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Sabino Canyon is a significant canyon located in the Santa Catalina Mountains [1] and the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. Sabino Canyon is a popular recreation area for residents and visitors of Southern Arizona , providing a place to walk, hike or ride.
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Bear Canyon, located in the Sabino Canyon recreation area of the Coronado National Forest near Tucson, Arizona, offers views of the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north. Accessible by tram or foot from the Sabino Canyon visitors' center, Bear Canyon contains such attractions as the seasonal Seven Falls and Thimble Peak .
A successive map from 1890 still referred to the Catalinas as the "Santa Catarina Mountains." [ 6 ] However, a map from 1895 depicted the range with the name "Santa Catalina." [ 7 ] Various maps during the 1880s and 1890s referred to the range as either "Santa Catarina" or "Santa Catalina."
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Included in this area are the highest peak of the Santa Catalinas, Mount Lemmon, the rugged Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area, and the popular Sabino Canyon. Much of this district was part of Santa Catalina National Forest before its inclusion in Coronado. The Safford Ranger District comprises the mountain ranges surrounding the city of Safford, Arizona
Thimble Peak rises from the foothills on the south side of the range. To its east is Bear Canyon, while to its west is Sabino Canyon. The peak is in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness on the Coronado National Forest. [1] There are no trails to the peak itself. The final ascent of the "cap" requires technical climbing skills, class 3 to 5.