Mount Hopkins (Arizona)

Mount Hopkins
Summit of Mount Hopkins from the entrance to the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory that has two locations, one at the bottom of the mountains and the second (this one) located on the slopes of Mount Hopkins.
Highest point
Elevation8,553 ft (2,607 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,430 ft (436 m)[1]
Coordinates31°41′18″N 110°53′07″W / 31.6884218°N 110.8853648°W / 31.6884218; -110.8853648[2]
Geography
Mount Hopkins is located in Arizona
Mount Hopkins
Mount Hopkins
LocationSanta Cruz County, Arizona, U.S.
Parent rangeSanta Rita Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Hopkins

Mount Hopkins is a 8,553-foot (2,607 m) peak of the Santa Rita Mountains range, in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona.

The peak was named after Gilbert Hopkins, who was killed nearby during the Battle of Fort Buchanan in 1865.

It is in the Coronado National Forest and is bounded on three sides by the Mount Wrightson Wilderness.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Hopkins, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  2. ^ "Mount Hopkins". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2014-02-07.