Painted Rock Mountains
| Painted Rock Mountains | |
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 Petroglyph site at north end of mountain range. | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Unnamed |
| Elevation | 1,512 ft (461 m) |
| Coordinates | 32°59′23″N 113°01′19″W / 32.98972°N 113.02194°W[1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 35 mi (56 km) E-W |
| Width | 10 mi (16 km) |
| Geography | |
  Painted Rock Mountains | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Region | |
| County | Maricopa County |
| Town | Gila Bend, AZ |
The Painted Rock Mountains are a short 15-mile (24 km) long mountain range of the north-central
Maricopa County. The Gila River
flows through the central-north end of the range.
The famous
Painted Rock Reservoir, and the reservoir lies at the eastern end of the agricultural river valley that is locally named as the Lower Gila River Valley, extending approximately from the Colorado River at Yuma to the west and the reservoir at the east. The Gila River crosses all of southern Arizona
from southwest New Mexico, and is the drainage for about 1/2 of Arizona (the south).
Peaks, and landforms
The highest elevation in the mountains is "unnamed" at 1,512 feet (461 m),[2] and is located at the central and east region of the range. (The range has many northwest-by-southeast ridgelines.)
See also
References
- ^ "Painted Rock Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Painted Rocks Mountains". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
External links
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