Chiricahua Mountains
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The Chiricahuas is a mountain range in southeastern Arizona and part of the Basin and Range province of the western and southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The range lies primarily wit
Chiricahua Mountains – northeast flank (from Portal, Arizona)
Wulfenite specimen from the old Hilltop Mine, Rustler Park
A male eared quetzal in the Chiricahua Mountains.
Chiricahua National Monument
Chiricahua National Monument
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Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park System located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The monument was established on April 18, 1924, to protect its extensive
Chiricahua Mountains
…created mountain ridges covered in stone spires and stone columns, hoodoos, that rise up out of the forest. These natural features, preserved in the Chiricahua National Monument, are composed of Rhyolite Canyon Tuff. A one to two mile wide band of sedimentary rock running southeast to northwest from south of Portal through…
Rock formation on Echo Canyon Trail
Big Balanced Rock along the Heart of Rocks trail
Stone columns, called hoodoos, are the most common formation in the monument
Hoodoos in Totem Canyon