Black Mountains (Arizona)
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The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona
are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south 75-mile (121 km) long mountain range
. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County
as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River
from Hoover Dam
.
The northwest, and parts of the west of the range are located in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area
. Three wilderness areas are in the range, and the historic mining site of Oatman, Arizona
, 4 mi adjacent and north of Boundary Cone
, is nestled in the range's south between the Mount Nutt and Warm Springs Wilderness
es.
, separated from the north section by Sitgreaves Pass, on the route to Oatman, AZ.
The high point of the range is Mount Perkins at 5456 feet (1,663 m), located west of the water divide
of the Detrital Valley northeast, and the Sacramento Valley (Arizona)
southeast. The Cerbat Mountains
border eastwards. Mount Perkins, in the center-north of the range, is located at 35.56999°N 114.50858°W.
Watershed flows into the southern Topock Marsh
, at the southern third of the Havasu-Mohave Lakes region.
East
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south 75-mile (121 km) long mountain range
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County
Mohave County, Arizona
Mohave County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 200,186, an increase of 45,154 people since the 2000 census count of 155,032. The county seat is Kingman...
as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River
Colorado River
The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...
from Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President...
.
The northwest, and parts of the west of the range are located in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is located in southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. The centerpieces of the National Recreation Area are its two large reservoirs: Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. These lakes cater to boaters, swimmers, sunbathers, and fishermen while the surrounding desert rewards...
. Three wilderness areas are in the range, and the historic mining site of Oatman, Arizona
Oatman, Arizona
Oatman is a former mining town in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Located at an elevation of , it began as a tent camp soon after two prospectors struck a $10 million gold find in 1915, though the area had been already settled for a number of years. Oatman's...
, 4 mi adjacent and north of Boundary Cone
Boundary Cone
Boundary Cone is a geologic promontory located in the western foothills of the Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona. The peak is to the east-northeast of the Mohave Valley along the Colorado River, north of Needles, CA, and south of Bullhead City, AZ. The peak is about 4 mi. southwest of...
, is nestled in the range's south between the Mount Nutt and Warm Springs Wilderness
Warm Springs Wilderness
The Warm Springs Wilderness makes up the entirety of the Black Mesa and parts of the surrounding foothills, washes, alluvial fans, and valleys. The Black Mesa is the southernmost section of the Black Mountains of western Mohave County, in northwest Arizona...
es.
Description
The mountain range is generally 10-15 mi wide, narrower in the north, and west of the Detrital Valley northeast. The southern end of the range with the two wilderness areas is a larger block and the Warm Springs Wilderness is made of a mountain section called Black Mesa (western Arizona)Black Mesa (western Arizona)
The Black Mesa of northwestern Arizona is the extreme southern section of the Black Mountains.It is a notable mountain section, since the entire Warm Springs Wilderness comprises the entire mesa; it is separated to the north from the Black Hills range by a canyon and road; the north side of the...
, separated from the north section by Sitgreaves Pass, on the route to Oatman, AZ.
The high point of the range is Mount Perkins at 5456 feet (1,663 m), located west of the water divide
Water divide
A drainage divide, water divide, divide or watershed is the line separating neighbouring drainage basins...
of the Detrital Valley northeast, and the Sacramento Valley (Arizona)
Sacramento Valley (Arizona)
The Sacramento Valley of northwestern Arizona is a north-south trending valley west and southwest of Kingman in Mohave County. The valley lies just east of the southern section of the Black Mountains...
southeast. The Cerbat Mountains
Cerbat Mountains
The Cerbat Mountains is a mountain range in northwest Arizona immediately north of Kingman.It is a 23 mi long range trending slightly northwest-southeast...
border eastwards. Mount Perkins, in the center-north of the range, is located at 35.56999°N 114.50858°W.
Watersheds
The Black Mountains are in four watersheds. The north and northeast contain the Lake Mead Watershed, and the north-flowing Detrital Wash Watershed. The west along the Colorado River and southern-west contains the Havasu-Mohave Lakes Watershed where the Sacramento WashSacramento Wash
The Sacramento Wash is a major drainage of northwest Arizona in Mohave County. The wash is east of the Black Canyon of the Colorado and drains into the south-flowing Colorado River 45 mi south of Lake Mohave, and 90 mi south of Hoover Dam at Lake Mead. The wash outfall is in the...
Watershed flows into the southern Topock Marsh
Topock Marsh
The Topock Marsh is one of the larger birdwatching sites found in the Lower Colorado River Valley, found from south of Hoover Dam to the Colorado River Delta in Mohave County, Arizona...
, at the southern third of the Havasu-Mohave Lakes region.
Regional area of the Black Mountains
West of Black Mountains- Lake MeadLake MeadLake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River about southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. Formed by water impounded by the Hoover Dam, it extends behind the dam, holding approximately of water.-History:The lake was...
- Hoover DamHoover DamHoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President...
- Colorado RiverColorado RiverThe Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...
- Lake Mead National Recreation AreaLake Mead National Recreation AreaLake Mead National Recreation Area is located in southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. The centerpieces of the National Recreation Area are its two large reservoirs: Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. These lakes cater to boaters, swimmers, sunbathers, and fishermen while the surrounding desert rewards...
