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On a clear day you can see the Gila National Forest in New Mexico from here!
This was an unplanned day trip so the only camera I had was my iPhone 4S... I remembered that Katharine Hanna identified the features seen from this outlook in a set of great photos she took of the view. She didn't take photos of the poster. Katharine, this is for you. It is the best I could do with my limited camera...;))
I remembered incorrectly. Katharine's photos were taken from Sykes Knob outlook. She did however refer to this poster: She wrote:
"You asked in your comment on this photo www.flickr.com/photos/goldengirl2011/9131281222/ whether I knew of a good atlas with mountains around Tucson identified. I don't know of one. The best thing I've seen for the view in the photo is an interpretive sign at the San Pedro Vista point which identifies several different mountain ranges in addition to the Galiuros. Of course, I did not think to take a photo of if when I was there. Will have to snap it next time I'm up there. I do use a topo map of the Catalinas which helps ID some locations."
This is a composite of two out of a number photos I took of a roadside poster that identifies landmarks and mountain ranges visible at the San Pedro Vista outlook. this outlook point is on the highway up Mount Lemmon on the way to Summerhaven.
I scaled and combined two photos using DoubleTake on my iMac. I cropped and added text in Pixelmator which uses layers and a has bunch of useful and fun tools. Then I sharpened and added a bit of contrast and saturation in iPhoto.
If my memory serves me, the San Pedro Vista outlook is at about 8000 feet or 2400 meters elevation above Tucson. Tucson's elevation is 2548 feet above sea level at Tucson International Airport .
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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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Near Mt. Lemmon summit (9157 ft.) and Turkey Run Road (see map, mouse-over for exact location). There were five of 'em.
On a mountaintop in the forest, in Nature's grand cathedral, my daughter was married - Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona
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mmmm. . . pies
This is the pie menu at the Iron Door Restaurant in Ski Valley on Mount Lemmon. They all looked delicious but I did not try any of them before hiking.
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/page3.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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With some guidance and effort Matthew and I found this Whiskered Screech Owl from Mount Lemmon in Arizona.
These birds came out about 1 hour after dark, by following there call you could locate them in the dark as we did this bird.
Once found there fairly tame and pretty tolerant of your presence.Using a flashlight your able to get the cameras AF system to lock on the bird.
Camera settings:
1DM4 | 600 F/4| Iso400 | F/4 | 1/60th | Manual Flash +2 | Tripod | Flashlight | Mnt. Lemmon | Arizona
I went hiking and camping around Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. This is an obligatory photo of the highway from the Windy Point Vista. The Catalina Highway becomes the General Hitchcock Highway when it enters the Coronado National Forest. In honor of Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock who spearheaded the development of the highway to serve Summerhaven and Mt. Lemmon. The highway is narrow and winding the approximately 27 miles. It is designated the Sky Island Scenic Byway - part of the America's Byways project of National Scenic Highways established by the US Department of Transportation. Bicyclists and triathletes often train on the highway.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Highway
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The plants along the trail were filled with them.
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.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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Taken on Mt. Lemmon near Tucson, Arizona. The "other" side of the Milky Way has it's beauty too... Among many other things, it has the Andromeda Galaxy (located in the top right corner). To the naked eye, it just looks like a blurry-ish star... and it is kinda. Only this is a group of a trillion stars that is located 2.5 million light years away, and is at least 2x bigger than our galaxy! Makes you wonder whats really out there... smile emoticon Oh, and its headed straight for us.
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Looking north at Mount Lemmon from Sabino Canyon near sunset. There were actually clouds in the sky, so I took a photo. Tucson, Arizona.
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This is the sign for Ski Valley, On the other side is the parking lof for the ski lifts and ski slopes.
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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This is the view coming down on the chairlift 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 July 29 2015 I joined Ned and the gang on one of the summer Mount Lemmon hikes. 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.
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When you have to ring the doorbell, know the secret handshake, and wait for visiting hours to get into the Wilderness, something is wrong.
Reminds me of a George Carlin wisecrack: "Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."
This is the gate to the Lemmon Rock Lookout on Mount Lemmon in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson.
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This is the sign for Ski Valley, On the other side are the ski lifts and ski slopes.
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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My truck is up at the top of that ridge at about 9,000 feet elevation. About 5 miles to go and 2,000 feet to climb in the last 2 miles.
I went hiking and camping around Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. I hiked the Mt. Lemmon - Lemmon Rock Loop trail which starts with the Mt. Lemmon Trail #12 to the Wilderness of Rocks trail and climbed back out on the Lemmon Rock Trail.
Here is my hike description
hikearizona.com/x.php?I=4&ZTN=785&UID=21152
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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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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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This is the Iron Door Restaurant in Ski Valley on Mount Lemmon. I stopped here for lunch and had a great sandwich. I did not eat any of the pies.
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/page3.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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I went hiking and camping around Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. I hiked the Mt. Lemmon - Lemmon Rock Loop trail which starts with the Mt. Lemmon Trail #12 to the Wilderness of Rocks trail and climbs back out on the Lemmon Rock Trail.
This area is slowly recovering from two devastating fires: the Bullock Fire, which consumed more than 32,000 acres around Mt. Lemmon in the summer of 2002, and the Aspen Fire, which came a year later.
Here is my triplog from HikeArizona.com:
hikearizona.com/x.php?I=4&ZTN=785&UID=21152
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I went hiking and camping around Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. I hiked the Mt. Lemmon - Lemmon Rock Loop trail which starts with the Mt. Lemmon Trail #12 to the Wilderness of Rocks trail and climbs back out on the Lemmon Rock Trail.
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Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,159 feet (2,792 m), is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States.
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ALERT ID: 1090
Latitude:32.4427
Longitude: -110.7885
Data Available: 04-28-2012 rain/snow total 0.16.
Looking west from the summit of Mount Lemmon. It took several attempts to finally get a nice lens flare.
A June climb up Catalina Highway, that winds its way up to the top of Mount Lemmon, just outside Tucson, Arizona
View from the Mount Lemmon Trail.
On July 29 2015 I joined Ned and the gang on one of the summer Mount Lemmon hikes. 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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