Reptiles S.E. Arizona Winter Contacts Maps Reading Links Cave Creek Ranch is located in Cave Creek Canyon, about a mile west of Portal, in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona. At an elevation of 5,000 feet, the temperature in summer is generally 10 to 20 degrees cooler than Phoenix or Tucson.
Winters are mild, but there is usually snow on the mountain.
Fall color is spectacular. In spring and summer many rare Mexican birds come here to nest. By car we're about 3 hours southeast of Tucson, or 3 hours west of El Paso. Cave Creek Ranch has been transformed into the premier birding and natural history lodge in the Southwest. The Chiricahua Mountains provide some of the greatest diversity of species in all of North America, for birds as well as mammals, reptiles, plants, and insects.