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North Sonoran Desert Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Baboquivari Peak (7734 ft/2357 m)
Countries	United States (127%), Mexico (73%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Arizona (64%), Sonora (36%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	40,859 sq mi / 105,826 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	270 mi / 435 km North-South 246 mi / 397 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	32° 20' N; 112° 56' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of North Sonoran Desert Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the North Sonoran Desert Ranges.

Southwest Basins and Ranges	Level 3 (Parent)
Northwest Arizona Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
North Sonoran Desert Ranges	Level 4
Kofa Area	Level 5 (Child)
Harquahala Area	Level 5 (Child)
Cabeza Prieta Area	Level 5 (Child)
Organ Pipe Area	Level 5 (Child)
Maricopa Area	Level 5 (Child)
South Phoenix Area	Level 5 (Child)
Baboquivari Area	Level 5 (Child)
La Lesna Area	Level 5 (Child)
San Luis Area	Level 5 (Child)
West Tucson-Nogales Area	Level 5 (Child)
South Sonoran Desert Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southeast Arizona Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southwest New Mexico Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southeast New Mexico Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Trans-Pecos Texas Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the North Sonoran Desert Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Baboquivari Peak	7734	2357	Baboquivari Area
2.	Mundo Perdido	7111	2167	Baboquivari Area
3.	Peak 6883	6883	2098	Baboquivari Area
4.	Kitt Peak	6880	2097	Baboquivari Area
5.	Cerro El Cíbuta	6824+	2080+	West Tucson-Nogales Area
6.	Coyote Mountain	6529	1990	Baboquivari Area
7.	Atascosa Peak	6422	1957	West Tucson-Nogales Area
8.	Peak 6403	6403	1952	Baboquivari Area
9.	Peak 6280	6280+	1914+	Baboquivari Area
10.	La Jolla Peak	6230	1899	Baboquivari Area
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Baboquivari Peak	7734	2357	Baboquivari Area
2.	Cerro El Cíbuta	6824+	2080+	West Tucson-Nogales Area
3.	Harquahala Mountain	5681	1732	Harquahala Area
4.	Sierra el Humo High Point	5381+	1640+	San Luis Area
5.	Signal Peak	4877	1487	Kofa Area
6.	Mount Ajo	4808	1465	Organ Pipe Area
7.	Sierra Estrella High Point	4512	1375	Maricopa Area
8.	Sierra el Cobre	4462+	1360+	La Lesna Area
9.	Cerro del Pinacate	3937+	1200+	Cabeza Prieta Area
10.	Dome Mountain	3381	1031	South Phoenix Area

Photos of Peaks in the North Sonoran Desert Ranges

Baboquivari Peak The southwest face of Baboquivari Peak (1970-05-02). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.	Kitt Peak The 2.3-meter and Mayall 4-meter telescopes just left (south) of the Summit of Kitt Peak (2015-12-27). Photo by Kreg Ellzey. Click here for larger-size photo.
Coyote Mountain Coyote Mountains from Arizona Highway 86 (2017-01-07). Photo by Paul McClellan. Click here for larger-size photo.	Atascosa Peak Atascosa Peak from the Atascosa Lookout (2015-12-31). Photo by Paul McClellan. Click here for larger-size photo.
Keystone Peak Sierrita Mtns from east side along McGee Rd. Keystone Pk is 1/3 from left (2016-01-31). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Harquahala Mountain Harquahala Mountain from the Pack Trail trailhead (2015-05-16). Photo by Gustav Sexauer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Harquahala Wilderness High Point On Harquahala Mtn, with the highest wilderness boundary stake at right, and some non-wilderness stuff at left. (2018-02-27). Photo by Ron Bartell. Click here for larger-size photo.	Fraguita Peak Fraguita Peak from the west-side road (2017-01-26). Photo by Paul McClellan. Click here for larger-size photo.
Signal Peak Signal Peak (Kofa Mtns high point) from the west (1973-11-29). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Ajo Mount Ajo from the southwest (1968-03-16). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.

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