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Here's a story that appeared in the Daily Star the next day about hiking to the Lookout. The pic illustrating the story looks almost exactly like mine! (I posted a comment at the article.)
Hiking with Jen is a trip. Next time we're going to find a good camping place to take the RV.
Map link shows the sunset location but that location is only good in the summer.
This is the Lemmon Rock Lookout on Mt. Lemmon. This building was built in the 1920's to replace an earlier wooden fire lookout tower built in 1902. This is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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This thunderstorm rolled into Tucson from the East (photo looks south) around 12:30am. This picture was taken from Windy Point on Mount Lemmon. I would guess I was around 7000-8000 ft in elevation - approximately 5000 feet above Tucson.
VR panorama, a very nice forest path on Mount Lemmon, in Tucson, Arizona.
Please view the full 360 VR panorama here:
This fascinating pair of globular clusters lie together just beyond the spout of the Saggitarius teapot, and from our earthly vantage point they are separated by only 16 arcminutes. They are seen through the very dense starfield of the Milky Way, although NGC 6528 (right) is on the border of a dark nebula called Baade's Window.
This image was taken at the Mount Lemmon Sky Center, under the guidance of Adam Block.
24" RCOS Carbon Truss f/8
SBIG STL-11000M with AO-8
RGB: 30:20:30 (10 minute exposures)
Processed with Maxim/DL, Images Plus, and Photoshop CS3
Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
I went hiking and camping around Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. I car camped in the Rose Canyon Lake campground.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Canyon_Lake
Rose Canyon Lake is located 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Tucson, Arizona in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Mount Lemmon. Rose Canyon Lake is the only lake in the Santa Catalina District that is managed for recreational fishing. It is relatively small (7 acres) and is tucked away in a picturesque stand of mature ponderosa pines high on the slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains. A paved road through Rose Canyon Campground leads to a small parking area a short walk from the water. Anglers fish in the lake throughout the summer, though rainbow trout are stocked only during the cooler months of the season. Fish large enough to catch and take home generally are released in the lake about once a month from early May through the end of June, when water temperatures become a little too warm for these cold water fish. In mid-September, stocking resumes after water temperatures moderate a bit and continues for another couple of months. All stocking and fishing regulations for Rose Canyon lake, as well as all the other lakes within the Coronado are managed by Arizona Game and Fish.[1]
This is a beautiful place, and many people come here to enjoy the other features that it offers in addition to fishing. Tall trees and rocky slopes line the shore and are reflected in the lake’s sheltered waters. Rose Canyon Lake Trail #37 leads around the water’s edge and provides good opportunities for photography, bird watching, and just plain strolling. A few downed logs close to the water provide good places to sit and enjoy a snack or a bit of quiet meditation.[2]
www.azgfd.gov/h_f/waters_rose_canyon_lake.shtml
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photos from a drive up the Mt Lemmon Highway on the Coronado National Forest outside Tucson, Arizona
I went hiking and camping around Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. I car camped in the Rose Canyon Lake campground.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Canyon_Lake
Rose Canyon Lake is located 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Tucson, Arizona in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Mount Lemmon. Rose Canyon Lake is the only lake in the Santa Catalina District that is managed for recreational fishing. It is relatively small (7 acres) and is tucked away in a picturesque stand of mature ponderosa pines high on the slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains. A paved road through Rose Canyon Campground leads to a small parking area a short walk from the water. Anglers fish in the lake throughout the summer, though rainbow trout are stocked only during the cooler months of the season. Fish large enough to catch and take home generally are released in the lake about once a month from early May through the end of June, when water temperatures become a little too warm for these cold water fish. In mid-September, stocking resumes after water temperatures moderate a bit and continues for another couple of months. All stocking and fishing regulations for Rose Canyon lake, as well as all the other lakes within the Coronado are managed by Arizona Game and Fish.[1]
This is a beautiful place, and many people come here to enjoy the other features that it offers in addition to fishing. Tall trees and rocky slopes line the shore and are reflected in the lake’s sheltered waters. Rose Canyon Lake Trail #37 leads around the water’s edge and provides good opportunities for photography, bird watching, and just plain strolling. A few downed logs close to the water provide good places to sit and enjoy a snack or a bit of quiet meditation.[2]
www.azgfd.gov/h_f/waters_rose_canyon_lake.shtml
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Ski Valley, Mt. Lemmon. It would hardly ever sit still. The ants were swarming out of their nest. It kept going back for more.
