List of mountain ranges of Arizona
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There are 194 named mountain ranges in Arizona.
The extra items listed may include:
, with New Mexico
, northwest Chihuahua and northeast Sonora
contain insular sky island
mountain ranges, (the Madrean Sky Islands
), or smaller subranges in association. There are also numerous Sonoran Desert
ranges, or Arizona transition zone
ranges. Northern and northeast Arizona also have scattered ranges throughout.
The extra items listed may include:
- Mingus Mountain, the high, NW section of the Black Hills (Arizona)
- Sierra Madre OccidentalSierra Madre OccidentalThe Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico.-Setting:The range runs north to south, from just south of the Sonora–Arizona border southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins...
(of W continental Mexico)
The list
The southeast of ArizonaArizona
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...
, with New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, northwest Chihuahua and northeast Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
contain insular sky island
Sky island
Sky islands are mountains that are isolated by surrounding lowlands of a dramatically different environment, a situation which, in combination with the altitudinal zonation of ecosystems, has significant implications for natural habitats. Endemism, vertical migration, and relict populations are...
mountain ranges, (the Madrean Sky Islands
Madrean sky islands
The Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and...
), or smaller subranges in association. There are also numerous Sonoran Desert
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
ranges, or Arizona transition zone
Arizona transition zone
The Arizona transition zone, or Transition zone is a diagonal northwest-by-southeast region across central Arizona. The region is a transition from the higher elevation Colorado Plateau to the northeast in Northeast Arizona and the Basin and Range region of southwest and south regions of lower...
ranges. Northern and northeast Arizona also have scattered ranges throughout.
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- –Aguas Caliente Mountains–Yuma County
- –Agua Dulce MountainsAgua Dulce MountainsThe Agua Dulce Mountains are a mountain range in the north-central Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona. The range is located in the extreme southwestern portion of Pima County, Arizona, immediately north of the international boundary with Mexico and about 30 miles southwest of Ajo, Arizona...
–Pima County - –Aguila Mountains–Yuma County
- –Ajo Range–Pima County
- –Alvarez Mountains–Pima County
- –Aquarius MountainsAquarius MountainsThe Aquarius Mountains are a 45-mi long mountain range in southeast Mohave County, Arizona. The range lies in the northwest of the Arizona transition zone, and at the southwest of the Coconino Plateau, a subsection of the Colorado Plateau....
–Mohave County - –Artesa Mountains–Pima County
- –Artillery MountainsArtillery MountainsThe Artillery Mountains are a mountain range in Mohave County in western Arizona. High point of the range is Artillery Peak, 2,917 feet above sea level. Artillery Peak is at coordinates N 34.36946 W 113.58160 ....
–Mohave County - –Atascosa MountainsAtascosa MountainsThe Atascosa Mountains are a small mountain range of western Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It is sandwiched between the larger Tumacacori Mountains to the north, and a small east-west border range to the south, the Pajarito Mountains; the Pajaritos are on the U.S.-Mexico border and abut the Sierra La...
–Santa Cruz County - –Baboquivari Mountains–Pima County
- –Batamote Mountains–Pima County
- –Bates Mountains–Pima County
- –Beaver Dam Mountains–Mohave County
- –Belmont MountainsBelmont MountainsThe Belmont Mountains are a 25 mi long, arid, low elevation mountain range about 50 mi west of Phoenix, Arizona in the northern Sonoran Desert, north of the Gila River...
–Maricopa County - –Big Horn Mountains (Arizona)–Maricopa County
- –Big Lue Mountains–Greenlee County
- –Bill Williams Mountains–Mohave County
- –Black Hills (Greenlee County)Black Hills (Greenlee County)The Black Hills of Greenlee County are a 20 mi long mountain range of the extreme northeast Sonoran Desert bordering the south of the White Mountains of eastern Arizona's transition zone....
–Greenlee County - –Black Hills (Yavapai County)Black Hills (Yavapai County)The Black Hills of Yavapai County are a large mountain range of north-central Arizona in southeast Yavapai County. It is bordered on the northeast, and in the south on the east by the southeast-flowing Verde River in the Verde Valley...
–Yavapai County - –Black Mountains (Arizona)Black Mountains (Arizona)The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south 75-mile 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...
–Mohave County - –Black Mountains (Yavapai County)–Yavapai County-(southwest county)
- –Blackjack Mountains–Gila County
- –Bradshaw Mountains–Yavapai County
- –Brownell Mountains–Pima County
- –Bryan MountainsBryan MountainsThe Bryan Mountains are a small mountain range in the northwestern Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona. The range is located in southeastern Yuma County, about 75 mi southeast of Yuma and about 35 mi west of Ajo. The range is approximately ten miles long and about three miles wide at...
–Yuma County - –Buck Mountains–Mohave County
- –Buckhorn Mountains–Yavapai County
- –Buckskin Mountains–La Paz County
- –Butler Mountains–Yuma County
- –Cabeza Prieta MountainsCabeza Prieta MountainsThe Cabeza Prieta Mountains are a mountain range in the northwestern Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona. It is located in southern Yuma County, Arizona....
–Yuma County - –Canelo HillsCanelo HillsThe Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve, is a nature preserve southeast of Sonoita, Arizona on the east side of the Canelo Hills. The area's are a mix of rare cienega wetland and Black Oak and Arizona Fescue fields. The preserve is notable for the extremely rare Canelo Ladies Tresses Orchid and the...
–Santa Cruz County - –Carrizo MountainsCarrizo MountainsThe Carrizo Mountains are a small range 15 to 20 km in diameter located on the Colorado Plateau in northeastern Arizona. The range is about southwest of the Four Corners. The highest summit, Pastora Peak, is in elevation, whereas elevations on the surrounding plateau are near . The mountains...
–Apache County - –Casa Grande Mountains–Pinal County
- –Castle Mountains–Pima County
- –Castle Dome Mountains–Yuma County
- –Cerbat MountainsCerbat 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...
–Mohave County - –Cerro Colorado Mountains–Pima County
- –Chiricahua MountainsChiricahua MountainsThe Chiricahua Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Arizona which are part of the Basin and Range province of the southwest, and part of the Coronado National Forest...
–Cochise County - –Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)The Chocolate Mountains of Arizona are located in the southwestern part of the state east of the Trigo Mountains and southwest of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The mountains are located about 30 miles east of the Chocolate Mountains of California, but the two ranges are not connected. The...
–La Paz County - –Chuska MountainsChuska mountainsThe Chuska Mountains are an elongate range on the Colorado Plateau and within the Navajo Nation. The range is about 80 by 15 km , and it trends north-northwest and is crossed by the state line between Arizona and New Mexico. The highlands are a dissected plateau, with an average elevation of...
–Apache County - –Cimarron Mountains–Pima County
- –Connell Mountains–Yavapai County
- –Copper MountainsCopper MountainsThe Copper Mountains is a minor north-south trending mountain range, only 8 miles long in southwestern Arizona in the southwestern Sonoran Desert....
–Yuma County - –Cottonwood Mountains–Mohave County
- –Coyote Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County
- –Crater Range–Maricopa County
- –Crooked Mountains–Pima County
- –Date Creek MountainsDate Creek MountainsThe Date Creek Mountains are a short, arid range in southwest Yavapai County, Arizona. Congress is on its southeast foothills, and Wickenburg lies southeast.-Description and area:...
–Yavapai County - –Diablo Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County
- –Dome Rock MountainsDome Rock MountainsThe Dome Rock Mountains are a regionally short mountain range in southwestern Arizona in southern La Paz County. The range borders the Colorado River– on the west and also the southern section of the Colorado River Indian Reservation on the northwest located in the Lower Colorado River Valley...
–La Paz County - –Dos Cabezas MountainsDos Cabezas MountainsThe Dos Cabezas Mountains are a mountain range in southeasternmost Arizona, USA. The Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness lies east of Willcox, Arizona and south of Bowie, Arizona in Cochise County...
–Cochise County - –Dragoon MountainsDragoon MountainsDragoon Mountains are a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona. The range is about 25 mi long, running on an axis extending south-south east through Willcox.- Geography :...
–Cochise County - –Dripping Spring Mountains–Pinal County
- –Eagletail Mountains–Maricopa County
- –Empire Mountains–Pima County
- –Gakolik Mountains–Pima County
- –Galiuro MountainsGaliuro MountainsThe Galiuro Mountains are a large sky island mountain range of southeast Arizona, USA. It is a northerly mountain range in the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona, northern Sonora, Northern Mexico, and extreme southwest, bootheel New Mexico....
–Graham County -- (SE. Pinal County) - –Gila Mountains (Graham County)Gila Mountains (Graham County)The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in central-east Arizona. It borders the Gila River and Gila Valley on the valley's northeast in north-central Graham County; also the San Carlos Indian Reservation...
