Milepost 0

Overview

Location

  • Lower Highway Hikes - Santa Catalina Mountains - Southern Arizona
  • Google Map Coordinates: 32.30415723 -110.74524390
  • At This Trailhead: Useful reference for 'mileage up the mountain' but no useful access or parking at this location.
  • Nearby Trailheads and Parking: Up-mountain: Hairpin Turn

Driving Time and Distance from Tucson

  • 26 Minutes from Speedway and Campbell
  • 13.8 miles from Speedway and Campbell
  • Miles up Highway: 0.0 miles
  • Side of the Highway: Up-mountain
  • Vehicle Access: Paved Roads/Passenger Car

Fees and Services

  • Fee: No
  • Restrooms: No
  • Water: No

This is the start of the highway – while Milepost 0 is fairly uninteresting it serves as a reference point for mileages up the mountain – a useful navigation tool when you are trying to find parking areas.

Milepost 0 is marked by a small brown ‘Mount Lemmon’ sign below ‘Speed Enforcement Zone’ and ‘No Parking’ signs just north of the Mount Lemmon Shortcut Road (until sometime in the early 2010s there was a small green ‘Mile 0’ sign on this sign post). If you are measuring mileage up the mountain resetting your odometer anywhere near the Mount Lemmon Shortcut Road or the brown ‘Summerhaven’ mileage and services sign should be accurate enough… (Worth noting that the brown mileage and services sign is accurate in stating that there are no gas stations along the highway!).

Driving Directions

Suggested driving directions from the Speedway and Campbell intersection in Tucson to the Milepost 0:

  • Drive East on Speedway (5.0 miles)
  • Left on Wilmot and continue on Tanque Verde (4.3 miles)
  • Left on Catalina Highway (4.5 miles)
  • Milepost 0 is marked by a small brown 'Mount Lemmon' sign near the Mount Lemmon Shortcut Road and the brown ‘Summerhaven’ mileage and services sign. This location is mainly useful for measuring mileage up the mountain when looking for a destination (there are mile markers along the highway but they are surprisingly easy to miss...).

Google Maps Directions from the Speedway and Campbell intersection in Tucson to Milepost 0.

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Update Notes

  • 2019/1/29 – Update Mile 0 sign info, update layout, tags update
  • 2017/7/28 – Img Srcset update