AZ-Mt.+Lemmon--Cypress,+Middle+Bear,+Chihuahua+Pine+Picnic+Areas

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=Mt. Lemmon= =Bear Canyon= =Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas= Coronado National Forest Mt. Lemmon, Arizona 85619 Cypress Picnic Area webpage Chihuahua Pine Picnic Area webpage Middle Bear Picnic Area webpage

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Mt. Lemmon--Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas)
Coordinates: 32.3731003, -110.6912994 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Bear Canyon Picnic Areas
Bear Canyon is one of the deepest and longest rifts cut into the Santa Catalina range. Within its far-reaching canyon walls, all seven of the life zones that grace the mountain can be found. The Bear Canyon Picnic Area is located in the canyon’s upper reaches where the gorge it has cut into the mountain’s slopes provides a route for a short stretch of the Catalina Highway. This area is actually three picnic areas in one, located on both sides of the highway at the end of well-marked turnouts. Sites here are shaded by ponderosa pines which grow in the protected confines of the canyon. Views from Bear Canyon include an area of the Santa Catalina Mountains where the slopes are covered with a jumble of boulders weathered into an unlikely collection of balanced rocks, pinnacles, arches, and towers. This natural sculpture gallery is visible through the trees that shade the picnic area. While you’re enjoying your lunch you might want to take advantage of this opportunity to see how good you are at picking out identifiable images among the rock sculptures scattered across the side of the mountain. Accessible with persons with disabilities. From Middle Bear Picnic Area webpage

Tips for birding Mt. Lemmon
Take Catalina Highway northeast from Tanque Verde Road. For desert and mountain species, stop at picnic and campgrounds (Molina Basin, Bear Canyon, Rose Canyon Lake and others) as you drive the narrow, winding road to high elevations. From Tucson Audubon Society

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