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The Dragoon Mountains is a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona. The range is about 25 mi (40 km) long, running on an axis extending south-south east through Willcox. The name originates from the 3rd U.S. Cavalry Dragoons who battled the Chiricahua, including Cochise, during the Apache Wars.
Dragoon Springs is an historic site in what is now Cochise County, Arizona, at an elevation of 4,925 feet (1,501 m). The name comes from a nearby natural spring , Dragoon Spring , to the south in the Dragoon Mountains at 5,148 feet (1,569 m) ( 31°59′5″N 110°0′56″W / 31.98472°N 110.01556°W / 31.98472; -110.01556
Dragoon National Forest was established in Arizona on May 25, 1907, covering 69,120 acres (280 km 2). On July 1, 1908, it was combined with Santa Catalina National Forest and Santa Rita National Forest to create Coronado National Forest. [1] The name was discontinued. [2] Dragoon Mountains, Arizona, viewed from the south.
Mount Glenn, is in the Coronado National Forest, about 75 miles (121 km) east of Tucson, Arizona. The summit, in Cochise County, is the highest point in the Dragoon Mountains [2] and is a popular local hiking destination. Mount Glenn was named around 1888 after Calvin Glenn, who was a manager for the Chiricahua Cattle Co. at the time. [3]
Dragoon is in an area known as the Sky Island in the United States and is a high mountain valley ranging in elevation from 4,500 to 5,000 ft. The proper name for Sky Islands is Madrean Archipelago which covers an area of approximately 40,536 km2 (15,651 mi2) in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
The Arizona mountain lion can be found in habitats all across the state. The video shows a thirsty mountain lion getting a good long drink. It returns to the pool after dark, this time with a friend.
Lukas Furtenbach, a mountain guide and climber from Austria, who is helping Miller on his Everest challenge, is convinced that inhaling the xenon gas mixture aided his rapid ascent of Aconcagua in ...
The Little Dragoon Mountains, are included in the Douglas Ranger District of Coronado National Forest, in Cochise County, Arizona. [1] The summit of the range is the center peak of the three Mae West Peaks, 6 miles northwest of Dragoon, Arizona. The center peak, known as Lime has a peak elevation of 6,732 feet (2,052 m). [2]