Mt. Lemmon, Tucson AZ

Mt. Lemmon
250-million-year-old rock
9,157-foot

Hohokam sites from 1,200 years ago have been found in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Later, the area was frequented by the Tohono O'odham and Apache.

1870s and 1880s Soldier Camp, was used during campaigns against Apaches

In 1881 Sara Lemmon, age 45
Thanks largely to her efforts over 10 years, California adopted the golden poppy as its state flower in 1903. The poppy has now been the state flower of California for 107 years.
And an entire group of plants was named for her
She lived to be 93.

In 1920 the dirt road (Old Mount Lemon Road) was built from Oracle to Summerhaven.

F-86 fighter jet crashed in 1957
at approximately 32.42549 N, 110.71816

Ski Valley
community of Summerhaven
Rose Canyon Lake - 6 acres - AZ State Fishing Licence W/ trout stamp

Arizona Trail
Arizona Trail is a continuous, 800+ mile diverse and scenic trail across Arizona from Mexico to Utah
http://www.aztrail.org

Mount Lemmon Infrared Observatory
Federal land and is maintained by the University for astronomical research and science education under the terms of a Permit with the U.S. Forest Service.

1956 1969 20-acre site was a Radar Base of the Air Defense Command
in October 1970 was converted into an observatory for infrared astronomy
It houses a radar tracking station operated from Ft. Huachuca and is the lone remaining military presence on the mountain is used to direct the Space Shuttle to an emergency landing in White Sands, New Mexico.
It is also a former communications center for the Titan missle defense system.
18 Titan II missile silos around Tucson
There are seven telescopes in the Mount Lemmon Observatory
Including a robotic telescope operated from South Korea
Astronomy Camp
http://www.gim.bnl.gov/soarops/lemmon
http://www.astronomycamp.org
Catalina Highway (General Hitchcock Highway)
The only paved road that leads to the upper reaches of Mt. Lemmon and the Santa Catalina Range is one of the most scenic highways in the southwest.
27 mile road starts in the Lower Sonoran vegetative life zone and climbs to the high forests

in honor of Postmaster General Frank Harris Hitchcock

Work was begun on the road in 1933 and completed 17 years later in 1950. Much of the labor was supplied by workers from a federal prison camp

Catalina Mountain Pass to park on National Forest land

3,000'-9,100'


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[Ricklawrence]

My wife and I are moving from New Hampshire to Tucson the end of Nov. The top of Mount Lemmon looks just like the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We were down there a couple years ago and fell in love with the desert, we did not know anything about Lemmon. Thank you for the video

[GearBuyersGuide]

@Ricklawrence

glad you enjoyed it, I hope you have a great time here, it's a great town

[Noahyay]

I live in Tucson and i have never been to Mt. Lemon i always ask my parents to take me but they never do

[GearBuyersGuide]

@Noahyay

doh, you missed the one moment of snow we had this year too

I would encourage you to try to get them to take you up there three or four times this year, to see the changes over the seasons

[luiscarlos789]

how high do the saguaros go to

[GearBuyersGuide]

@luiscarlos789

oh you mean what altitude?

[GOrockets11]

me and my friends ditched class our senior year to see the snow in MT lemmon it was great

[Mrihasit]

Awesome vid. I've biked all the way up to summerhaven 5 times and didn't know half the info you gave us. Next time I'll have a little more background on the mountain and think about it when I'm killing myself to get to the top haha

[greeeyedboi]

My name is Lemmon. funny stuff

[dgester]

wow that was really thorough and interesting. awesome video man. thanks for posting it

[Ricklawrence]

@GearBuyersGuide You can not imagine how much we are looking forward to living down there. Thank you very my for replying to my post.

Rick

[woolridgewilly]

awesome video, looks like a fun drive

[zezima2300]

@Noahyay hello I can help you well you might have been there alredy but if you havent were going there this friday

[Patsyjo37]

I lived in Tucson From 75-78.We moved there from S. Florida I fell in love with the desert as well as the mtns. My parents took us up to mt. Lemmon quite a bit . Thanks for the post.