0.9 miles away
Old Tucson Studios
A film studio and theme park west of Tucson, built in 1939 for the film Arizona and used for Westerns ever since.
Tucson Mountains
A range immediately west of Tucson, one of four surrounding the Tucson Basin, with Wasson Peak as its high point.
- Rank in Arizona
- #155of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 48.3 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Marchby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Tucson Mountains are a minor mountain range immediately west of Tucson, Arizona, known in O'odham as Cuk Do'ag. With the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north-east, the Rincon Mountains to the east and the Santa Rita Mountains to the south, they are one of four ranges surrounding the Tucson Basin, and their high point is Wasson Peak. Further ranges lie beyond them: the Sierrita Mountains due south, the Roskruge Mountains to the west across the Avra Valley, the Silver Bell Mountains to the north-west and the Tortolita Mountains to the north across the Santa Cruz Valley.
Where it is
Tucson Mountains is a natural landmark near Tucson, 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 Tucson 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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Gates Pass
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3.3 miles away
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
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Valley View Overlook Trail
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Tucson
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 48.3 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 36.7
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 32.2250, -111.1167
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12