–Graham County - –Gila Mountains (Yuma County)Gila Mountains (Yuma County)The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwestern Sonoran Desert.The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain system, about 26 miles long; the fault-blocked mountain range is attached on the south to the Tinajas Altas Mountains...
–Yuma County - –Gila Bend MountainsGila Bend MountainsThe Gila Bend Mountains are a 35-mile long mountain range of the north-central Sonoran Desert southwest of Phoenix, Arizona and in southwest Maricopa County....
–Maricopa County - –Goldfield Mountains–Maricopa County
- –Granite Mountains (Arizona)Granite Mountains (Arizona)The Granite Mountains is a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona. It is located in extreme western Pima County, Arizona, bordering southeast Yuma County....
–Pima County–see also: Granite Mountain (Arizona)Granite Mountain (Arizona)Granite Mountain is a mountain located in Yavapai County, Arizona that covers roughly . It was once known as Mount Gurley for the first governor of the Arizona Territory, John A. Gurley. Its southwest face has a sheer granite cliff approximately 500 feet high that is one of the best locations for...
-(Yavapai County)
a separate "Granite Mountain" is in s. La Paz County - –Granite Wash MountainsGranite Wash MountainsThe Granite Wash Mountains are a short, arid, low elevation mountain range of western-central Arizona, in the southeast of La Paz County. The range borders a slightly larger range southeast, the Little Harquahala Mountains; both ranges form a section on the same water divide between two desert washes...
–La Paz County - –Grayback Mountains–Yavapai County
- –Growler MountainsGrowler MountainsThe Growler Mountains is a 23-mile, long north-south trending mountain range of far western Pima County, Arizona that lies west of Ajo, Arizona...
–Pima County - –Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Guadalupe Mountains of Hidalgo County are a 13 mi long, sub– range in southwest Hidalgo County, New Mexico, adjacent the southeast border of Arizona's Cochise County. A small portion of the range is in Cochise County, namely the outlet of Guadalupe Canyon, famous for the Guadalupe...
–Hidalgo County, NM - (Cochise County, AZ & Sonora, Mexico) - –Harcuvar MountainsHarcuvar MountainsThe Harcuvar Mountains are a narrow mountain range in western-central Arizona, USA. The range lies just east of the north-south Colorado River, and south of the east-west, west-flowing Bill Williams River, from Alamo Lake....
–NE. La Paz County -- (SW. Yavapai County) - –Harquahala MountainsHarquahala MountainsThe Harquahala Mountains are the highest mountain range in southwestern Arizona, USA and are located southwest of the towns of Aguila and Wenden. The name originated from a local Native American people "Aha qua hala" which meant "water there is high up". The range is oriented from northeast to...
–E. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County) - –Hayes Mountains–Gila County
- –Hieroglyphic MountainsHieroglyphic MountainsThe Hieroglyphic Mountains are a mountain range located in central Arizona. The Hieroglyphics roughly straddle the border between Maricopa and Yavapai counties and form an effective physical barrier northwest of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area...
–N. Maricopa County -- (some in S. Yavapai County) - –Hobble Mountains–Coconino County
- –Huachuca MountainsHuachuca MountainsThe Huachuca Mountain range is part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest. The Huachuca Mountains are located in Cochise County, Arizona approximately south-southeast of Tucson and southwest of the city of Sierra Vista, Arizona...
–Cochise County - –Hualapai Mountains–Mohave County
- –John the Baptist MountainsJohn the Baptist MountainsThe John the Baptist Mountains are a small mountain range in western Pima County, Arizona, approximately 8.5 miles southwest of the town of Ajo, Arizona. The range is approximately three miles long and about one mile wide at its widest point. The highpoint of the range is 2,161 feet above sea level...
–Pima County - –Juniper Mountains–Yavapai County
- –Kofa MountainsKofa MountainsThe Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
–N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County) - –La Lesna Mountains–Pima County
- –Laguna Mountains (Arizona)Laguna Mountains (Arizona)The Laguna Mountains are a small, approximately circular mountain range of extreme southwest Arizona at the northeast of Yuma and east of Winterhaven, California on the Colorado River...
–Yuma County (see also: Laguna MountainsLaguna MountainsThe Laguna Mountains are a section of the Peninsular Ranges in eastern San Diego County, California. The mountains run in a northwest/southeast alignment for approximately ....
(Calif)) - –Las Guijas Mountains–Pima County
- –Little Ajo MountainsLittle Ajo MountainsThe Little Ajo Mountains is a mountain range in southern Arizona, in extreme western Pima County, Arizona. The city of Ajo-, sits on the northeast of this small mountain range....
–Pima County - –Little Buckskin Mountains–La Paz County
- –Little Dragoon Mountains–Cochise County
- –Little Harquahala MountainsLittle Harquahala MountainsThe Little Harquahala Mountains are a small, arid, low elevation mountain range of western-central Arizona, in the southeast of La Paz County....
–La Paz County - –Little Horn Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- –Little Rincon MountainsLittle Rincon MountainsThe Little Rincon Mountains are a small range of mountains, lying to the east of the Rincon Mountains, at Tucson, of eastern Pima County, Arizona. The range is located in northwest Cochise County and is part of the western border of the San Pedro River and Valley, the major valley and river of...
–Cochise County - –Lukachukai MountainsLukachukai MountainsThe Lukachukai Mountains are a mountain range in northeast Arizona, entirely within the Navajo Indian Reservation. The highest point of the range is an unnamed point at 9466 feet above sea level...
–Apache County - –Maricopa Mountains–Maricopa County
- –Mazatzal MountainsMazatzal MountainsThe Mazatzal Mountains are a mountain range in south central Arizona, about 30–45 miles northeast of Phoenix and the Phoenix metropolitan area. The origin of the name remains obscure but one possibility is that it is from the Aztec language meaning "place of the deer"...
–Southeast Yavapai County -- (and N. Maricopa County, W. Gila County) - –McAllister Range–Yavapai County
- –McCloud Mountains–Yavapai County
- –McCracken Mountains–Mohave County
- –McDowell MountainsMcDowell MountainsThe McDowell Mountain Range is located about twenty miles north-east of Phoenix, Arizona, and may be seen from most places throughout the city. The range is composed of miocene deposits left nearly five million years ago. The McDowells share borders with the cities of Fountain Hills, Scottsdale,...
–Maricopa County - –Mescal Mountains–Gila County
- –Mesquite Mountains–Pima County
- –Middle Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- –Mineral Mountains, ArizonaMineral Mountains, ArizonaThe Mineral Mountains are a group of rugged, volcanic hills and mountains southwest of Superior and northeast of Florence, Pinal County, Arizona.The White Canyon Wilderness Area is in the eastern portion of this range....
–Pinal County - –Mingus Mountain, (= "Black Hills")–Yavapai County
- –Moccasin Mountains–Mohave County
- –Mohave MountainsMohave MountainsThe Mohave Mountains is a small mountain range of northwest Arizona, in the southwest of Mohave County. The northwest area surrounding the range borders the south-flowing Colorado River and the Topock Gorge...
–Mohave County - –Mohawk MountainsMohawk MountainsThe Mohawk Mountains is a mountain range in the northwest Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona. It abuts the western Gila River valley to the north, and is located in southern Yuma County, Arizona and is part of an eleven mountain range–three valley region...
–Yuma County - –Mohon Mountains–Yavapai County
- –Moquith Mountains–Mohave County
- –Muggins MountainsMuggins MountainsThe Muggins Mountains is a mountain range in southwest Arizona east of Yuma, Arizona, northeast of the Gila Mountains , and east of the Laguna Mountains...
–Yuma County - –Mule MountainsMule MountainsThe Mule Mountains are a north/south running mountain range located in the south-central area of Cochise County, Arizona. The highest peak, Mount Ballard, rises to...
–Cochise County - –Music Mountains–Mohave County
- –Mustang MountainsMustang Mountains, ArizonaThe Mustang Mountains are a mountain range located in the southeast region of Arizona, are on the northwest side of Fort Huachuca. They are found at the southern end of the Whetstone Mountains.The highest peak rises to 6,469 feet.- References :*...
–Santa Cruz County - –Navajo MountainNavajo MountainNavajo Mountain is a peak in San Juan County, Utah, with its southern flank extending into Coconino County, Arizona. It holds an important place in the traditions of three local Native American tribes.-Geologic history:...
, Arizona–Coconino County (mostly in Utah) - –Natanes Mountains–Graham County
- –New River MountainsNew River MountainsThe New River Mountains are a small 14-mi long, mountain range in central Arizona, and on the north border of the Phoenix valley; the range is located on the southwest perimeter of the Arizona transition zone. The range is a sub-part of landforms extending south from the Black Hills of Yavapai...
