Mount Graham
- Mapped trail
- 13.8 km+1,848 m · about 6.5 hEnds 140 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- at least 1,908 m6,258 ft
- Isolation
- 132 km
- Tonight
- 36°FFair · Wind 2–6 mph SSW
Mount Graham is a 3,267 m (10,719 ft) mountain in the Sierra de los Pinaleños, Arizona, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,267 m · 10,719 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Whitewater Baldy (3,322 m)
- Range
- Sierra de los Pinaleños
- Region
- Arizona, United States
- Protected area
- Coronado National Forest
- Spanish name
- Monte Graham
- Coordinates
- 32.7016° N, 109.8714° W
How to get to the top of Mount Graham
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 7.8 km E of Mount Graham
- Distance
- 13.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,848 m−48 m (6,063 ft up)
- Time up
- about 6.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
The mapped trail ends 140 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Graham 3D map
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Mount Graham terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Graham weather
Today · Clear · 36 / 46°F (2 / 8°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 3 mph SW
Mount Graham forecast for the summit, about 3,164 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,414 m.
- Today36°46°4%3 mph SWBase 49 / 71°
- Sat33°44°1%5–8 mph SWBase 44 / 68°
- Sun34°43°–3 mph SEBase 46 / 66°
- Mon37°46°–2–6 mph ESEBase 49 / 70°
- Tue38°47°1%1–7 mph SEBase 50 / 72°
- Wed39°47°9%1–6 mph SBase 51 / 72°
- Thu38°46°44%2–6 mph SSEBase 50 / 70°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Graham
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Graham, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Cunningham Campground
Nearest parking
3.4 km WSW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Cunningham CampgroundCampsite | 3.2 km SW |
| Parking | 3.4 km WSW |
| Columbine SummerhomesCampsite | 3.7 km W |
| Parking | 3.8 km SSW |
| Hospital Flat CampgroundCampsite | 3.9 km S |
| Parking | 4.7 km W |
How steep is the route to Mount Graham?
The easiest mapped route, 13.8 km from 1,320 m to 3,121 m. Steepest stretch: 19°.
- 0–15°13.6 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 150 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Mount Graham summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Hawk Peak3,235 m 1.0 km WSW
- 2Plain View Peak3,161 m 1.2 km SSE
- 3Trap Peak2,472 m 4.0 km NE
- 4Grant Hill2,886 m 4.4 km SSW
- 5Webb Peak3,050 m 4.9 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 571 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yarrow's Spiny Lizard77
- Western Wallflower76
- Corn Lily72
- Franciscan bluebells44
- Common cowparsnip42
- Golden columbine36
Where Mount Graham sits
- Region
- Arizona28United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount Graham downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,264 m at the summit; the official height is 3,267 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,267 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,264 m | -3 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,264 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,263 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,260 m | -7 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-18)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia