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The Rincon Mountains are generally less rugged than the Santa Catalina Mountains and Santa Rita Mountains. The Rincon Mountains are also included in the Madrean sky island mountain ranges of southeast Arizona, extreme southwest New Mexico, and northern Sonora Mexico. Rincón is Spanish for corner, denoting the primary shape of the mountain range.
Rincon Peak is located in the Rincon Mountains, 25 miles (40 km) east-southeast of Tucson in Saguaro National Park. It ranks as the second-highest peak within the park, second-highest in the range, and fourth-highest in the county. [1] [2] The nearest higher neighbor is Mica Mountain 6.84 miles (11 km) to the north. [4]
Saguaro National Park is a national park of the United States in southeastern Arizona.The 92,000-acre (37,000 ha) park consists of two separate areas—the Tucson Mountain District (TMD), about 10 miles (16 km) west of Tucson, and the Rincon Mountain District (RMD), about 10 miles (16 km) east of the city.
Mica Mountain is an 8,668-foot (2,642 m) [1] peak in the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park in Pima County, Arizona, about 20 miles (32 km) east of Tucson. It is the highest point of the park and the highest point in the Rincon Mountains. [2] Mica Mountain view from the west, from 36 miles away in the Tucson Mountains.
The entire mountain is situated within the Merrimack River watershed, which empties into the Gulf of Maine (Atlantic Ocean) near Newburyport, Massachusetts. Water bodies around the base of the mountain are (listed counter-clockwise, starting to the west) Eagle Pond, Cold Pond, Hopkins Pond , Elbow Pond, and Bog Pond.
The reservation has over 100 miles (160 km) of trails for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding. Trailheads are accessible from Interstate 93 at exits 24, 25, and 26. Fishing is offered on Dark Hollow Pond. Other facilities include picnicking areas, an observation tower, and a tot lot.
The Little Rincon Mountains are a small range of mountains, lying to the east of the Rincon Mountains, at Tucson, of eastern Pima County, Arizona.The range is located in northwest Cochise County and is part of the western border of the San Pedro River and Valley, the major valley and river of western Cochise County.
Rincon Point is a cape on the Santa Barbara Channel at the boundary between Santa Barbara County and Ventura County.This landmark is the site of the Rincon surf spot. [1] A gated residential community occupies much of Rincon Point and straddles the countyline that roughly follows Rincon Creek down out of the Santa Ynez Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, just east of the extremity of Rincon Point.