3.7 miles away
Manning Cabin
A 1905 log cabin in Saguaro National Park's Rincon Mountains, later used to house Forest Service and Park Service fire and trail crews.
Rincon Mountains
A Madrean sky island range east of Tucson, rising to Mica Mountain at 8,664 feet and named for its cornered shape.
- Rank in Arizona
- #229of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 45.0 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Rincon Mountains are a mountain range east of Tucson, in Pima County. Their O'odham name is Cew Do'ag. They are one of five ranges around the Tucson valley, with the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north, the Santa Rita Mountains to the south, the Tucson Mountains to the west and the Tortolita Mountains to the north-west; Redington Pass separates them from the Santa Catalinas. They are generally less rugged than either the Santa Catalinas or the Santa Ritas, and belong to the Madrean sky island ranges of south-eastern Arizona, extreme south-western New Mexico and northern Sonora. Rincón is Spanish for corner, describing the range's shape. Its high point is Mica Mountain, at 8,664 feet.
Where it is
Rincon Mountains is a natural landmark near Saguaro National Park, in Pima 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 Rincon Mountains, 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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Nearby attractions
4.0 miles away
Mica Mountain
An 8,668-foot peak east of Tucson, the highest point in the Rincon Mountains and in Saguaro National Park.
6.3 miles away
Saguaro National Park
Two districts of Sonoran Desert either side of Tucson, preserving the giant saguaro cactus the park is named for.
10 miles away
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
A dry karst cave near Vail with 3.9 miles of mapped passages, used by Hohokam, Sobaipuri and Apache people.12 miles away
Loma Verde Loop
A Saguaro National Park loop trail past mesquite woodland, a seasonal wash, and the remains of the Loma Verde Mine.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Saguaro National Park
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 45.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 29.5
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 32.1700, -110.5100
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12