Sutherland Trail
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Sutherland Trail is a trail near Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

. It is part of Catalina State Park
Catalina State Park
Catalina State Park is a state park of Arizona, USA, located adjacent to the Coronado National Forest in the western slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. Catalina State Park has an average elevation of , but varies dramatically with high ridges and low creek beds. The park...

 located in Oro Valley. 10.5 miles (16.9 km) long, the trail connects to other Coronado National Forest
Coronado National Forest
The Coronado National Forest includes an area of about 1.78 million acres spread throughout mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico....

 trails which extend on to Mount Lemmon
Mount Lemmon
Mount Lemmon is in the Santa Catalina Mountains located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is above sea-level, and receives approximately 180 inches of snow annually. Mount Lemmon was named in honor of botanist Sarah Lemmon, who trekked to the top of...

 at the summit of the Catalina Mountains
Santa Catalina Mountains
The Santa Catalina Mountains, commonly referred to as the Catalina Mountains, are located north, and northeast of Tucson, Arizona, United States, on Tucson's north perimeter. The mountain range is the most prominent in the Tucson area, with the highest average elevation...

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Namesake

Sutherland Trail was named after the Sutherland family that used to inhabit the area in the 1800s.

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