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Palisades Ranger Residence Cabin

US Forest Service · Arizona

Palisades Ranger Residence Cabin in Arizona. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 327 public campsites we map in Arizona.

The Palisades Ranger Residence Cabin is located within the Palisades Administrative Site in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 20 miles northeast of Tucson, Arizona. The cabin is reached via the East Catalina Highway, which becomes the General Hitchcock Highway, a historic and scenic drive that takes visitors through multiple biozones from the Sonoran Desert to the dense forests at 8,000 feet elevation.

What we know about it

Managed by
US Forest Service
Fee
$125/night
Booking
Reservation required
Dogs
Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)
Phone
520-749-8700
Coordinates
32.40992, -110.71514

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Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-02-25, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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