This pic is on Wikipedia for Yellow-eyed Junco.
Stormy skies over the San Pedro Valley as seen from the Santa Catalina Mountains - Coronado National Forest, Arizona
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A lightning started fire (one week ago) that has reignited. This is the second time.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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Jen & I escaped 109-Degree heat in Tucson.
Map link shows Mt. Bigelow.
Click pic and/or mouse-over to read the notes.
mmmmm. . .pies
This is the sign for Ski Valley, Go left and you go to Summerhaven, go right for Ski Valley and Mount Lemmon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Ski_Valley
Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is a recreational ski area in the U.S. state of Arizona, and the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is located on the slopes of Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson, Arizona. It is part of the Coronado National Forest, located near the mountaintop village of Summerhaven. The summit is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea level, and receives approximately 180 inches (4.6 m) of snow annually.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lemmon
Mount Lemmon is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains, located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea-level, and receives approximately 180 inches of snow annually. Mount Lemmon was named in honor of botanist Sarah Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain with Native American guides by mule and foot in 1881.[
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Fresh snow on Mount Lemmon and Cathedral Peak as seen from low in Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Better large.
On July 16 2014 I joined the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists led hike on Mt. Lemmon. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
Four RAW files processed with Olympus Viewer 3 and stitched with MS ICE.
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This is the map of the ski runs at Ski Valley on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Ski_Valley
Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is a recreational ski area in the U.S. state of Arizona, and the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is located on the slopes of Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson, Arizona. It is part of the Coronado National Forest, located near the mountaintop village of Summerhaven. The summit is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea level, and receives approximately 180 inches (4.6 m) of snow annually.
www.skithelemmon.com/index.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lemmon
Mount Lemmon is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains, located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea-level, and receives approximately 180 inches of snow annually. Mount Lemmon was named in honor of botanist Sarah Lemmon, who
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I joined Ned and the gang on the final summer Mount Lemmon hike on August 26 2015. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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Sometimes the topography of bark will resemble faces. This "face" caught my attention on Mt. Lemmon recently.
Perhaps woodpeckers made the holes.
Map link shows where the van is -- the driver committed suicide by driving through the guardrail at the Seven Cataracts Overlook.
Tree in silhouette at Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,159 feet, is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. Mount Lemmon was named for botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain with her husband and E. O. Stratton, a local rancher, by horse and foot in 1881. The Catalina Highway, also called the Mount Lemmon Highway, as well as the Hitchcock Highway (after Frank Harris Hitchcock) runs up the Santa Catalina Mountains from the east side of Tucson up to Summerhaven, at the top of Mt. Lemmon. The beautiful, curving road is a favorite drive for tourists, for locals escaping summer's heat and cyclists, and has been recently designated as the Sky Island Parkway, part of the US National Scenic Byway system.
Photos from a hike on Mount Lemmon. We went past the old radar station (now the UA Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter) and through Lemmon Park, then looped back on the power line road.
Scanned Kodachrome transparency, adjusted with Picasa.
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This is Clarence - the primary ski lift at Ski Valley on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Ski_Valley
Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is a recreational ski area in the U.S. state of Arizona, and the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is located on the slopes of Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson, Arizona. It is part of the Coronado National Forest, located near the mountaintop village of Summerhaven. The summit is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea level, and receives approximately 180 inches (4.6 m) of snow annually.
www.skithelemmon.com/index.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lemmon
Mount Lemmon is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains, located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea-level, and receives approximately 180 inches of snow annually. Mount Lemmon was named in honor of botanist Sarah Lemmon, who
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On two mornings we left Tucson at sunrise and birded our way up to the top with occasional stops to admire the magnificent vistas from the very many roadside pullouts.
