Santa Catalina Mountains
The highest point in the Catalinas is Mount Lemmon at an elevation of 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea level and receives 18 inches (460 mm) of precipitation[1] annually.More specifically, CSS is to search for any potentially hazardous asteroids that may pose a threat of impact.The village of Summerhaven on Mount Lemmon serves as a popular summer retreat from the heat of Arizona's lower deserts.Following the Gadsden Purchase, Americans increasingly moved into the Arizona Territory and focused on the Catalinas in search of gold, silver, and copper beginning in the 1850s.[3] By the late 1880s, residents of southern Arizona desired protection for the Catalinas, and the U.S. Congress authorized the President to designate specific lands around the U.S. to be removed from the public domain under the Forest Reserve Act of 1891.