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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Baboquivari Peak Wilderness is a 2,065-acre (8 km2) wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is located in the Baboquivari Mountain Range 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Tucson, Arizona. It is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The United States Congress designated the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness in 1990. It is the smallest such designated wilderness in the state of Arizona. Today, the 2,900,000-acre (12,000 km2) Tohono O`odham Indian Reservation (second largest in the United States) lies to the west. Baboquivari Peak`s elevation is 7,730 feet (2,356 m) and is a popular site for many climbers, tourists and other visitors to Arizona. It can be seen in the distance from the Kitt Peak National Observatory.