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{{short description|Mountain in Arizona, United States}} {{other uses|Mount Graham (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Graham | photo = Mount_graham_in_2020.jpg | photo_caption = Mount Graham, [[Safford, Arizona|Safford]] | elevation_ft = 10720 | elevation_ref = {{navd88}}<ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs |pid=CY1235 |name=Graham |access-date=February 7, 2014 }}</ref> | prominence = {{cvt|6320|ft|0}} (#1 in Arizona) | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=4211 |name=Mount Graham, Arizona |access-date=February 7, 2014 }}</ref> | listing = {{unbulleted list | [[List of the most prominent summits of the United States|U.S. most prominent peaks]] 50th | [[List of highest points in Arizona by county|Arizona county high point]]<ref>{{cite peakbagger |lid=13211 |title=Arizona County High Points |access-date=August 14, 2016 }}</ref> }} | map = Arizona#USA | map_size = 200 | map_caption = none | label_position = | location = [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham County]], [[Arizona|Arizona, U.S.]] | range = [[Pinaleño Mountains]] | coordinates = {{Wikidatacoord|Q1418537|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_source:NGS|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="ngs"/> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Graham | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} '''Mount Graham''' (called in [[Western Apache language|Nnee biyati' (Western Apache)]] '''Dził Nchaa Sí'an''' – 'Big Seated Mountain') is a mountain in [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham County]], Arizona, United States, approximately {{convert|70|mi|km}} northeast of [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]. The mountain reaches {{convert|10720|ft|m|0}} in height. It is the highest elevation in [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham County]], [[Coronado National Forest]] and the [[Pinaleño Mountains]].<ref name="pb"/> It is also the southernmost peak and land area in the continental United States above {{convert|10000|ft|m|0}}. As the name "Mount Graham" is often used by locals to refer to the entire mountain range, the peak itself is frequently referred to as "High Peak".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ag.arizona.edu/research/redsquirrel/oldsite/pinaleno.html |title=Pinaleños Mountains |publisher=College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona |access-date=February 6, 2014 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221231722/http://ag.arizona.edu/research/redsquirrel/oldsite/pinaleno.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is twentieth of the 57 [[ultra-prominent peak]]s of the [[lower 48 states]],<ref>{{cite peakbagger |lid=41203 |title=USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence |access-date=February 6, 2014 }}</ref> and the first of the five in Arizona.<ref>{{cite peakbagger |lid=41325 |title=Arizona Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence |access-date=February 6, 2014 }}</ref>
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