- Black Canyon of the ColoradoBlack Canyon of the ColoradoThe Black Canyon of the Colorado is the canyon on the Colorado River where Hoover Dam was built. The canyon is located on the Colorado River at the state line between Nevada and Arizona. The western wall of the gorge is in the El Dorado Mountains, and the eastern wall is in the Black Mountains of...
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- Cottonwood Cove, NevadaCottonwood Cove, NevadaCottonwood Cove is situated at the banks of Lake Mohave on the Nevada-Arizona border in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It stands just 13.1 miles and 23 minutes east of historic Searchlight, 12.5 miles north of Laughlin and an hour away from Las Vegas. It's the site of the Cottonwood Cove...
- Lake MohaveLake MohaveLake Mohave is a reservoir formed by Davis Dam on the Colorado River, which defines the border between Nevada and Arizona in the United States. The lake lies at an elevation of near Laughlin, Nevada, Searchlight, Nevada, Cottonwood Cove, Nevada, and Bullhead City, Arizona, about downstream from...
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- Bullhead CityBullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, roughly south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City...
–Arizona - Fort Mojave Indian ReservationFort Mojave Indian ReservationThe Fort Mojave Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation along the Colorado River, currently encompassing 23,669 acres in Arizona, 12,633 acres in California, and 5,582 acres in Nevada. The reservation was originally established in 1870 and is now home to approximately 1,100 members of the...
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- Topock MarshTopock MarshThe Topock Marsh is one of the larger birdwatching sites found in the Lower Colorado River Valley, found from south of Hoover Dam to the Colorado River Delta in Mohave County, Arizona...
–Arizona - TopockTopock, ArizonaTopock is a small unincorporated community in Mohave County, Arizona. Topock has a ZIP Code of 86436; in 2000, the population of the 86436 ZCTA was 1,790....
–Arizona - NeedlesNeedles, CaliforniaNeedles is a city located in the Mojave Desert on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. It is located in the Mohave Valley, which straddles the California–Arizona border. The city is accessible via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95...
- Interstate 40 in CaliforniaInterstate 40 in CaliforniaIn the U.S. state of California, Interstate 40 has its western terminus in Barstow. Known as the Needles Freeway, a major east–west route of the Interstate Highway System, it heads east from Barstow across the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County past the Clipper Mountains to Needles,...
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- Lake MeadLake MeadLake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River about southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. Formed by water impounded by the Hoover Dam, it extends behind the dam, holding approximately of water.-History:The lake was...
- Black Mountains-Northern section
- Mount Wilson Wilderness
- Detrital Valley-North
- Cerbat MtnsCerbat MountainsThe Cerbat Mountains is a mountain range in northwest Arizona immediately north of Kingman.It is a 23 mi long range trending slightly northwest-southeast...
- Mount Tipton WildernessMount Tipton WildernessThe Mount Tipton Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is located in northwestern Arizona and comprises the north portion of the Cerbat Mountains; the Cerbat Mountains extend northwesterly from the northern edge of Kingman....
- Mount Tipton Wilderness
- Cerbat Mtns
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- U.S. Route 93 in ArizonaU.S. Route 93 in ArizonaIn the U.S. state of Arizona, U.S. Route 93 is a U.S. Highway that begins in Wickenburg and heads north to the Nevada border at the Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge....
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- KingmanKingman, ArizonaKingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...
- (northern)-Sacramento ValleySacramento Valley (Arizona)The Sacramento Valley of northwestern Arizona is a north-south trending valley west and southwest of Kingman in Mohave County. The valley lies just east of the southern section of the Black Mountains...
–Interstate 40Interstate 40 in ArizonaInterstate 40 is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a section in the U.S. state of Arizona connecting sections in California to New Mexico. It enters Arizona from the west at a crossing of the Colorado River southwest of Kingman... - Black Mountains-Southern section
- Mount Nutt Wilderness
- Black Mesa (western Arizona)Black Mesa (western Arizona)The Black Mesa of northwestern Arizona is the extreme southern section of the Black Mountains.It is a notable mountain section, since the entire Warm Springs Wilderness comprises the entire mesa; it is separated to the north from the Black Hills range by a canyon and road; the north side of the...
- Warm Springs WildernessWarm Springs WildernessThe Warm Springs Wilderness makes up the entirety of the Black Mesa and parts of the surrounding foothills, washes, alluvial fans, and valleys. The Black Mesa is the southernmost section of the Black Mountains of western Mohave County, in northwest Arizona...
- Warm Springs Wilderness
- Yucca, ArizonaYucca, ArizonaYucca is an unincorporated community in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Located along Interstate 40, it lies southwest of Kingman, just east of the southern section of the Black Mountains and west of the Hualapai and McCracken Mountains in the Sacramento Valley. Yucca has a ZIP Code of...
- (southern)-Sacramento ValleySacramento Valley (Arizona)The Sacramento Valley of northwestern Arizona is a north-south trending valley west and southwest of Kingman in Mohave County. The valley lies just east of the southern section of the Black Mountains...
–Hualapai Mtns - Interstate 40 in ArizonaInterstate 40 in ArizonaInterstate 40 is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a section in the U.S. state of Arizona connecting sections in California to New Mexico. It enters Arizona from the west at a crossing of the Colorado River southwest of Kingman...
(from Needles, CANeedles, CaliforniaNeedles is a city located in the Mojave Desert on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. It is located in the Mohave Valley, which straddles the California–Arizona border. The city is accessible via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95...
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