San Pedro Valley
Prairie in the San Pedro Valley near Tombstone, Arizona. The Dragoon Mountains are in the background.
San Pedro Valley is located in Arizona
San Pedro Valley
San Pedro Valley
Length50 mi (80 km)
Geography
CountryUnited States, Mexico
StateArizona, Sonora
Communities
Borders on
Coordinates31°38′9″N 110°10′21″W / 31.63583°N 110.17250°W / 31.63583; -110.17250
RiverSan Pedro River

The San Pedro Valley of western Cochise County, Arizona, is a 50-mile-long (80 km), mostly north–south valley, trending northwesterly. The San Pedro River drains from the state of Sonora, Mexico, through Benson, Arizona, and the southeast of the Rincon Mountains.[1][2][3]

The coordinates for Charleston, Arizona, south center of the valley are 31°38′9″N 110°10′21″W / 31.63583°N 110.17250°W / 31.63583; -110.17250.[4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. San Pedro Valley blm.gov
  2. "Depth to Bedrock in the Upper San Pedro Valley, Cochise County, southeastern Arizona". pubs.usgs.gov.
  3. "San Pedro River". The Nature Conservancy.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Charleston (historical)
  5. Sherman, James E.; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). "Charleston". Ghost Towns of Arizona (First ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 26–29. ISBN 0806108436. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  6. Varney, Philip (2005). "Tombstone Territory Ghosts". In Stieve, Robert (ed.). Arizona Ghost Towns and Mining Camps: A Travel Guide to History (10th ed.). Phoenix: Arizona Highways Books. p. 124. ISBN 1932082468.
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