This highly recommended drive starts with the Sonoran desert at the base, oak-juniper woodlands at mid-elevations and conifer forests at the top. As the habitats changed so did the species of birds that we saw.
I saw numerous wild turkeys while hiking in the Mt. Lemmon area in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. I believe that these are Gould's Turkey but I can't really tell the difference between Gould's Turkeys and Merriam's Turkeys. I think the location and the white on the tail indicates that these are Gould's turkeys.
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The fifth recognized, but least known, wild turkey subspecies is the Gould's (Meleagris gallopavo mexicana) found in portions of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as northern Mexico. It was first described by J. Gould in 1856 during his travels in Mexico.
Like the Merriam's, the Gould's is a bird of the mountains. It exists in very small numbers along the U.S./Mexico borders in Arizona and New Mexico, but is abundant in the northwestern portions of Mexico. The Arizona Game and Fish Department, U.S. Forest Service, the Centro Ecologico de Sonora, the National Wild Turkey Federation and other agencies are working cooperatively to reintroduce a strong Gould's population into Arizona and eventually other states where suitable range exists.
The Gould's turkey is the largest of the 5 subspecies and resembles the Merriam's turkey. They have longer legs, larger feet and larger center tail feathers than any of the other wild turkey subspecies in North America. Gould's differ by having distinctive white tips on the tail feathers and tail rump coverts, which usually separate to show an "eyelash" appearance. Lower back and rump feathers have copper and greenish-golden reflections, not like the faintly iridescent velvety black found on the Merriam's. Gould's body plumage is said to be somewhat blue-green in coloration. Adult females have a less pronounced metallic greenish and reddish sheen and are more purplish.
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A HOT DAY IN TUCSON:
To escape the heat of 110+ degrees in the valley in Tucson, Arizona, on June 17, 2007 we drove up to the nearly 8,000 ft. elevation of Mount Lemon, where the temperature plumeted to 78 in the 40 minutes it took to drive to the top. This is a photo I took at Windy Vista Point about halfway up the mountain. You can see the road we traveled up through the mountains, and in the far distance the city of Tucson. It was a spectacular view at Windy Vista Point for we could see the city of Tucson sprawled out in the valley below, and the mountains of Sonora, Mexico in the far distance.
I lived south of Tucson from 1984 until 1999 (in Green Valley, Amado and Sahuarita) and worked in Nogales and Tucson for several years before moving to Washington DC. This photo was taken on my the first trip back to Tucson in over 8 years... it sure was sure nice to see the "old pueblo" again and the beauty of the desert, mountains and wide open spaces of the beautiful State of Arizona.
INFORMATION ON MOUNT LEMMON:
Mount Lemmon is in the Santa Catalina Mountains located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, AZ. It is 9,157 feet above sea-level, and receives approximately 180 inches of snow annually. Mount Lemmon was named in honor of Sarah Lemmon, wife of botanist John Gill Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain with her husband in 1881.
A small town called Summerhaven is on the mountain, which includes many cabins only occupied part of the year. Much of this town was devastated by the Aspen Fire of 2003, and recovery is still taking place. It is near Ski Valley which is the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States.
The location 'Windy Point' was built by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, using a large number of prisoners over a period of 18 years.
The Catalina Highway goes from the east side of Tucson up to Summerhaven, at the top of Mt. Lemmon. The beautiful, curving road is a favorite drive for tourists, for locals escaping summer's heat, for motorcyclists, and cyclists. The highway has been improved recently, but the speed limit has also been lowered to 35 MPH (56 km/h) due to concerns about the highway's safety during peak traffic times.
Source: Wikipedia