List of hillside letters in Arizona
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This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Arizona.{{Cite book |last=Corning|first=Evelyn|title=Hillside Letters A to Z : A Guide to Hometown Landmarks|publisher=Mountain Press Publishing Company|year=2007|location=Missoula, Mont.}}{{Citation|last=Rocha|first=Guy|title=Hillside Letters: In Plain Sight But Not Intended for Planes|journal=Sierra Sage|date=June 2004|url=http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=773&Itemid=418|access-date=2011-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132431/http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=773&Itemid=418|archive-date=2011-07-22|url-status=dead}}{{Cite journal|last=Parsons|first=James J.|title=Hillside Letters in the Western United States|journal=Landscape|volume=30|issue=1|pages=15–23 | location = Santa Fe, N.M.|year=1988|url=http://www.deuceofclubs.com/mts/heres_why.htm|accessdate=2011-08-09}} There are at least 63 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state, possibly more. Arizona's most notable monograms are likely the pair of A's for Arizona State University and the University of Arizona that are a focus of their rivalry. Arizona also has a fictional monogram, the RS for Radiator Springs in the movie Cars.
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2011}}
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| Monogram | Town | Description | Location | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Ajo | {{coord|32.3654 | ||
| 112.8766|type:landmark_region:US|name=Ajo}}
| IMG_4695 | ||||
| A | Arivaca | {{coord|31.588991 | ||
| 111.339277|type:landmark_region:US|name=Arivaca}} | ||||
| A | Tacna | Antelope Union High School | {{coord|32.7012 | |
| 114.0125|type:landmark_region:US|name=Antelope Union High School}} | ||||
| A | Tempe | Arizona State University, 1918 (N), 1925 (T), 1938 (A) | {{coord|33.4279 | |
| 111.936|type:landmark_region:US|name=Arizona State University}} | ||||
| A | Tucson | Constructed on Sentinel Peak by University of Arizona students in 1916. | {{coord|32.2106 | |
| 110.9917|type:landmark_region:US|name=University of Arizona}} | ||||
| AF | Ash Fork | {{coord|35.2329 | ||
| 112.4773|type:landmark_region:US|name=Ash Fork}} | ||||
| B | Bagdad | {{coord|34.5806 | ||
| 113.1802|type:landmark_region:US|name=Bagdad}} | ||||
| B | Bisbee | {{coord|31.4442 | ||
| 109.9107|type:landmark_region:US|name=Bisbee}} | ||||
| B | Bouse | {{coord|33.9418 | ||
| 113.9949|type:landmark_region:US|name=Bouse}} | ||||
| B | Sanders | Sanders Middle School Braves | {{coord|35.2207 | |
| 109.3283|type:landmark_region:US|name=Sanders Middle School Braves}} | ||||
| CG | Casa Grande | {{coord|32.8277 | ||
| 111.7211|type:landmark_region:US|name=Casa Grande}} | ||||
| C | Chinle | {{coord|36.15576 | ||
| 109.62497|type:landmark_region:US|name=Chinle}} | ||||
| C | Chloride | {{coord|35.419 | ||
| 114.1885|type:landmark_region:US|name=Chloride}} | ||||
| C | Clarkdale | {{coord|34.7831 | ||
| 112.0666|type:landmark_region:US|name=Clarkdale}} | ||||
| C | Clifton | {{coord|33.0435 | ||
| 109.3001|type:landmark_region:US|name=Clifton}} | ||||
| C | Concho | {{coord|34.4753 | ||
| 109.5956|type:landmark_region:US|name=Concho}} | ||||
| C | Coolidge | {{coord|33.0644 | ||
| 111.5146|type:landmark_region:US|name=Coolidge}} | ||||
| C | Cottonwood | {{coord|34.7307 | ||
| 112.0268|type:landmark_region:US|name=Cottonwood}} | ||||
| DILKON | Dilkon | {{coord|35.3835 | ||
| 110.3234|type:landmark_region:US|name=Dilkon}} | ||||
| DS | Dolan Springs | {{coord|35.5843 | ||
| 114.2859|type:landmark_region:US|name=Dolan Springs}} | ||||
| D | Douglas | {{coord|31.3467 | ||
| 109.4777|type:landmark_region:US|name=Douglas}} | ||||
| D | Duncan | {{coord|32.7252 | ||
| 109.1116|type:landmark_region:US|name=Duncan}} | ||||
| EF | Goodyear | Estrella Foothills High School | {{coord|33.3370124 | |
| 112.4082473|type:landmark_region:US|name=Estrella Foothills}} | ||||
| F | Florence | {{coord|33.0545 | ||
| 111.4082|type:landmark_region:US|name=Florence}} | ||||
| T | Fort Thomas | {{coord|33.0702 | ||
| 109.9453|type:landmark_region:US|name=Fort Thomas}} | ||||
| F | Fredonia | {{coord|36.9781 | ||
| 112.525|type:landmark_region:US|name=Fredonia}} | ||||
| G | Ganado | {{coord|35.7137 | ||
| 109.5303|type:landmark_region:US|name=Ganado}} | ||||
| G | The Gap | {{coord|36.3195 | ||
