Arizona trails · Mount Lemmon
Mount Lemmon
A 5.3-mile out-and-back in Arizona, with 3,086 ft of climbing. Reaches Quartzite Spring and other pass/spring/summit destinations. Managed by U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Quartzite Spring (spring)
- Cascade Spring (spring)
- Romero Pass (pass)
- Brinkley Spring (spring)
- Mount Lemmon (summit)
Heads up
Getting there
MOUNT LEMMON access — parking nearby, restroom. About 1 h 37 min drive (46 mi) from Tucson. 32.44035, -110.78574 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:01 a.m., the sun rises at 6:26 a.m. and sets at 5:51 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:16 p.m. (MST) — 11 h 26 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 10.6-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 01 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:27 p.m. — 4 h 24 min before sunset.
Loop options
- MOUNT LEMMON + MEADOW — 1.7 mi loop, 376 ft gain
- LEMMON ROCK LOOKOUT + WILDERNESS OF ROCKS + MOUNT LEMMON — 8.0 mi loop, 2,297 ft gain
Nearby trails
- West Divide — 28.0 mi