–Yavapai County & Maricopa County - –New Water MountainsNew Water MountainsThe New Water Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona. The range is on the northern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge as well as the northern Kofa Mountains.It is a northwest-southeast trending range, about 20 miles long...
–S. La Paz County -- (connected to Kofa MountainsKofa MountainsThe Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
, N. Yuma County) - –North Comobabi Mountains–Pima County
- –Painted Rock Mountains–Maricopa Count
- –Pajarito MountainsPajarito MountainsThe Pajarito Mountains are a small mountain range of western Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The range is adjacent the Atascosa Mountains at its north, with both ranges in the center of a north-south sequence of ranges called the Tumacacori Highlands...
–Santa Cruz County - –Palo Verde Mountains–Pinal County
- –Palomas Mountains–Yuma County
- –Patagonia MountainsPatagonia MountainsThe Patagonia Mountains is a 15 mile long mountain range south of the Santa Rita Mountains. Sonoita Creek flows in the valley north of the Patagonias. Both ranges are east of the Santa Cruz River Valley...
–Santa Cruz County - –Peacock Mountains–Mohave County
- –Pedrogosa Mountains–Cochise County
- –Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, , is a mountain range in northeast Cochise County, Arizona. A northern north-south stretch of the range extends to the southern region of Greenlee County on the northeast, and a southeast region of Graham County on the northwest...
–NE. Cochise County -- (SE. Graham County, S. Greenlee County)
See also Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Hidalgo County, , is a major 35-mi long mountain range of southwest New Mexico's Hidalgo County, and also part of the New Mexico Bootheel region. The range continues to the northwest into Arizona as the Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona...
, New Mexico, also a Madrean Sky IslandMadrean sky islandsThe Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and... - –Perilla Mountains–Cochise County
- –Phoenix MountainsPhoenix MountainsThe Phoenix Mountains are a mountain range located in central Phoenix, Arizona. With the exception of Mummy Mountain, they are part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve...
–Maricopa County - –Picacho Mountains–Pinal County
- –Pinal Mountains–Gila County
- –Pinaleno MountainsPinaleno MountainsThe Pinaleño Mountains, or the Pinal Mountains, are a remote mountain range in southeastern Arizona. They have over of vertical relief, more than any other range in the state. The mountains are surrounded by the Sonoran-Chihuahuan Desert. Subalpine forests cover the higher elevations...
–Graham County - –Plomosa MountainsPlomosa MountainsThe Plomosa Mountains are a mountain range in La Paz County, Arizona, running generally south of Bouse, Arizona near the Arizona/California border. The maximum height of the range is 1791 feet ....
–La Paz County - –Poachie RangePoachie RangeThe Poachie Range is a moderate length mountain range and massif in southeast Mohave County, Arizona, and the extreme southwest corner of Yavapai County; the range also abuts the northeast corner of La Paz County...
–SE. Mohave County -- (SW. Yavapai County, NE. La Paz County) - –Pozo Redondo Mountains–Pima County
- –Pozo Verde Mountains–Pima County
- –Puerto Blanco Mountains–Pima County
- –Quijotoa Mountains–Pima County
- –Quinlan Mountains–Pima County
- –Rawhide MountainsRawhide MountainsThe Rawhide Mountains are a mountain range of western Arizona, in the southwest of Mohave County. It is part of a block of mountain ranges on the north of an insular region called the Maria fold and thrust belt, containing mountain ranges, valleys, and plains...
–Mohave County - –Rincon MountainsRincon MountainsThe Rincon Mountains are a significant mountain range east of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States. The Rincon Mountains are one of five mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson valley...
–Pima County - –Roskruge Mountains–Pima County
- –Sacaton Mountains–Pinal County
- –Salt River Mountains
- –Salt River Mountains (Gila County)–Gila County
- –San Cayento Mountains–Santa Cruz County
- –San Francisco Mountains–Greenlee County
- –San Francisco Mountains
- –San Francisco Mountains (New Mexico)–New Mexico & Greenlee County
- –San Francisco PeaksSan Francisco PeaksThe San Francisco Peaks are a volcanic mountain range located in north central Arizona, just north of Flagstaff.The highest summit in the range, Humphreys Peak, is the highest point in the state of Arizona at in elevation. The San Francisco Peaks are the remains of an eroded stratovolcano...
–Coconino County - –San Luis MountainsSan Luis MountainsThe San Luis Mountains are a small, lower elevation mountain range of central-southern Pima County Arizona adjacent the U.S.-Mexico border, northeast of Sasabe, Arizona–Sasabe, Sonora....
–Pima County - –San Tan Mountains, Arizona
- –Santan Mountains–Pinal County
- –Sand Tank Mountains–Maricopa County
- –Santa Catalina MountainsSanta Catalina MountainsThe Santa Catalina Mountains, commonly referred to as the Catalina Mountains, are located north, and northeast of Tucson, Arizona, United States, on Tucson's north perimeter. The mountain range is the most prominent in the Tucson area, with the highest average elevation...
–Pima County - –Santa Maria MountainsSanta Maria MountainsThe Santa Maria Mountains are a 16-mi long mountain range in central-northwest Arizona, and in northwest Yavapai County. The range lies in a region of mesas and mountain ranges in the northwest of Arizona's transition zone...
–Yavapai County - –Santa Rita MountainsSanta Rita MountainsThe Santa Rita Mountains, located about 65 km southeast of Tucson, Arizona, extend 42 km from north to south, then trending southeast. They merge again southeastwards into the Patagonia Mountains, trending northwest by southeast...
–Santa Cruz County, Pima County - –Santa Rosa Mountains–Pima County
- –Santa Teresa MountainsSanta Teresa MountainsThe Santa Teresa Mountains are located in western Graham County, Arizona, within the Coronado National Forest and within the Santa Teresa Wilderness.-External links:*...
–Graham County - –San Tan Mountains, Arizona
- –Santan Mountains–Pinal County
- –Sauceda Mountains–Pima County
- –Sawmill Mountains–Mohave County
- –Sawtooth Mountains–Pinal County
- –Sevenmile Mountains–Gila County
- –Sheridan Mountains–Pima County
- –Sierra AnchaSierra AnchaThe Sierra Ancha is a mountain range in Gila County, in central Arizona. It lies between Roosevelt Lake to the south, the Tonto Basin to the west, Cherry Creek to the east, and Pleasant Valley to the north...
–Gila County - –Sierra Arida–Yuma County
- –Sierra Blanca Mountains–Pima County
- –Sierra de la Lechuguilla–Yuma County
- –Sierra de la Nariz–Pima County
- –Sierra de Santa Rosa–Pima County
- –Sierra EstrellaSierra EstrellaThe Sierra Estrella is a mountain range located southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. Much of the range falls within the Gila River Indian Reservation, but of BLM land is protected as the Sierra Estrella Wilderness.-Description:...
–Maricopa County - –Sierra Madre OccidentalSierra Madre OccidentalThe Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico.-Setting:The range runs north to south, from just south of the Sonora–Arizona border southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins...
–Regional Western Mexico - (extension of individual ranges, along entire United States-Mexico border) - –Sky islandSky islandSky islands are mountains that are isolated by surrounding lowlands of a dramatically different environment, a situation which, in combination with the altitudinal zonation of ecosystems, has significant implications for natural habitats. Endemism, vertical migration, and relict populations are...
/ Madrean sky islandsMadrean sky islandsThe Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and... - –Sierra PintaSierra PintaThe Sierra Pinta or Sierra Pintas are a narrow remote block faulted northwest-southeast trending mountain range, about long located in southwestern Arizona in the arid northwestern Sonoran Desert, just north of the Pinacate Reserve of northern Sonora, Mexico...
–Yuma County - –Sierra Prieta–Yavapai County
- –Sierrita Mountains–Pima County
- –Sikort Chuapo Mountains–Pima County
- –Silver Bell MountainsSilver Bell MountainsThe Silver Bell Mountains are an arid north-northwest x southeast trending small mountain range in north-central Pima County, Arizona. The range lies west of Marana, Arizona, located on Interstate-10, northwest of Tucson....
–Pima County - –Silver Reef Mountains–Pinal County
- –Slate Mountains–Pinal County
- –Sonoyta Mountains–Pima County
- –South Comobabi Mountains–Pima County
- –South Mountains (Arizona)South Mountains (Arizona)The South Mountains , known locally as simply South Mountain, is a mountain range in central Arizona in south Phoenix, Arizona. It is on public land managed by the city of Phoenix as South Mountain Park...
–Maricopa County - –Suizo Mountains–Pinal County
- –Summit Mountains–E. Greenlee County -- (W. Grant County, New Mexico)
- –Superstition MountainsSuperstition MountainsThe Superstition Mountains , popularly referred to as "The Superstitions", are a range of mountains in Arizona located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area...
