Huachuca Mountains

Huachuca Mountains
View from Miller Wilderness area of the Huachuca Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Miller Peak (Arizona)
Elevation	9,466 ft (2,885 m)
Dimensions
Length	38 mi (61 km) North to South
Width	34 mi (55 km) East to West Extent includes low land hills and valleys[1]
Area	755 sq mi (1,960 km2)
Geography
Huachuca Mountains
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Region	Madrean Sky Islands
District	Cochise County
Range coordinates	31°24′N 110°18′W / 31.400°N 110.300°W / 31.400; -110.300

The Huachuca Mountains are part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, approximately 70 miles (110 km) south-southeast of Tucson and southwest of the city of Sierra Vista. Included in this area is the highest peak in the Huachucas, Miller Peak, and the region of the Huachucas known as Canelo Hills in eastern Santa Cruz County. The mountains range in elevation from 3,934 feet (1,199 m) at the base to 9,466 feet (2,885 m) at the top of Miller Peak. The second highest peak in this range is Carr Peak, elevation 9,200 feet (2,804 m). The Huachuca Mountain area is managed principally by the United States Forest Service (Coronado National Forest) (41%) and the U.S. Army (Fort Huachuca) (20%), with much of the rest being private land (32%). Sierra Vista is the main population center (43,888 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census).

The Huachuca Mountains were named by the Spanish for a Pima village that once existed to the north of the range near the present location of Elgin, Arizona.^[2][3] Coronado National Memorial is in the southeastern margin of the range near the Mexico–United States border and includes Montezuma Pass, a possible entry point of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado into what is now Arizona in 1540. The range extends a short distance south of the border in Sonora, Mexico.