# Chiricahua National Monument

It preserves an example of the distinctive “sky island” geography of the North American Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts in which isolated mountain ranges soar up to 2,000 meters above surrounding desert lowlands.

**Type:** park

**Location:** AZ, US

**Nearest town:** Willcox

**Certified:** 2021

It preserves an example of the distinctive “sky island” geography of the North American Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts in which isolated mountain ranges soar up to 2,000 meters above surrounding desert lowlands.

[Official site](https://www.nps.gov/chir/index.htm)

[Source](https://darksky.org/places/chiricahua-national-monument-dark-sky-park/)

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