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Dos Cabezas Peaks

Dos Cabezas Peaks

7.87km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Dos Cabezas Mountains are a mountain range in southeasternmost Arizona, United States. The 11,700 acres Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness lies 20 miles east of Willcox and 7 miles south of Bowie in Cochise County. The mountain range's name means Two Heads in Spanish, for the twin granite peaks, Dos Cabezas Peaks, that sit atop the range.

Apache Pass

Apache Pass

9.17km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Apache Pass is a historic mountain pass in the U.S. state of Arizona between the Dos Cabezas Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains at an elevation of 5,110 feet. It is approximately 20 miles east-southeast of Willcox, Arizona, in Cochise County.

Willcox Playa Wildife Area

Willcox Playa Wildife Area

23.46km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Willcox Playa is a large endorheic dry lake or sink adjacent to Willcox, Arizona in Cochise County, in the southeast corner of the state. It is part of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion and is the remnant of a Pleistocene era pluvial Lake Cochise. Portions of the dry lake bed have been used as a bombing range by the US military. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1966 for its fossil pollen captured underground.

Faraway Ranch Historic District

Faraway Ranch Historic District

28.05km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Faraway Ranch Historic District is part of the Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona, and preserves an area associated with the final conflicts with the local Apache, one of the last frontier settlements, and in particular, its association with the people who promoted the establishment of the Chiricahua National Monument. Faraway Ranch is located in Bonita Canyon, which lies at an approximate altitude of 5160 feet and opens in a southwesterly direction.

Rex Allen Museum

Rex Allen Museum

28.72km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Rex Allen Museum is located in one of Willcox's oldest commercial buildings. Constructed in the early 1890's of adobe. Allen was an authentic cowboy. Allen was an American film and television actor, singer and songwriter. The museum includes photographs, movie posters, cowboy outfits, records, musical instruments and other memorabilia. The Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame features portraits of area old-time cowboys who worked in the ranch industry.

Rhyolite Canyon

Rhyolite Canyon

29.22km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Rhyolite Canyon Trail is an out-and-back trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near San Simon, Arizona.The trail is primarily used for hiking, running, and bird watching and is accessible year-round.

Chiricahua National Monument

Chiricahua National Monument

29.4km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park System located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. This area was the homeland of the Chiricahua Apache. They came into this region in the 1400's, where they used these mountain ranges as an area of refuge, to find food and live off the land. They migrated with the weather in their Southern Arizona stronghold.Visit to see the results of something that happened 27 million years ago.

Echo Canyon Trail

Echo Canyon Trail

30.99km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Echo Canyon Loop is a 6.4 kilometer heavily trafficked loop trail located near Willcox, Arizona that offers the chance to see wildlife. This loop consists of Echo Canyon, Hailstone, and Ed Riggs Trails. Most people prefer to hike the loop counter-clockwise since walking up the Ed Riggs Trail is less strenuous than the Echo Canyon Trail. The route winds through spectacular rock formations including the Grottoes and Wallstreet to the densely wooded Echo Park

Massai Point

Massai Point

31.51km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Massai Point Overlook is a loop trail that provides a good opportunity to view wildlife located near San Simon, Arizona.m It is one of the iconic attraction in this area and also there are so many things to see and experience here.

Big Balanced Rock

Big Balanced Rock

32.07km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Big Balanced Rock Trail is next to Totem Canyon and is located in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Big Balanced Rock Trail has a length of 1.65 kilometres.

Hot Well Dunes

Hot Well Dunes

34.56km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Hot Well Dunes provides the opportunity to ride 2,000 acres of sand dunes, set up a camp, and then soak in relaxing hot tubs, all in the same location.The sands at the Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area were a beach surrounding a lake approximately two million years ago. What remains today is one of the most unique recreation spots in Arizona.

Whitlock Valley

Whitlock Valley

40.72km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Whitlock Valley is a small valley in southeast Graham County, Arizona, southwestern United States, lying between three mountain ranges. The valley lies on the south perimeter region of the White Mountains in eastern Arizona, and lies south of the west-flowing Gila River, and the region transitions south into Cochise County and three large valleys, with some scattered dry lakes.

Peloncillo Mountains

Peloncillo Mountains

47.32km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County is a mountain range in northeast Cochise County, Arizona. A northern north-south stretch of the range extends to the southern region of Greenlee County on the northeast, and a southeast region of Graham County on the northwest. The north stretch of the Peloncillo's forms the border between the two counties. It lies east and northeast of the Willcox Playa, and the San Simon Valley.

Chiricahua Peak

Chiricahua Peak

47.56km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Chiricahua Mountains are located in southeast Arizona in Cochise County and the summit, It is the highest point of the county and one of just 57 "Ultra" prominent peaks in the lower-48 states, with over 5,000 feet of prominence above the desert floors.Much of the peak was severely burned in recent times, which creates vast open views across the landscape. This includes views across the Basin and Range to Mount Lemmon, Mount Graham, and Mount Wrightson.

Cave Creek Canyon

Cave Creek Canyon

50.09km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Cave Creek Canyon is located in southeastern Arizona, on the eastern side of the Chiricahua Mountains. Grasslands and desert cover the base of the range, with Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, and Engelmann Spruce at the higher elevations. . It is the largest and most biologically diverse canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains. It’s a favorite haunt of bird watchers and nature lovers, and is the home of the American Museum of Natural History’s Southwestern Research Station.

Ladybug Peak

Ladybug Peak

51.96km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Ladybug Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada in United States. This is a popular trail for hiking, mountain biking, and snowshoeing, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. There are so many things to see and do here.

Cochise Stronghold

Cochise Stronghold

52.7km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Cochise Stronghold is located to the west of Sunsites, Arizona in the Dragoon Mountains at an elevation of 5,000 ft. This beautiful woodland area lies in a protective rampart of granite domes and sheer cliffs which were once the refuge of the great Apache Chief, Cochise, and his people. Located within the Coronado National Forest, it is managed by the Douglas Ranger District.

Mount Glenn

Mount Glenn

52.81km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Mount Glenn, is in the Coronado National Forest, about 75 miles east of Tucson, Arizona. The summit, in Cochise County, is the highest point in the Dragoon Mountains and is a popular local hiking destination.

Dragoon Springs stagecoach stop

Dragoon Springs stagecoach stop

53km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Dragoon Springs is an historic site in what is now Cochise County, Arizona. Dragoon Springs Stage Station was the second of the two stone fortified stations constructed in Arizona and was the last going west on the 2,700 mile trail from Tipton, Missouri, to San Francisco, California. A six-year mail contract, No. 12,578, was awarded to John Butterfield to start on September 1858 and end on September 15, 1864.

Rucker Canyon

Rucker Canyon

53.25km from Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

Rucker Canyon is a major canyon draining the western central-south of the Chiricahua Mountains, the central landform of the eastern third of Cochise County, Arizona's extreme southeast, bordering southwest New Mexico. The canyon contains Rucker Creek, and upstream closer to the headwaters, the small Rucker Lake. It is famous for historic Camp Rucker.

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Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness

The Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness in Arizona is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. In 1990, the Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness became part of the now over 109 million acre National Wilderness Preservation System established by the Wilderness Act of 1964. In wilderness, you can enjoy challenging recreational activities and extraordinary opportunities for solitude. There is a diverse terrain of steep mountain slopes, granite outcroppings and vegetated canyon floors.