Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,171 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 ho…
Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,171 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. Mount Lemmon is also known as Babad Do'ag, or Frog Mountain to the Tohono O'odham.
Elevation: 9,171 ft (2,795 m)
Location: Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, U.S.
Prominence: 5,157 ft (1,572 m)
Listing: Arizona county high point · U.S. most prominent peaks 117th
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