast Arizona, United States.
1.2 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, Coronado National Forest
30 min walk • The Submillimeter Telescope, formerly known as the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, is a submillimeter wavelength radio telescope located on Mount Graham, Arizona, US.
~320 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Pinaleño Mountains, Coronado National Forest
2 min walk • The Pinaleño Mountains, are a remote mountain range in southeastern Arizona, near Safford, Arizona. The mountains have over 7,000 feet of vertical relief, more than any other range in the state. The mountains are surrounded by the Sonoran-Chihuahuan Desert. Subalpine forests cover the higher elevations.
1.1 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Mount Graham International Observatory, Coronado National Forest
29 min walk • Mount Graham International Observatory is a division of Steward Observatory, the research arm for the Department of Astronomy at The University of Arizona, in the United States. It is located in southeastern Arizona's Pinaleño Mountains near Mount Graham. Construction of MGIO began in 1989.

Mount Graham, Coronado National Forest

Facts and practical information

Mount Graham – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Large Binocular Telescope, Coronado National Forest

Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, Coronado National Forest

Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, Coronado National Forest

Pinaleño Mountains, Coronado National Forest

Mount Graham International Observatory, Coronado National Forest