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Picacho Peak State Park. Picacho Peak State Park is a state park surrounding Picacho Peak in Picacho, Arizona. The park is located between Casa Grande and Tucson near Interstate 10 in Pinal County. Its centerpiece spire is visible from downtown Tucson, a distance of 45 miles (72 km). The summit rises to 3,374 feet (1,028 m) above mean sea level.
The Battle of Picacho Pass, also known as the Battle of Picacho Peak, was an engagement of the American Civil War on April 15, 1862. The action occurred around Picacho Peak, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona. It was fought between a Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederate pickets from Tucson, and marks the ...
GNIS feature ID. 9393. Picacho (/ piːkɑːtʃoʊ /) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 250 at the 2020 census. Picacho is located near Interstate 10, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Eloy and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Picacho Peak State Park.
At the southeastern end of the Chocolate Mountains range are two important wilderness areas. The first is the Little Picacho Wilderness, a 38,170 acre (154.5 km 2) region of geological features and habitat protection under the direction of the Bureau of Land Management. The preserve has within its boundaries the southern portion of the ...
The Little Picacho Wilderness is at the north region of the black linear mountain range, a western section of the Chocolate Mountains. The dark prominence shown at right (north) in the range, is Picacho Peak. / 32.9392083°N 114.5688407°W / 32.9392083; -114.5688407. The Little Picacho Wilderness is a 38,214-acre (15,465 ha) wilderness ...
Picacho Reservoir is just 11 miles (18 km) south of Coolidge in central Arizona, United States. The reservoir was built in the 1920s as part of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. The reservoir's original purpose was water storage and flow regulation for the Florence-Casa Grande and Casa Grande Canals. The lake's design capacity was 24,500 acre ...
Gila Bend, AZ. The Painted Rock Mountains are a short 15-mile (24 km) long mountain range of the north-central Sonoran Desert southwest of Phoenix, Arizona and in southwest Maricopa County. The Gila River flows through the central-north end of the range. The famous Painted Rock Petroglyph Site lies at the northeast end of the range, adjacent ...
FIPS code. 04-59760. Red Rock is an unincorporated area in South-Central Pinal County, Arizona, United States, located along Interstate 10. In 2010, it had a population of 2,169. The elevation is 1,865 feet (568 m), according to the water tower. Mostly agricultural land until recent times, it is now starting to acquire some tract home communities.