Mount Wrightson
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.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,360 feet
- Description: peak in the Santa Rita Mountains
- Also known as: “Baldy”, “Baldy Mountain”, “Mt. Wrightson”, “Old Baldy”, and “Santa Rita Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and Mount Hopkins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madera Canyon.
Mount Wrightson
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.69615° or 31° 41′ 46″ north
Longitude
-110.84809° or 110° 50′ 53″ west
Elevation
9,360 feet (2,853 metres)
Open location code
853FM5W2+FQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Mount Wrightson” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل رايتسون”
- Cebuano: “Mount Wrightson”
- Chinese: “莱森山”
- Chinese: “萊森山”
- Czech: “Mount Wrightson”
- Dutch: “Mount Wrightson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت وريجتسون”
- French: “Mount Wrightson”
- German: “Mount Wrightson”
- Ladin: “Mount Wrightson”
- Persian: “کوه رایتسون”
- Slovenian: “Mount Wrightson”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ رائٹسن”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Florida Work Center and Alto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Baldy Spring and Bellows Spring.
Arizona: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Phoenix and Tucson.
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