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Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains is a good place to learn about southeastern Arizona’s desert plants. The campground itself rests under a canopy of evergreen oaks. The self-guided Stronghold Nature Trail introduces many of the area’s common plants.
Cochise Stronghold is a rocky wonderland that bisects the Dragoon Mountains in southeastern Arizona. Towering pink granite domes, covered with colorful lichen, create a backcountry playground thatchallenges climbers on its cracks, slabs, and steep plates and faces.
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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.
May 16, 2018 · The Cochise Stronghold actually consists of two strongholds—an eastern one and a western one, separated by the spine of the Dragoon Mountains. Both strongholds have ample water, wood, grazing and game, as they did in Cochise’s day. The rugged terrain safeguarded these camps.
Get ready for high-elevation hiking above 5,000 feet through dense stands of oak and juniper trees. Cochise Indian Trail connects the East Cochise Stronghold Campground with West Stronghold Canyon. The 5-mile trek over the Dragoon Mountains brings narrow ravines, granite domes and sheer cliffs into view.
Jun 27, 2024 · The Cochise Trail is a day hiking trail in the Dragoon Mountains in southern Arizona. Check out a special side hike detour to the rock domes!
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Cochise Stronghold - rounded boulders, narrow ravines and wooded slopes in the Dragoon Mountains of southeast Arizona, once home to the Chiricahua Apache
