Luna Lake, Arizona

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Luna Lake is a natural body of water that covers approximately 120 acres of land. It is located about three miles southeast of Alpine, Arizona at the elevation of 7,900 ft.

Luna Lake has the distinction of being part of the San Francisco River, flowing easterly into New Mexico, then south, and west into the Gila River (in Arizona). The headwaters are north of the other main mountain tributary to the Gila, the Blue River of Arizona.

[edit] Fauna and flora

The following species are noted at Luna Lake.

Gray Catbird, (South and West of most westerly ranges in New Mexico, and Colorado.)
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Bald Eagle
Mexican Spotted Owl
Myotis occultus, the Arizona myotis, a Mouse-eared bat
Northern Leopard Frog
Chiracahua Leopard Frog
Clover: Trifolium, Trifolium neurophyllum, "White Mountains Clover"
Gila Groundsel, Senecio quaerens, Senecio