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This is a list of highest points in the U.S. state of Arizona, in alphabetical order by county.Elevations are from USGS 1:24,000 scale topographic quadrangle maps. Elevations followed by a plus sign (+) are minimal
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Arizona, ordered by height.. Entries in bold indicate the peak is the highest point in its respective county.. Entries with a † indicate the peak has a low topographic prominence and may be considered a subpeak to a higher nearby summit.
The city's elevation is 2,643 ft (806 m) above sea level (as measured at the Tucson International Airport). [33] Tucson is on an alluvial plain in the Sonoran Desert , surrounded by five minor ranges of mountains: the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Tortolita Mountains to the north, the Santa Rita Mountains to the south, the Rincon Mountains ...
The county seat of Maricopa County is Phoenix, which is Arizona's largest city and capital. The next most populous county is Pima County, which had a 2010 census population of 980,263. The county seat of Pima County is Tucson, where nearly all of the population is concentrated. Combined, nearly 80% of Arizona residents live in either Maricopa ...
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] [3] The first table below ranks the 20 highest major summits of Arizona by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
Map of the United States with Arizona highlighted. Arizona is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, Arizona is the 14th most populous state with 7,151,502 inhabitants (as of the 2020 census) [1] and the 6th largest by land area spanning 113,623.1 square miles (294,282 km 2). [2]
Now the fifth-most populated city in the country with around 1.65 million people in 2023, Phoenix continues to grow as people seem undaunted by the heat, further exacerbated by the urban heat ...
The mountain range is the most prominent in the Tucson area, with the highest average elevation. The highest point in the Catalinas is Mount Lemmon at an elevation of 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea level and receives 18 inches (460 mm) of precipitation [1] annually.