28/09/2020
Some interesting stats on this beautiful state. Come check it out!! Msg us to book or click on website for fee free booking!
1. Arizona has 3,928 mountain peaks and summits, more mountains than any one of the other Mountain States (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming).
2. All New England plus the state of Pennsylvania would fit inside boundaries of Arizona.
3. Arizona's disparate climate can yield both the highest temperature across the nation and the lowest temperature across the nation in the same day.
4. There are more wilderness areas in Arizona than in the entire Midwest. Arizona alone has 90 wilderness areas, the Midwest has 50.
5. Arizona has 26 peaks that are more than 10,000 feet in elevation.
6. Arizona has the largest contiguous stand of ponderosa pines in the world stretching from near Flagstaff along the Mogollon Rim to the White Mountains region.
7. Yuma, Arizona is the country's highest producer of winter
vegetables,especially lettuce.
9. Arizona is the 6th largest state in the nation, covering 113,909 square miles.
10. Of all the states in the U.S., Arizona has the largest percentage of it's land designated as Indian lands.
11. The Five C's of Arizona's economy are: Cattle, Copper, Citrus, Cotton, Climate.
12. More copper is mined in Arizona than all the other states combined, and the Morenci Mine is the largest copper producer in all of North America.
14. Covering 18,608 sq. miles, Coconino County is the second largest county by land area in the 48 contiguous United States. Yavapai county is equal in size to the state of New Jersey
15. The world's largest solar telescope is located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Sells, Arizona.
16. Arizona grows enough cotton each year to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in the United States.
17. When England's famous London Bridge was replaced in the 1960s, the original was purchased, dismantled, shipped stone by stone, and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona where it still stands today.
18. Mount Lemmon, in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is the southernmost ski resort in the United States.
19. Cutting down a protected cactus in AZ can get you a year in jail.
20. AZ is home to 18 National Monuments.