–Pinal County - –Swisshelm MountainsSwisshelm MountainsThe Swisshelm Mountains are a small mountain range adjacent to the southwest corner of the Chiricahua Mountains of eastern Cochise County, Arizona...
–Cochise County - –Table Top Mountains–Pinal County
- –Tank MountainsTank MountainsThe Tank Mountains are a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona; the range is part of the eastern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge....
–Yuma County - –Tat Momoli Mountains–Pinal County
- –Tinajas Altas Mountains–Yuma County
- –Tortilla Mountains–Pinal County
- –Tortolita MountainsTortolita MountainsThe Tortolita Mountains are a minor mountain range located northwest of Tucson, Arizona, USA. With a peak elevation of 4,652 feet , the Tortolita Mountains are situated at the northern boundaries of Oro Valley and Marana, two suburbs of Tucson...
–Pima County, Pinal County - –Trigo MountainsTrigo MountainsThe Trigo Mountains is a north-south trending mountain range, bordering the Colorado River on the east in the Lower Colorado River Valley and lies north of the Colorado River as it turns east, north of Martinez Lake and the Imperial Reservoir...
–La Paz County - –Tucson MountainsTucson MountainsThe Tucson Mountains are a minor mountain range west of Tucson, Arizona. The Tucson Mountains, including Wasson Peak, are one of four notable mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson valley...
–Pima County - –Tule MountainsTule MountainsThe Tule Mountains is a mountain landform in Yuma County, Arizona. There is a diverse flora and fauna population within the Tule Mountains; one of the notable trees found in this mountain range is the Elephant tree, Bursera microphylla.- References :...
–Yuma County - –Tumacacori Mountains–Santa Cruz County
- –Tunitcha Mountains–Apache County
- –Uinkaret Mountains–Mohave County
- –Usery Mountains–Maricopa County
- –Vekol Mountains–Pinal County
- –Virgin MountainsVirgin MountainsThe Virgin Mountains is a range northeast of Lake Mead about 10 to 16 miles south of the town of Mesquite, Nevada. Located in the Lower Colorado-Lake Mead watershed , 91.6% of the range is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The range has many species of lizards, as well as the Panamint...
–N. Mohave County -- (E. Clark County, Nevada) - –Vulture Mountains–Maricopa County
- –Waterman MountainsWaterman MountainsThe Waterman Mountains are a low mountainous landform in Pima County, United States. Numerous flora and fauna species are found in the Waterman Mountains, in the Pinyon-juniper woodland plant community. Notable among the tree species is the Elephant tree which species exhibits a contorted...
–Pima County - –Weaver MountainsWeaver MountainsThe Weaver Mountains are a smaller mountain range to the southwest of the Bradshaw Mountains in central-west Yavapai County, Arizona. Yarnell at the summit of the Yarnell Hill, Arizona State Route 89, is at the center of the range.-Description:...
–Yavapai County - –West Silver Bell MountainsWest Silver Bell MountainsThe West Silver Bell Mountains are a small 10 mile long mountain range of south-central Arizona, United States. The range lies in the north-central arid Sonoran Desert; the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona, around Tucson is adjacent to the southeast.The range lies 25 mi west of...
–Pima County - –Whetstone MountainsWhetstone MountainsThe Whetstone Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Arizona. Major ranges in the region are part of sky island ranges called the Madrean Sky Islands. Part of the Coronado National Forest, the range is one of the least accessible areas...
–Cochise County - –White Mountains (Arizona)White Mountains (Arizona)The White Mountains of Arizona are a mountain range and mountainous region in the eastern part of the state, near the border with New Mexico; it is a continuation from the west of the Arizona transition zone–Mogollon Rim, with the Rim ending in western New Mexico...
–Apache County - –White Tank MountainsWhite Tank MountainsThe White Tank Mountains is a mountain range located in central Arizona. The mountains are on the western periphery of the Phoenix metropolitan area, primarily flanked by the suburban cities of Buckeye to the south and west, and Surprise to the north and east...
–Maricopa County - –Whitlock Mountains–Graham County
- –Wickenburg Mountains–Yavapai County
- –Winchester Mountains–N. Cochise County -- (they merge into S. Galiuro Mountains, Graham County)
- –Yon Dot Mountains–Coconino County
Associated regional landforms
- Aguirre Valley
- Altar ValleyAltar ValleyThe Altar Valley is a 45-mile long north-south valley, trending slightly northeast from Sasabe, Arizona on the Mexico border to the Avra Valley, Arizona west of the Tucson Mountains...
- Aubrey Valley
- Avra ValleyAvra ValleyThe Avra Valley is a 50 mile long northwest-southeast valley, bordering the west of Tucson, Arizona. The Tucson Mountains are at the valley's center-east, with suburbs ranging east of the Tucson Mountains and trending northwest to the Avra Valley's northeast...
, (Avra Valley, ArizonaAvra Valley, ArizonaAvra Valley is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,038 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Avra Valley is located at ....
) - Black MesaBlack Mesa, ArizonaBlack Mesa is an upland area in Navajo County, Arizona. In Navajo it is called and during Mexican rule of Arizona it was called Mesa de las Vacas . It derives its dark appearance from the numerous seams of coal which run through it...
, Big Mountain, Dzil Yizhiin, Mesa de las Vacas - 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...
, extreme south section: Black Mountains (Arizona)Black Mountains (Arizona)The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south 75-mile 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...
-(with Wilderness) - Cactus PlainCactus PlainThe Cactus Plain is a plain east of Parker, Arizona and the Parker Valley within the Lower Colorado River Valley.The Cactus Plain is adjacent to the Bouse Wash on the south, which drains northwest-west into the Colorado River...
- Castle Dome Plain
- Chinle Valley
- Chino Valley (Arizona)Chino Valley (Arizona)The Chino Valley of Arizona is a large, 70-mi long valley, centered on Seligman, Arizona in northwest Yavapai County and southwest Coconino County...
, See also: Chino Valley, ArizonaChino Valley, ArizonaChino Valley is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the Census Bureau, the population of the town is 10,817.-Geography:...
(city) - Coconino PlateauCoconino PlateauThe Coconino Plateau is found south of the Grand Canyon and north—northwest of Flagstaff, in northern Arizona of the Southwestern United States.-Geography:...
- Defiance Plateau, See Fort Defiance, ArizonaFort Defiance, ArizonaFort Defiance is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,061 at the 2000 census.- History :...
(town) - Echo Cliffs
- Gila River ValleyGila River ValleyThe Gila River Valley is a multi-sectioned valley of the Gila River, mostly in Arizona. The Gila River forms in western New Mexico and flows west across southern-eastern, south-central, and southwestern Arizona; it changes directions across the state, and defines specific areas and valleys...
–from eastern to southwestern Arizona - Gila Valley
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Wash Cliffs
- Grapevine Mesa
- Growler ValleyGrowler ValleyThe Growler Valley is a valley of south-central Arizona west of Ajo, Arizona.Growler Valley is a 65-mile long valley paralleling the Growler Mountains on the east-, and the Granite Mountains on the west....
- Hualapai Valley
- Hunts MesaHunts MesaHunts Mesa is a rock formation located in Monument Valley, just south of the border between Utah and Arizona in the United States and just west of the border between Arizona's Navajo County and Apache County...
- Hurricane Cliffs
- Hyder ValleyHyder ValleyThe Hyder Valley is a 20 mile long valley section of the Gila River Valley at Hyder on the Gila River. The valley is located north of Gila River in southwest Arizona in the northwestern Sonoran Desert...
- Kaibab PlateauKaibab PlateauThe Kaibab Plateau is located in northern Arizona in the United States. The plateau, part of the larger Colorado Plateau, is bordered on the south by the Grand Canyon and reaches an elevation of 9241 feet above sea level. The plateau is divided between Kaibab National Forest and the "North Rim"...
- Kaibito Plateau
- Kanab Plateau
- King Valley
- La Posa PlainLa Posa PlainThe La Posa Plain is a wide, generally flat plain in western Arizona near the Colorado River and is on the west and northwest border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The plain lies to the east of the Colorado River Indian Reservation and east of the Dome Rock and Trigo Mountains. Quartzsite,...
- Lechuguilla DesertLechuguilla Desertthumb|250px|right|[[Agave lechuguilla]] the plant the desert is named afterThe Lechuguilla Desert is a small desert located in southwestern Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border. It is considered to be part of the Lower Colorado Valley region of the Sonoran Desert...
- Lonesome Valley (Arizona), See: Prescott Valley, ArizonaPrescott Valley, ArizonaPrescott 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...
