Baboquivari Peak Wilderness

Baboquivari Peak Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



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locator_x = 55
locator_y = 127
location = Arizona, USA
nearest_city = Sasabe, Arizona
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 24
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 111
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds = 57
long_direction = W
area = convert|2065|acre|km2|0|sing=off
established = 1990
visitation_num =
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governing_body = U.S. Bureau of Land Management

The Baboquivari Peak Wilderness is a convert|2065|acre|km2|0|sing=on wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is located in the Baboquivari Mountain Range convert|50|mi|km southwest of Tucson, Arizona. It is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The United States Congress designated the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness in 1990. It is the smallest such designated wilderness in the state of Arizona. Today, the convert|2900000|acre|km2|sing=on Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation (second largest in the United States) lies to the west. Baboquivari Peak's elevation is 7,730 feet (2,356 m) and is a popular site for many climbers, tourists, and other visitors to Arizona. It can be seen in the distance from the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Baboquivari Wilderness can be visited any time of the year, however, summer afternoons are usually too hot for hiking. Winter can bring an occasional snow shower to its higher elevations. It is reported to have some of the best backcountry rockclimbing in Arizona.

Cultural Significance

Baboquivari Peak is the most sacred place to the Tohono O’odham people. It is the very center of the Tohono O’odham cosmology and the home of the creator, I'itoi. According to tribal legend, he resides in a cave below the base of the mountain.

This mountain is regarded by the O’odham nation as the navel of the world -— a place where the earth opened and the people emerged after the great flood. Baboquivari Peak is also sometimes referred to as I’Itoi Mountain. In the native O'odham language, it is referred to as Waw Kiwulik, meaning "narrow about the middle". The O'odham people believe that he watches over their people to this day.

Baboquivari Peak was mentioned in the journals of Jesuit missionary Padre Kino, who made many expeditions into this region of the Sonoran Desert, beginning in 1699 and establishing Spanish Missions in the area.

Legend Surrounding Baboquivari

According to O'odham nation legend at the beginning of the Spanish conquest of what is present day Arizona, a certain Spanish officer and his men tried to dig their way into Baboquivari. Suddenly, the ground under them opened and Baboquivari swallowed them. This legend has similarities to Francisco Vásquez de Coronado search for the Seven Cities of Cibola and a place called Quivira, where, he was told, he could get his hands on unlimited quantities of gold.


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ee also

*List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Quivira and Cíbola
*Mission San Xavier del Bac
*2059 Baboquivari

External links

* [http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/wildareas/baboquivari.1.html BLM Baboquivari Wilderness site]
* [http://www.toddshikingguide.com/Hikes/Arizona/Southeast/Southeast22.htm Baboquivari Hiking Guide]


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