Mount Wrightson

Rank in Arizona: #189of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 46.6 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Natural Landmark

Mount Wrightson is a 9,456-foot peak in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona, within the Coronado National Forest. Its O'odham name is Ce:wi Duag. The English name commemorates William Wrightson, a miner and entrepreneur in the region who was killed by Apaches at the Battle of Fort Buchanan in 1865.

Where it is

Mount Wrightson is a natural landmark near Madera Canyon, in Santa Cruz County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Mount Wrightson, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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