(city) - Madera CanyonMadera CanyonMadera Canyon is a canyon on the northwestern face of the Santa Rita Mountains, located 25 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona. As part of the Coronado National Forest, the canyon has campsites, picnic areas, and miles of hiking trails. The canyon is used as a resting place for migrating birds, and...
- Mogollon PlateauMogollon PlateauThe Mogollon Plateau or Mogollon Mesa is a pine-covered southern plateau section of the larger Colorado Plateau in east-central Arizona. The southern boundary of the plateau is the Mogollon Rim. The Mogollon Plateau is 2,135-2,440 meters high...
- Mogollon RimMogollon RimThe Mogollon Rim is a topographical and geological feature running across the U.S. state of Arizona. It extends approximately from northern Yavapai County eastward to near the border with New Mexico.-Description:...
- Mohawk Valley (Arizona)Mohawk Valley (Arizona)The Mohawk Valley is a valley in the lower regions of the western Gila River Valley in southwestern Arizona in the western Sonoran Desert....
- Monument ValleyMonument ValleyMonument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching above the valley floor. It is located on the northern border of Arizona with southern Utah , near the Four Corners area...
- Natanes Valley
- Painted DesertPainted Desert, ArizonaThe Painted Desert is a area of badlands located in Northern Arizona in the United States. The Arizona desert stretches from the Grand Canyon National Park into the Petrified Forest National Park and runs roughly astride and just north of the Little Colorado and the Puerco Rivers...
- Palomas Plain
- Paradise Butte
- Paria Plateau, See: Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs WildernessParia Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs WildernessThe Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is a wilderness area located in northern Arizona and southern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The wilderness is composed of broad plateaus, tall escarpments, and deep canyons....
- Parker ValleyParker ValleyThe Parker Valley of the Lower Colorado River is located at Parker, Arizona-Earp, California, . It is at the northern area of the Colorado River Indian Reservation on the Colorado River, and is also at the northern perimeter of the La Posa Plain...
- Quijotoa Valley
- Rainbow Valley
- Ranegras Plain
- Sabino CanyonSabino CanyonSabino Canyon is a significant canyon located in the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, USA. Sabino Canyon is a popular recreation area for residents and visitors of Southern Arizona, providing a place to walk, hike or ride. Minutes away from 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...
, see: Black Mountains (Arizona)Black Mountains (Arizona)The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south 75-mile 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... - Salt River Canyon, see Salt River Canyon WildernessSalt River Canyon WildernessSalt River Canyon Wilderness is a wilderness area located within the Tonto National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona.The Salt River and its deep canyon bisect the entire length of the wilderness...
- San Bernardino Valley (Arizona)San Bernardino Valley (Arizona)The San Bernardino Valley of Arizona is a northeast by southwest trending valley in extreme southeast Cochise County, Arizona.The north end of the valley merges into the northwest by southeast trending San Simon Valley; both merge in western Hidaldgo County, New Mexico...
- San Cristobal ValleySan Cristobal ValleyThe San Cristobal Valley is a valley in the lower regions of the western Gila River valley in southwestern Arizona in the western Sonoran Desert...
- San Pedro Valley (Arizona)San Pedro Valley (Arizona)The San Pedro Valley of western Cochise County Arizona is a 50 mile long, mostly north-south valley, trending northwesterly. It drains from Sierra Vista Southeast north towards I-10, Benson, and the southeast of the Rincon Mountains....
- San Simon ValleySan Simon ValleyThe San Simon Valley is a broad valley east of the Chiricahua Mountains, in the northeast corner of Cochise County, Arizona and southeastern Graham County, with a small portion near Antelope Pass in Hidalgo County of southwestern New Mexico. The valley trends generally north-south but in its...
- Santa Rosa Valley
- Sentinel PlainSentinel PlainThe Sentinel Plain is an extensive northwest-southeast trending plain south of the Gila River Valley in southwestern Arizona, USA. It is centered on the community of Sentinel, Arizona located on Interstate 8, approximately west of Gila Bend....
- Shivwits Plateau
- Shonto Plateau
- Sonoran DesertSonoran DesertThe Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
- Sonsela Butte
- Sulphur Springs ValleySulphur Springs ValleyThe Sulphur Springs Valley is a major valley in the eastern half of Cochise County, Arizona. The valley covers an approximated vertical rectangle west of the Chiricahua Mountains–Dos Cabezas Mountains complex; the Chiricahua's have a valley to the northeast, San Simon Valley, and to the southeast,...
- Sycamore CanyonSycamore CanyonSycamore Canyon is the second largest canyon in the Arizona redrock country, after Oak Creek Canyon. The long scenic canyon reaches a maximum width of about and is located in North Central Arizona below the Mogollon Rim west and northwest of Sedona. Located within three different U.S...
- Tonto Basin, See also: Tonto Basin, ArizonaTonto Basin, ArizonaTonto Basin is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 840 at the 2000 census.Within Tonto Basin is located the unincorporated community of Punkin Center.-Geography:...
(town) - Tule Desert (Arizona)Tule Desert (Arizona)The Tule Desert is a small desert located in southwestern Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border. It is considered to be part of the Lower Colorado Valley region of the Sonoran Desert. It lies in a north-south direction to the east of the Cabeza Prieta Mountains and almost entirely in the Barry M....
- Uinkaret Plateau
- Valley of the Ajo
- Verde ValleyVerde ValleyThe 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,...
- Vermilion CliffsVermilion CliffsThe Vermilion Cliffs are the second "step" up in the five-step Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau. Reddish or vermilion-colored cliffs are found along U.S. Highway 89 and U.S. Highway 89A near Kanab, Utah . They extend from a location near Page, Arizona, west for a considerable distance, in...
, See also: Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs WildernessParia Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs WildernessThe Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is a wilderness area located in northern Arizona and southern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The wilderness is composed of broad plateaus, tall escarpments, and deep canyons.... - Whitlock ValleyWhitlock ValleyThe Whitlock Valley is a small valley in southeast Arizona, USA, lying between three mountain ranges. The valley lies on the south perimeter region of the White Mountains in eastern Arizona, and lies south of the west-flowing Gila River, and the region transitions south into Cochise County and...
- Williamson Valley
- Yuma DesertYuma DesertThe Yuma Desert is a lower-elevation section of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and the northwest of Mexico. It is in the Salton basin. The desert contains areas of sparse vegetation and has notable areas of sand dunes. With an average rainfall less than 8 inches each...
Apache County
- Carrizo MountainsCarrizo MountainsThe Carrizo Mountains are a small range 15 to 20 km in diameter located on the Colorado Plateau in northeastern Arizona. The range is about southwest of the Four Corners. The highest summit, Pastora Peak, is in elevation, whereas elevations on the surrounding plateau are near . The mountains...
–Apache County - Chuska MountainsChuska mountainsThe Chuska Mountains are an elongate range on the Colorado Plateau and within the Navajo Nation. The range is about 80 by 15 km , and it trends north-northwest and is crossed by the state line between Arizona and New Mexico. The highlands are a dissected plateau, with an average elevation of...
–Apache County - Lukachukai MountainsLukachukai MountainsThe Lukachukai Mountains are a mountain range in northeast Arizona, entirely within the Navajo Indian Reservation. The highest point of the range is an unnamed point at 9466 feet above sea level...
–Apache County - Tunitcha Mountains–Apache County
- White Mountains (Arizona)White Mountains (Arizona)The White Mountains of Arizona are a mountain range and mountainous region in the eastern part of the state, near the border with New Mexico; it is a continuation from the west of the Arizona transition zone–Mogollon Rim, with the Rim ending in western New Mexico...
–Apache County
Cochise County
- Chiricahua MountainsChiricahua MountainsThe Chiricahua Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Arizona which are part of the Basin and Range province of the southwest, and part of the Coronado National Forest...
–Cochise County - Dos Cabezas MountainsDos Cabezas MountainsThe Dos Cabezas Mountains are a mountain range in southeasternmost Arizona, USA. The Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness lies east of Willcox, Arizona and south of Bowie, Arizona in Cochise County...
–Cochise County - Dragoon MountainsDragoon MountainsDragoon Mountains are a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona. The range is about 25 mi long, running on an axis extending south-south east through Willcox.- Geography :...
–Cochise County- Little Dragoon Mountains–Cochise County
- Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Guadalupe Mountains of Hidalgo County are a 13 mi long, sub– range in southwest Hidalgo County, New Mexico, adjacent the southeast border of Arizona's Cochise County. A small portion of the range is in Cochise County, namely the outlet of Guadalupe Canyon, famous for the Guadalupe...
–Hidalgo County, NM - (Cochise County, AZ & Sonora, Mexico) - Huachuca Mountains–Cochise County
- Little Dragoon Mountains–Cochise County
- Dragoon MountainsDragoon MountainsDragoon Mountains are a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona. The range is about 25 mi long, running on an axis extending south-south east through Willcox.- Geography :...
