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Things To Do In Graham Country: Roper Lake, Dankworth Ponds, & Discovery Park

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Roper Lake and Mt. Graham

The area near Safford has several worthwhile things to see and do: Roper Lake State Park, Dankworth Ponds, and Discovery Park. Just to the west of Safford is 10,000 foot-high Mt. Graham. At the top are some of the most powerful telescopes on earth. The road to Mt. Graham is about as steep, narrow, and windy as you’re likely to find in the United States. There’s a nice picnic area about 8 miles up this road from Rt. 191 a few miles south of Safford.

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To Mt. Lemmon Sky Center & Outer Space!

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Kitt Peak observable gallaxies

I thought our grandchildren might enjoy a nighttime astronomy program so when Groupon offered half-price tickets to the Sky Center atop Mt Lemmon, I snapped up five and made reservations for late August when our 14.5 and 16 year-old grandsons, Morgan & Jon, where scheduled to visit here for a few weeks.

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Cochise Stronghold Natural Apache Fortress

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Cochise Stronghold

This rugged natural fortress was, for some 15 years, the home and base of operations for the famed Chiricahua Apache Chief, Cochise. Cochise and about 1,000 of his followers, of whom some 250 were warriors, located here. Sentinels, constantly on watch from the towering pinnacles of rock, could spot their … Continue reading

Steward Observatory Mirror Lab

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Steward Mirror Lab

Visit the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab (SOML) at the University of Arizona. The Mirror Lab has the capability of producing mirrors in the size range 1.8 to 8.4 meters. Applications include on-axis and off-axis paraboloids. Our spun-cast mirrors are made of Ohara E6 borosilicate glass in typical sizes of: 3.5-, 6.5-, … Continue reading

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