AZ-Hannagan+Meadow+Recreation+Area


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Greenlee County
=Hannagan Meadow Recreation Area= Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests Clifton, Arizona 85533 Hannagan Meadow Recreation Area webpage

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Hannagan Meadow Recreation Area
Coordinates: 33.6426532, -109.3293178 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hannagan Meadow CG
Coordinates: 33.6359814, -109.3287234 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hannagan Meadow Lodge
Coordinates: 33.6394463, -109.3274918 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

KP Cienega CG
Coordinates: 33.5761475, -109.3551883 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Hannagan Meadow Recreation Area
Hannagan Meadow Recreation Area, complete with the historic Hannagan Meadow Lodge, Hannagan and KP Cienega Campgrounds, access to the Blue Range Primitive Area, breathtaking views from the edge of the Mogollon Rim, hunting, fishing, and winter trails, is a high country four-season sporting paradise for a wide range of outdoor pursuits.

The explorer Coronado and his expedition passed through the area in the 1540s on their way from Mexico to Zuni, but it is unknown whether they passed by this particular site, although some have speculated that they may have.

The meadow was named after Robert Hannagan, a Nevada miner and cattle rancher. One local legend is that Hannagan was chained to a tree by the meadow until his debt of $1,200 was paid off. Fortunately, it was promptly paid by his son, but the name stuck. Another story suggests that Toles Cosper, a rancher from nearby Luna, New Mexico was riding with the young Hannagan when they came across the meadow during the 1870s. They flipped a coin to see which man they would name it after, and Hannagan won.

Toles Cosper's son, DeWitt Cosper, built a lodge here in 1926. Hannagan Meadow is currently the highest point in Arizona to be inhabited throughout the entire year. From Hannagan Meadow Recreation Area webpage

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