–Cochise County
- Dragoon Mountains
- Little Rincon MountainsLittle Rincon MountainsThe Little Rincon Mountains are a small range of mountains, lying to the east of the Rincon Mountains, at Tucson, of eastern Pima County, Arizona. The range is located in northwest Cochise County and is part of the western border of the San Pedro River and Valley, the major valley and river of...
–Cochise County- ( Rincon MountainsRincon MountainsThe Rincon Mountains are a significant mountain range east of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States. The Rincon Mountains are one of five mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson valley...
–Pima County )
- ( Rincon Mountains
- Mule MountainsMule MountainsThe Mule Mountains are a north/south running mountain range located in the south-central area of Cochise County, Arizona. The highest peak, Mount Ballard, rises to...
–Cochise County - Pedrogosa Mountains–Cochise County
- Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, , is a mountain range in northeast Cochise County, Arizona. A northern north-south stretch of the range extends to the southern region of Greenlee County on the northeast, and a southeast region of Graham County on the northwest...
–NE. Cochise County -- (SE. Graham County, S. Greenlee County)
See also Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Hidalgo County, , is a major 35-mi long mountain range of southwest New Mexico's Hidalgo County, and also part of the New Mexico Bootheel region. The range continues to the northwest into Arizona as the Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona...
, New Mexico, also a Madrean Sky IslandMadrean sky islandsThe Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and... - Perilla Mountains–Cochise County
- Swisshelm MountainsSwisshelm MountainsThe Swisshelm Mountains are a small mountain range adjacent to the southwest corner of the Chiricahua Mountains of eastern Cochise County, Arizona...
–Cochise County - Whetstone MountainsWhetstone MountainsThe Whetstone Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Arizona. Major ranges in the region are part of sky island ranges called the Madrean Sky Islands. Part of the Coronado National Forest, the range is one of the least accessible areas...
–Cochise County - Winchester Mountains–N. Cochise County -- (they merge into S. Galiuro Mountains, Graham County)
Coconino County
- Hobble Mountains–Coconino County
- San Francisco PeaksSan Francisco PeaksThe San Francisco Peaks are a volcanic mountain range located in north central Arizona, just north of Flagstaff.The highest summit in the range, Humphreys Peak, is the highest point in the state of Arizona at in elevation. The San Francisco Peaks are the remains of an eroded stratovolcano...
–Coconino County - Yon Dot Mountains–Coconino County
Gila County
- Blackjack Mountains–Gila County
- Hayes Mountains–Gila County
- ( Mazatzal MountainsMazatzal MountainsThe Mazatzal Mountains are a mountain range in south central Arizona, about 30–45 miles northeast of Phoenix and the Phoenix metropolitan area. The origin of the name remains obscure but one possibility is that it is from the Aztec language meaning "place of the deer"...
–Southeast Yavapai County -- (and N. Maricopa County, W. Gila County) ) - Mescal Mountains–Gila County
- Pinal Mountains–Gila County
- Salt River Mountains (Gila County)–Gila County
- Sevenmile Mountains–Gila County
- Sierra AnchaSierra AnchaThe Sierra Ancha is a mountain range in Gila County, in central Arizona. It lies between Roosevelt Lake to the south, the Tonto Basin to the west, Cherry Creek to the east, and Pleasant Valley to the north...
–Gila County
Graham County
- Galiuro MountainsGaliuro MountainsThe Galiuro Mountains are a large sky island mountain range of southeast Arizona, USA. It is a northerly mountain range in the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona, northern Sonora, Northern Mexico, and extreme southwest, bootheel New Mexico....
–Graham County -- (SE. Pinal County)- Winchester Mountains–N. Cochise County -- (they merge into S. Galiuro Mountains, Graham County)
- Gila Mountains (Graham County)Gila Mountains (Graham County)The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in central-east Arizona. It borders the Gila River and Gila Valley on the valley's northeast in north-central Graham County; also the San Carlos Indian Reservation...
–Graham County- ( Gila Mountains (Yuma County)Gila Mountains (Yuma County)The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwestern Sonoran Desert.The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain system, about 26 miles long; the fault-blocked mountain range is attached on the south to the Tinajas Altas Mountains...
–Yuma County )
- ( Gila Mountains (Yuma County)
- Natanes Mountains–Graham County
- Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, , is a mountain range in northeast Cochise County, Arizona. A northern north-south stretch of the range extends to the southern region of Greenlee County on the northeast, and a southeast region of Graham County on the northwest...
–NE. Cochise County -- (SE. Graham County, S. Greenlee County)
See also Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Hidalgo County, , is a major 35-mi long mountain range of southwest New Mexico's Hidalgo County, and also part of the New Mexico Bootheel region. The range continues to the northwest into Arizona as the Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona...
, New Mexico, also a Madrean Sky IslandMadrean sky islandsThe Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and... - Pinaleno MountainsPinaleno MountainsThe Pinaleño Mountains, or the Pinal Mountains, are a remote mountain range in southeastern Arizona. They have over of vertical relief, more than any other range in the state. The mountains are surrounded by the Sonoran-Chihuahuan Desert. Subalpine forests cover the higher elevations...
–Graham County - Santa Teresa MountainsSanta Teresa MountainsThe Santa Teresa Mountains are located in western Graham County, Arizona, within the Coronado National Forest and within the Santa Teresa Wilderness.-External links:*...
–Graham County - Whitlock Mountains–Graham County
Greenlee County
- Big Lue Mountains–Greenlee County
- Black Hills (Greenlee County)Black Hills (Greenlee County)The Black Hills of Greenlee County are a 20 mi long mountain range of the extreme northeast Sonoran Desert bordering the south of the White Mountains of eastern Arizona's transition zone....
–Greenlee County- ( Black Hills (Yavapai County)Black Hills (Yavapai County)The Black Hills of Yavapai County are a large mountain range of north-central Arizona in southeast Yavapai County. It is bordered on the northeast, and in the south on the east by the southeast-flowing Verde River in the Verde Valley...
–Yavapai County )
- ( Black Hills (Yavapai County)
- Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, , is a mountain range in northeast Cochise County, Arizona. A northern north-south stretch of the range extends to the southern region of Greenlee County on the northeast, and a southeast region of Graham County on the northwest...
–NE. Cochise County -- (SE. Graham County, S. Greenlee County)
See also Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Peloncillo Mountains of Hidalgo County, , is a major 35-mi long mountain range of southwest New Mexico's Hidalgo County, and also part of the New Mexico Bootheel region. The range continues to the northwest into Arizona as the Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona...
, New Mexico, also a Madrean Sky IslandMadrean sky islandsThe Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and... - San Francisco Mountains (New Mexico)–New Mexico & Greenlee County
- Summit Mountains–E. Greenlee County -- (W. Grant County, New Mexico)
La Paz County
- Buckskin Mountains–La Paz County
- Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)The Chocolate Mountains of Arizona are located in the southwestern part of the state east of the Trigo Mountains and southwest of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The mountains are located about 30 miles east of the Chocolate Mountains of California, but the two ranges are not connected. The...
–La Paz County - Dome Rock MountainsDome Rock MountainsThe Dome Rock Mountains are a regionally short mountain range in southwestern Arizona in southern La Paz County. The range borders the Colorado River– on the west and also the southern section of the Colorado River Indian Reservation on the northwest located in the Lower Colorado River Valley...
–La Paz County - Granite Wash MountainsGranite Wash MountainsThe Granite Wash Mountains are a short, arid, low elevation mountain range of western-central Arizona, in the southeast of La Paz County. The range borders a slightly larger range southeast, the Little Harquahala Mountains; both ranges form a section on the same water divide between two desert washes...
–La Paz County - Harcuvar MountainsHarcuvar MountainsThe Harcuvar Mountains are a narrow mountain range in western-central Arizona, USA. The range lies just east of the north-south Colorado River, and south of the east-west, west-flowing Bill Williams River, from Alamo Lake....
–NE. La Paz County -- (SW. Yavapai County) - Harquahala MountainsHarquahala MountainsThe Harquahala Mountains are the highest mountain range in southwestern Arizona, USA and are located southwest of the towns of Aguila and Wenden. The name originated from a local Native American people "Aha qua hala" which meant "water there is high up". The range is oriented from northeast to...
–E. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County) - (Kofa MountainsKofa MountainsThe Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
–N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County) ) - Little Buckskin Mountains–La Paz County
- Little Harquahala MountainsLittle Harquahala MountainsThe Little Harquahala Mountains are a small, arid, low elevation mountain range of western-central Arizona, in the southeast of La Paz County....
