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Hike · Carr Peak trailhead

Carr Peak

Distance
3.4 mi
Vertical
2,001 ft
Summit
8,963 ft
Difficulty
Strenuous

Carr Peak rises to 9,237 feet in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, the second-highest summit in the range and one of three sky-island peaks that dominate the view south of Sierra Vista. The summit sits inside the Miller Peak Wilderness on the Coronado National…

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About Carr Peak

Carr Peak is the third-highest mountain in Cochise County, Arizona and is the second-highest mountain in the Huachuca Mountains. It rises about 10 miles (16 km) south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. The summit is in the Miller Peak Wilderness on the Coronado National Forest and about 4 miles (6 km) south of the Nature Conservancy's Ramsey Canyon Preserve. The area is well known among birders because of the variety of hummingbird species seen in the area as well as the dozens of southwestern specialties such as Apache pine, Chihuahua pine, ridge-nosed rattlesnake, lesser long-nosed bat and elegant trogon.

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Carr Peak under fresh winter snow, viewed from the San Pedro Valley near Hereford — the cliff bands below the summit are the Carr Reef formation.
Alan Schmierer · CC0
Burnt snags above the trail — much of the upper Huachucas has burned three times since 1977, and aspens are reclaiming the slopes.
smalltownguy22 (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0
Looking south along the Huachuca crest from the Carr Peak Trail toward Miller Peak, the range's high point.
smalltownguy22 (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0

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