Mingus Mountain is a mountain

Mountain

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 located in the U.S.

United States

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 state of Arizona

Arizona

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 in the Black Hills 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 is located within the Prescott National Forest

Prescott National Forest

The Prescott National Forest is a 1.25 million acre United States National Forest located in north central Arizona in the vicinity of Prescott. The forest is located in the mountains southwest of Flagstaff and north of Phoenix in Yavapai County, with a small portion extending into southwestern...

 traversed by State Route 89A approximately midway between Cottonwood

Cottonwood, Arizona

Cottonwood is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 11,171.-Geography:Cottonwood is located at ....

 and Prescott

Prescott, Arizona

Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....

. The summit can be reached via Forest Service roads that branch off from Highway 89A. From the mountain, there are views of the Verde Valley

Verde Valley

The Verde Valley is a valley in central Arizona in the United States of America. The Verde River runs through it. It is overlooked by Mingus Mountain and the Mogollon Rim.- History :The first notice of this region appears in the report of one Espejo,...

, Sycamore Canyon Wilderness and the towns of Cottonwood

Cottonwood, Arizona

Cottonwood is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 11,171.-Geography:Cottonwood is located at ....

, Jerome

Jerome, Arizona

Jerome is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 353.-History:...

, and Clarkdale

Clarkdale, Arizona

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. The Woodchute Wilderness, north of the summit of 89A, also offers views and hiking trails. There are several National Forest

United States National Forest

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 campgrounds in the area and it is the transmitter location for Prescott full-service television station KAZT-TV

KAZT-TV

KAZT-TV is an independent television station in Prescott, Arizona, broadcasting locally in digital on VHF channel 7 from its transmitter located atop Mingus Mountain northeast of Prescott. Its analog signal is simulcast across central and northern Arizona through a translator system, and its...

 and several low-power television stations serving Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Camp Verde

Camp Verde, Arizona

Camp Verde is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 10,610....

 and Prescott Valley

Prescott Valley, Arizona

Prescott Valley is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, just east of Prescott. Prescott Valley was the seventh fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona between 1990 and 2000...

.

According to the book, Roadside History of Arizona, by Marshall Trimble

Marshall Trimble

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, "Mingus Mountain was named for Joseph and Jacob Mingus, two brothers who settled in the area in the 1880s and later operated a sawmill near the base of the mountain". Another source attributes the name to William Mingus (d. 1911, Prescott, Arizona

Prescott, Arizona

Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....

), a pioneer prospector who lived and worked on Mingus Mountain in the 1870s.