–La Paz County- Harquahala MountainsHarquahala MountainsThe Harquahala Mountains are the highest mountain range in southwestern Arizona, USA and are located southwest of the towns of Aguila and Wenden. The name originated from a local Native American people "Aha qua hala" which meant "water there is high up". The range is oriented from northeast to...
–E. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County)
- Harquahala Mountains
- Little Horn Mountains–La Paz County
- Middle Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- New Water MountainsNew Water MountainsThe New Water Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona. The range is on the northern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge as well as the northern Kofa Mountains.It is a northwest-southeast trending range, about 20 miles long...
–La Paz County - Plomosa MountainsPlomosa MountainsThe Plomosa Mountains are a mountain range in La Paz County, Arizona, running generally south of Bouse, Arizona near the Arizona/California border. The maximum height of the range is 1791 feet ....
–La Paz County - ( Poachie RangePoachie RangeThe Poachie Range is a moderate length mountain range and massif in southeast Mohave County, Arizona, and the extreme southwest corner of Yavapai County; the range also abuts the northeast corner of La Paz County...
–SE. Mohave County -- (SW. Yavapai County, NE. La Paz County) ) - Trigo MountainsTrigo MountainsThe Trigo Mountains is a north-south trending mountain range, bordering the Colorado River on the east in the Lower Colorado River Valley and lies north of the Colorado River as it turns east, north of Martinez Lake and the Imperial Reservoir...
–La Paz County
Maricopa County
- Belmont Mountains–Maricopa County
- Big Horn Mountains (Arizona)–Maricopa County
- Crater Range–Maricopa County
- Eagletail Mountains–Maricopa County
- Gila Bend MountainsGila Bend MountainsThe Gila Bend Mountains are a 35-mile long mountain range of the north-central Sonoran Desert southwest of Phoenix, Arizona and in southwest Maricopa County....
–Maricopa County - Goldfield Mountains–Maricopa County
- Harquahala MountainsHarquahala MountainsThe Harquahala Mountains are the highest mountain range in southwestern Arizona, USA and are located southwest of the towns of Aguila and Wenden. The name originated from a local Native American people "Aha qua hala" which meant "water there is high up". The range is oriented from northeast to...
–E. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County)- Little Harquahala MountainsLittle Harquahala MountainsThe Little Harquahala Mountains are a small, arid, low elevation mountain range of western-central Arizona, in the southeast of La Paz County....
–La Paz County
- Little Harquahala Mountains
- Hieroglyphic MountainsHieroglyphic MountainsThe Hieroglyphic Mountains are a mountain range located in central Arizona. The Hieroglyphics roughly straddle the border between Maricopa and Yavapai counties and form an effective physical barrier northwest of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area...
–Maricopa County -- (some in S. Yavapai County) - Maricopa Mountains–Maricopa County
- ( Mazatzal MountainsMazatzal MountainsThe Mazatzal Mountains are a mountain range in south central Arizona, about 30–45 miles northeast of Phoenix and the Phoenix metropolitan area. The origin of the name remains obscure but one possibility is that it is from the Aztec language meaning "place of the deer"...
–Southeast Yavapai County -- (and N. Maricopa, W. Gila County) ) - McDowell MountainsMcDowell MountainsThe McDowell Mountain Range is located about twenty miles north-east of Phoenix, Arizona, and may be seen from most places throughout the city. The range is composed of miocene deposits left nearly five million years ago. The McDowells share borders with the cities of Fountain Hills, Scottsdale,...
–Maricopa County - New River MountainsNew River MountainsThe New River Mountains are a small 14-mi long, mountain range in central Arizona, and on the north border of the Phoenix valley; the range is located on the southwest perimeter of the Arizona transition zone. The range is a sub-part of landforms extending south from the Black Hills of Yavapai...
–Yavapai County & Maricopa County - Painted Rock Mountains–Maricopa County
- Phoenix MountainsPhoenix MountainsThe Phoenix Mountains are a mountain range located in central Phoenix, Arizona. With the exception of Mummy Mountain, they are part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve...
–Maricopa County - Sand Tank Mountains–Maricopa County
- Sierra EstrellaSierra EstrellaThe Sierra Estrella is a mountain range located southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. Much of the range falls within the Gila River Indian Reservation, but of BLM land is protected as the Sierra Estrella Wilderness.-Description:...
–Maricopa County - Salt River Mountains–Maricopa County
- Usery Mountains–Maricopa County -- (See: Usery Mountain Recreation Area.)
- Vulture Mountains–Maricopa County
- White Tank MountainsWhite Tank MountainsThe White Tank Mountains is a mountain range located in central Arizona. The mountains are on the western periphery of the Phoenix metropolitan area, primarily flanked by the suburban cities of Buckeye to the south and west, and Surprise to the north and east...
–Maricopa County
Mohave County
- Aquarius MountainsAquarius MountainsThe Aquarius Mountains are a 45-mi long mountain range in southeast Mohave County, Arizona. The range lies in the northwest of the Arizona transition zone, and at the southwest of the Coconino Plateau, a subsection of the Colorado Plateau....
–Mohave County - Artillery MountainsArtillery MountainsThe Artillery Mountains are a mountain range in Mohave County in western Arizona. High point of the range is Artillery Peak, 2,917 feet above sea level. Artillery Peak is at coordinates N 34.36946 W 113.58160 ....
–Mohave County - Beaver Dam Mountains–Mohave County
- ( Beaver Dam Mountains, Utah–S. Washington County, Utah -- (N. Mohave County) )
- Bill Williams Mountains–Mohave County
- Black Mountains (Arizona)Black Mountains (Arizona)The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south 75-mile 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...
–Mohave County - Buck Mountains–Mohave County
- Cerbat MountainsCerbat 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...
–Mohave County - Cottonwood Mountains–Mohave County
- Hualapai Mountains–Mohave County
- McCracken Mountains–Mohave County
- Moccasin Mountains–Mohave County
- Mohave MountainsMohave MountainsThe Mohave Mountains is a small mountain range of northwest Arizona, in the southwest of Mohave County. The northwest area surrounding the range borders the south-flowing Colorado River and the Topock Gorge...
–Mohave County - Moquith Mountains–Mohave County
- Music Mountains–Mohave County
- Peacock Mountains–Mohave County
- Poachie Range–E. Mohave County -- (W. Yavapai County)
- Rawhide MountainsRawhide MountainsThe Rawhide Mountains are a mountain range of western Arizona, in the southwest of Mohave County. It is part of a block of mountain ranges on the north of an insular region called the Maria fold and thrust belt, containing mountain ranges, valleys, and plains...
–Mohave County - Sawmill Mountains–Mohave County
- Uinkaret Mountains–Mohave County
- Virgin MountainsVirgin MountainsThe Virgin Mountains is a range northeast of Lake Mead about 10 to 16 miles south of the town of Mesquite, Nevada. Located in the Lower Colorado-Lake Mead watershed , 91.6% of the range is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The range has many species of lizards, as well as the Panamint...
–N. Mohave County -- (E. Clark County, Nevada)
Pima County
- Agua Dulce MountainsAgua Dulce MountainsThe Agua Dulce Mountains are a mountain range in the north-central Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona. The range is located in the extreme southwestern portion of Pima County, Arizona, immediately north of the international boundary with Mexico and about 30 miles southwest of Ajo, Arizona...
–Pima CountyPima County, Arizona-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*74.3% White*3.5% Black*3.3% Native American*2.6% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.7% Two or more races*12.4% Other races*34.6% Hispanic or Latino -2000:... - Ajo Range–Pima County
- Alvarez Mountains–Pima County
- Artesa Mountains–Pima County
- Baboquivari Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County; See: Baboquivari Peak WildernessBaboquivari Peak WildernessThe Baboquivari Peak Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is located in the Baboquivari Mountain Range southwest of Tucson, Arizona. It is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The United States Congress designated the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness in 1990. It...
- Batamote Mountains–Pima County
- Bates Mountains–Pima County
- Brownell Mountains–Pima County
- Castle Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County
- Cerro Colorado MountainsCerro Colorado MountainsThe Cerro Colorado Mountains are a low mountain range in Pima County, Arizona, USA. The highest point of the range is at the Colorado Benchmark , at ....
–Pima County - Cimarron Mountains–Pima County
- Coyote Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County
- Crooked Mountains–Pima County
- Diablo Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County
- Empire Mountains–Pima County
- Gakolik Mountains–Pima County
- Granite Mountains (Arizona)Granite Mountains (Arizona)The Granite Mountains is a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona. It is located in extreme western Pima County, Arizona, bordering southeast Yuma County....
–Pima County–see also: Granite Mountain (Arizona)Granite Mountain (Arizona)Granite Mountain is a mountain located in Yavapai County, Arizona that covers roughly . It was once known as Mount Gurley for the first governor of the Arizona Territory, John A. Gurley. Its southwest face has a sheer granite cliff approximately 500 feet high that is one of the best locations for...