| 111.464|type:landmark_region:US|name=The Gap}} | ||||
| G | Globe | {{coord|33.3944 | ||
| 110.7899|type:landmark_region:US|name=Globe}} | ||||
| HALL | Springerville | Hall Trucking & Materials | {{coord|34.1047 | |
| 109.2408|type:landmark_region:US|name=Hall Ranch?}} | ||||
| H | Hayden | Hayden High School | {{coord|32.9934 | |
| 110.774|type:landmark_region:US|name=Hayden High School}} | ||||
| H (no longer exists) | Holbrook | {{coord|34.9092 | ||
| 110.1726|type:landmark_region:US|name=Holbrook}} | ||||
| J | Jerome | {{coord|34.7487 | ||
| 112.1192|type:landmark_region:US|name=Jerome}} | ||||
| JC | Joseph City | {{coord|34.9654 | ||
| 110.3179|type:landmark_region:US|name=Joseph City}} | ||||
| K | Kayenta | {{coord|36.7374 | ||
| 110.2613|type:landmark_region:US|name=Kayenta}} | ||||
| K | Kingman | {{coord|35.1961 | ||
| 114.0549|type:landmark_region:US|name=Kingman}} | ||||
| L | Laveen | {{coord|33.3458 | ||
| 112.1652|type:landmark_region:US|name=Laveen}} | ||||
| M | Maricopa | {{coord|33.1455 | ||
| 112.0192|type:landmark_region:US|name=Maricopa}} | ||||
| M | Mayer | {{coord|34.3979 | ||
| 112.2383|type:landmark_region:US|name=Mayer}} (uncertain location) | ||||
| M | Miami | {{coord|33.397 | ||
| 110.8765|type:landmark_region:US|name=Miami}} | ||||
| M | Morenci | {{coord|33.0402 | ||
| 109.3211|type:landmark_region:US|name=Morenci}} | ||||
| P | Page | {{coord|36.8815 | ||
| 111.4905|type:landmark_region:US|name=Page}} | ||||
| P | Parker | {{coord|34.1234 | ||
| 114.2217|type:landmark_region:US|name=Parker}} | ||||
| P | Prescott | {{coord|34.541 | ||
| 112.429|type:landmark_region:US|name=Prescott}} | ||||
| Mesa | {{coord|33.492 | | ||
| 111.63|type:landmark_region:US|name=Mesa}} | ||||
| Q | Quartzsite | {{coord|33.6523 | ||
| 114.2303|type:landmark_region:US|name=Quartzsite}} | ||||
| R | Kearny | Ray High School | {{coord|33.0499 | |
| 110.9314|type:landmark_region:US|name=Ray High School}} | ||||
| RV | Eagar | Round Valley High School | {{coord|34.1198 | |
| 109.2803|type:landmark_region:US|name=Round Valley High School}} | ||||
| S | Salome | {{coord|33.7653 | ||
| 113.5574|type:landmark_region:US|name=Salome}} | ||||
| SD | Seba Dalkai | {{coord|35.4855 | ||
| 110.4538|type:landmark_region:US|name=Seba Dalkai}} | ||||
| S | Seligman | {{coord|35.3683 | ||
| 112.8989|type:landmark_region:US|name=Seligman}} | ||||
| S | Snowflake | {{coord|34.5246 | ||
| 110.08833|type:landmark_region:US|name=Snowflake}} | ||||
| SJ | St. Johns | {{coord|34.5082 | ||
| 109.2965|type:landmark_region:US|name=St. Johns}} | ||||
| S | Phoenix | Sunnyslope High School | {{coord|33.5739 | |
| 112.0766|type:landmark_region:US|name=Sunnyslope High School}} | ||||
| S | Superior | {{coord|33.2818 | ||
| 111.0958|type:landmark_region:US|name=Superior}} | ||||
| T | Tempe | {{coord|33.407 | ||
| 111.9672|type:landmark_region:US|name=Tempe}} | ||||
| T | Phoenix | Thunderbird High School | {{coord|33.6151 | |
| 112.0965|type:landmark_region:US|name=Thunderbird High School}} | ||||
| T | Tombstone | {{coord|31.7194 | ||
| 110.0737|type:landmark_region:US|name=Tombstone}} | ||||
| TEEC NOS POS | Teec Nos Pos | {{coord|36.9347 | ||
| 109.0911|type:landmark_region:US|name=Teec Nos Pos}} | ||||
| V | Elfrida | Valley Union High School | {{coord|31.6979 | |
| 109.5714|type:landmark_region:US|name=Valley Union High School}} | ||||
| W | Wickenburg | {{coord|33.981 | ||
| 112.7192|type:landmark_region:US|name=Wickenburg}} | ||||
| W | Willcox | {{coord|32.3465 | ||
| 109.8395|type:landmark_region:US|name=Willcox}} | ||||
| WR | Fort Defiance | Window Rock High School | {{coord|35.7262 | |
| 109.0743|type:landmark_region:US|name=Window Rock High School}} | ||||
| W | Woodruff | {{coord|34.7967 | ||
| 110.0421|type:landmark_region:US|name=Woodruff}} | ||||
| Y | Yarnell | {{coord|34.2218 | ||
| 112.7414|type:landmark_region:US|name=Yarnell}} |
References
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External links
{{commons category|Hillside letters in Arizona}}
- [http://www.deuceofclubs.com/mts/ Mountain Monograms], a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures
- [http://hillsideletters.com/ Hillside Letters], a companion website to a book on the subject
- [http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=84b2421e-b729-47e6-85d1-af9d3f3a5ccd&st=2 Letters on Hills], a category on waymarking.com for geocachers
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