San Luis Mountains
San Luis Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,797 ft (1,462 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 31°30′34″N 111°24′09″W / 31.50944°N 111.40250°W |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
Region | Sonoran Desert |
County | Pima County |
The San Luis Mountains are a small, lower elevation mountain range of central-southern
U.S.-Mexico border, northeast of Sasabe, Arizona
–Sasabe, Sonora.
The range is northwest-southeast trending, about 10 miles (16 km) in length.Pajarito Mountains.
The community of
Arivaca lies in the valley northeast of the San Luis Mountains at the southeast end of the Las Guijas Mountains; Arivaca Lake lies about 5 mi upstream on Arivaca Wash. The International Border lies less than one mile south of the southern margin of the range in Fresnal Wash. Cumero Mountain Peak at 4,698 feet (1,432 m) is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of the border.[2][3]
Two mountain ranges, the San Luis in the southwest, and the
References
- Arizona Highways. Emerald Isle, Terry Greene Sterling, photography, Jack Dykinga, February, 2010, pp. 40–43.
External links
- Ecology