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Sutherland Peak 7,262’ | Huachuca Mountains | Sierra Vista Arizona | Hike Turtles

Tim Cahill, one of the founders of Outside magazine, once said that a journey is best measured in friends rather than miles. I couldn't agree more.   / @flynnhikes   This long-postponed hike to Sutherland Peak is 3½ miles round trip with about 1,000' of elevation gain, and maybe half of it or so is a bushwhack. In May of 2024 my hiking friend, Tim (not Tim Cahill🙂), and I decided we’d do this hike, but the heat through May and June and July and - well, you get the picture; it was a year of heat records - delayed us until Spring of 2025. DIRECTIONS to the trailhead: From Sierra Vista, head to Coronado National Memorial, drive past the Visitor Center and up to Montezuma Pass, and then continue 3½ miles until you turn north on FR 771. In a mile or so, park at the gate. Close the gate! According to Byrd Howell Granger’s "Arizona’s Names" book, and the knowledgeable Leonard Taylor, Sutherland Peak was named for a rancher named Jim Sutherland who had a cattle ranch, probably somewhere around the peak that's now named after him. Besides cattle, he raised apples and peaches. He's in the Bisbee Daily Review from 1892-1916, and may have been in the area as early as1885. The book says that he died by falling to his death while digging a well. An earlier book titled "Arizona Place Names" (1935) by Will C. Barnes stated that Mr. Sutherland was proud of being called the homeliest man in Arizona. I guess he must have been a very honest man, too! If you want complete, accurate and interesting details about trails in the Huachucas, pick up Leonard Taylor's Trails of the Huachucas trail guide (2019) and the accompanying Trail Map of the Huachucas. You can buy them at Ramsey Canyon Preserve, the Sierra Vista Ranger District Station along Hwy 92 south of Sierra Vista, the Coronado National Memorial Visitor Center, the San Pedro House and the Carr House, on Amazon and at various outdoor stores. Part of the route is exposed and hot. Remember, the mountains are going to be here longer than we are. There’s no reason to take risks with weather, especially heat. Wait until it’s safe to hike your hike! The desert tortoise clips are from an Arizona Game and Fish YT video. 🐢