Old Baldy

Old Baldy is a mountain in Santa Cruz County, Arizona and has an elevation of 8,087 feet. Old Baldy is situated nearby to Mount Wrightson Picnic Areas and Trailheads, as well as near the area Roundup Picnic Ground.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Wrightson and Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory.

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.

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 2 miles southwest of Old Baldy.

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 west of Old Baldy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madera Canyon.

Madera Canyon

Hamlet

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. Madera Canyon is situated 2 miles northwest of Old Baldy.

Old Baldy

Type: Mountain with an elevation of 8,087 feet
Category: landform
Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

31.70009° or 31° 42′ 0″ north

Longitude

-110.85064° or 110° 51′ 2″ west

Elevation

8,087 feet (2,465 metres)

Open location code

853FP42X+2P

GeoNames ID

5307256

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