Madera Canyon
Madera Canyon is a formerly populated place situated in the Santa Rita Mountains of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 4,911 feet above sea level.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Arizona, United States of America
- Also known as: “Madera Canyon, Arizona”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and Mount Hopkins.
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wars, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is an American astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; it is their largest field installation outside of their main site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is situated 2½ miles south of Madera Canyon.
Mount Hopkins
Peak
Photo: Wars, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hopkins is a 8,553-foot 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. Mount Hopkins is situated 2 miles south of Madera Canyon.
Mount Wrightson
Peak
Photo: Wars, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Wrightson is a 9,456-foot peak in the Santa Rita Mountains within the Coronado National Forest, in southern Arizona, United States. It was renamed from its original O'odham name: Ce:wi Duag for William Wrightson, a miner and entrepreneur in the region killed by Apaches in the 1865 Battle of Fort Buchanan. Mount Wrightson is situated 2 miles southeast of Madera Canyon.
Madera Canyon
- Categories: municipality and locality
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.71508° or 31° 42′ 54″ northLongitude
-110.87478° or 110° 52′ 29″ westElevation
4,911 feet (1,497 metres)Open location code
853FP48G+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 150975220OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Madera Canyon” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬德拉峽谷”
- Persian: “مادرا کانیون”
- Portuguese: “Madera Canyon”
- South Azerbaijani: “مئیدرا کانیون، آریزونا”
- Turkish: “Madera Canyon”
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