| Huachuca Mountains | |
|---|---|
 View from Miller Wilderness area of the Huachuca Mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Miller Peak (Arizona) |
| Elevation | 9,466 ft (2,885 m) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 38 mi (61 km) North to South |
| Width | 34 mi (55 km) East to West Extent includes low land hills and valleys[1] |
| Area | 755 sq mi (1,960 km2) |
| Geography | |
  Huachuca Mountains | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Region | Madrean Sky Islands |
| District | Cochise County |
| Range coordinates | 31°24′N 110°18′W / 31.400°N 110.300°W |
The Huachuca Mountains are part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, approximately 70 miles (110 km) south-southeast of Tucson and southwest of the city of Sierra Vista. Included in this area is the highest peak in the Huachucas, Miller Peak, and the region of the Huachucas known as Canelo Hills in eastern Santa Cruz County. The mountains range in elevation from 3,934 feet (1,199 m) at the base to 9,466 feet (2,885 m) at the top of Miller Peak. The second highest peak in this range is Carr Peak, elevation 9,200 feet (2,804 m). The Huachuca Mountain area is managed principally by the United States Forest Service (Coronado National Forest) (41%) and the U.S. Army (Fort Huachuca) (20%), with much of the rest being private land (32%). Sierra Vista is the main population center (43,888 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census).
The Huachuca Mountains were named by the Spanish for a Pima village that once existed to the north of the range near the present location of Elgin, Arizona.[2][3] Coronado National Memorial is in the southeastern margin of the range near the Mexico–United States border and includes Montezuma Pass, a possible entry point of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado into what is now Arizona in 1540. The range extends a short distance south of the border in Sonora, Mexico.
- ^ Peakbagger.com
- ^ "Fr. Eusebio Kino's Visits to the San Pedro River". Saguaro Juniper Corporation. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ Herbert Eugene Bolton (1984). Rim of Christendom: a biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino, Pacific coast pioneer. University of Arizona Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8165-0863-1. Retrieved October 29, 2010.