Mummy Mountain, Mountain summit in Paradise Valley, United States.

Mummy Mountain is a summit in Paradise Valley, Arizona, rising to around 2,260 feet (690 meters) above sea level. Its slopes mix private residential lots with areas set aside for conservation, making it a rare natural feature inside a developed neighborhood.

The mountain got its name in the 1940s because its profile, seen from certain angles, looks like an Egyptian mummy lying on its side. In the decades that followed, parts of its slopes were gradually protected through local conservation efforts.

Charles Mieg, a miner and businessman, bought most of the property in the 1940s for $12,000 and named it after the profile he saw of an Egyptian mummy lying down; he then marketed the parcels under that name. The Mummy Mountain Preserve Trust, a 501(c)(3) established in 1997, works to protect about 320 acres along the ridge, and local figures such as Marshall Trimble, Joe Garagiola, Clive Cussler and Bil Keane backed a campaign asking owners to donate land.

Mummy Mountain is not open to public hiking; its upper slopes are conservation land held by the Mummy Mountain Preserve Trust and the town of Paradise Valley, and the rest is private residential property. Visitors see it from the surrounding streets and valley roads rather than from a trail. Camelback Inn, on the southern slope since 1936, is the established base for viewing the peak.

Unlike most peaks in the area, Mummy Mountain is not part of the larger regional preserve system and is managed through a separate local arrangement. This means the rules and access conditions can differ noticeably from those at nearby mountains.