-(Yavapai County)
a separate "Granite Mountain" is in s. La Paz County - Growler MountainsGrowler MountainsThe Growler Mountains is a 23-mile, long north-south trending mountain range of far western Pima County, Arizona that lies west of Ajo, Arizona...
–Pima County - John the Baptist MountainsJohn the Baptist MountainsThe John the Baptist Mountains are a small mountain range in western Pima County, Arizona, approximately 8.5 miles southwest of the town of Ajo, Arizona. The range is approximately three miles long and about one mile wide at its widest point. The highpoint of the range is 2,161 feet above sea level...
–Pima County - La Lesna Mountains–Pima County
- Las Guijas Mountains–Pima County
- Little Ajo MountainsLittle Ajo MountainsThe Little Ajo Mountains is a mountain range in southern Arizona, in extreme western Pima County, Arizona. The city of Ajo-, sits on the northeast of this small mountain range....
–Pima County - Mesquite MountainsMesquite MountainsThe Mesquite Mountains are a mountain range in eastern San Bernardino County, California, near the border with Nevada. They are north of Interstate 15 in California and southeast of Death Valley.-North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness Area:...
–Pima County - North Comobabi Mountains–Pima County
- Pozo Redondo Mountains–Pima County
- Pozo Verde Mountains–Pima County
- Puerto Blanco Mountains–Pima County
- Quijotoa Mountains–Pima County
- Quinlan Mountains–Pima County
- Rincon MountainsRincon MountainsThe Rincon Mountains are a significant mountain range east of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States. The Rincon Mountains are one of five mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson valley...
–Pima County- ( Little Rincon MountainsLittle Rincon MountainsThe Little Rincon Mountains are a small range of mountains, lying to the east of the Rincon Mountains, at Tucson, of eastern Pima County, Arizona. The range is located in northwest Cochise County and is part of the western border of the San Pedro River and Valley, the major valley and river of...
–Cochise County )
- ( Little Rincon Mountains
- Roskruge Mountains–Pima County
- San Luis MountainsSan Luis MountainsThe San Luis Mountains are a small, lower elevation mountain range of central-southern Pima County Arizona adjacent the U.S.-Mexico border, northeast of Sasabe, Arizona–Sasabe, Sonora....
–Pima County - Santa Catalina MountainsSanta Catalina MountainsThe Santa Catalina Mountains, commonly referred to as the Catalina Mountains, are located north, and northeast of Tucson, Arizona, United States, on Tucson's north perimeter. The mountain range is the most prominent in the Tucson area, with the highest average elevation...
–Pima County - Santa Rita MountainsSanta Rita MountainsThe Santa Rita Mountains, located about 65 km southeast of Tucson, Arizona, extend 42 km from north to south, then trending southeast. They merge again southeastwards into the Patagonia Mountains, trending northwest by southeast...
–Santa Cruz County, Pima County - Santa Rosa Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County
- Sauceda Mountains–Pima County
- Sheridan Mountains–Pima County
- Sierra Blanca Mountains–Pima County
- Sierra de la Nariz–Pima County
- Sierra de Santa Rosa–Pima County
- Sierrita Mountains–Pima County
- Sikort Chuapo Mountains–Pima County
- Silver Bell MountainsSilver Bell MountainsThe Silver Bell Mountains are an arid north-northwest x southeast trending small mountain range in north-central Pima County, Arizona. The range lies west of Marana, Arizona, located on Interstate-10, northwest of Tucson....
–Pima County- West Silver Bell MountainsWest Silver Bell MountainsThe West Silver Bell Mountains are a small 10 mile long mountain range of south-central Arizona, United States. The range lies in the north-central arid Sonoran Desert; the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona, around Tucson is adjacent to the southeast.The range lies 25 mi west of...
–Pima County & Pinal County
- West Silver Bell Mountains
- Sonoyta Mountains–Pima County
- South Comobabi Mountains–Pima County
- Tortolita MountainsTortolita MountainsThe Tortolita Mountains are a minor mountain range located northwest of Tucson, Arizona, USA. With a peak elevation of 4,652 feet , the Tortolita Mountains are situated at the northern boundaries of Oro Valley and Marana, two suburbs of Tucson...
–Pima County, Pinal County - Tucson MountainsTucson MountainsThe Tucson Mountains are a minor mountain range west of Tucson, Arizona. The Tucson Mountains, including Wasson Peak, are one of four notable mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson valley...
–Pima County - Waterman MountainsWaterman MountainsThe Waterman Mountains are a low mountainous landform in Pima County, United States. Numerous flora and fauna species are found in the Waterman Mountains, in the Pinyon-juniper woodland plant community. Notable among the tree species is the Elephant tree which species exhibits a contorted...
–Pima County - West Silver Bell MountainsWest Silver Bell MountainsThe West Silver Bell Mountains are a small 10 mile long mountain range of south-central Arizona, United States. The range lies in the north-central arid Sonoran Desert; the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona, around Tucson is adjacent to the southeast.The range lies 25 mi west of...
–Pima County & Pinal County- Silver Bell MountainsSilver Bell MountainsThe Silver Bell Mountains are an arid north-northwest x southeast trending small mountain range in north-central Pima County, Arizona. The range lies west of Marana, Arizona, located on Interstate-10, northwest of Tucson....
–Pima County
- Silver Bell Mountains
Pinal County
- Casa Grande Mountains–Pinal CountyPinal County, Arizona-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*72.4% White*4.6% Black*5.6% Native American*1.7% Asian*0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.8% Two or more races*11.5% Other races*28.5% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
- Dripping Spring Mountains–Pinal County
- Galiuro MountainsGaliuro MountainsThe Galiuro Mountains are a large sky island mountain range of southeast Arizona, USA. It is a northerly mountain range in the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona, northern Sonora, Northern Mexico, and extreme southwest, bootheel New Mexico....
–Graham County -- (SE. Pinal County) - Mineral Mountains, ArizonaMineral Mountains, ArizonaThe Mineral Mountains are a group of rugged, volcanic hills and mountains southwest of Superior and northeast of Florence, Pinal County, Arizona.The White Canyon Wilderness Area is in the eastern portion of this range....
–Pinal County - Palo Verde Mountains–Pinal County
- Picacho Mountains–Pinal County
- Sacaton Mountains–Pinal County
- San Tan Mountains, Arizona
- Santan Mountains–Pinal County
- Sawtooth Mountains–Pinal County
- Silver Reef Mountains–Pinal County
- Slate Mountains–Pinal County
- Suizo Mountains–Pinal County
- Superstition MountainsSuperstition MountainsThe Superstition Mountains , popularly referred to as "The Superstitions", are a range of mountains in Arizona located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area...
–Pinal County - Table Top Mountains–Pinal County
- Tat Momoli Mountains–Pinal County
- Tortilla Mountains–Pinal County
- Tortolita MountainsTortolita MountainsThe Tortolita Mountains are a minor mountain range located northwest of Tucson, Arizona, USA. With a peak elevation of 4,652 feet , the Tortolita Mountains are situated at the northern boundaries of Oro Valley and Marana, two suburbs of Tucson...
–Pima County, Pinal County - Vekol Mountains–Pinal County
- West Silver Bell MountainsWest Silver Bell MountainsThe West Silver Bell Mountains are a small 10 mile long mountain range of south-central Arizona, United States. The range lies in the north-central arid Sonoran Desert; the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeast Arizona, around Tucson is adjacent to the southeast.The range lies 25 mi west of...
–Pima County & Pinal County- ( Silver Bell MountainsSilver Bell MountainsThe Silver Bell Mountains are an arid north-northwest x southeast trending small mountain range in north-central Pima County, Arizona. The range lies west of Marana, Arizona, located on Interstate-10, northwest of Tucson....
–Pima County )
- ( Silver Bell Mountains
Santa Cruz County
- Atascosa MountainsAtascosa MountainsThe Atascosa Mountains are a small mountain range of western Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It is sandwiched between the larger Tumacacori Mountains to the north, and a small east-west border range to the south, the Pajarito Mountains; the Pajaritos are on the U.S.-Mexico border and abut the Sierra La...
–Santa Cruz County - Canelo HillsCanelo HillsThe Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve, is a nature preserve southeast of Sonoita, Arizona on the east side of the Canelo Hills. The area's are a mix of rare cienega wetland and Black Oak and Arizona Fescue fields. The preserve is notable for the extremely rare Canelo Ladies Tresses Orchid and the...
–Santa Cruz County, Cochise County - Mustang MountainsMustang Mountains, ArizonaThe Mustang Mountains are a mountain range located in the southeast region of Arizona, are on the northwest side of Fort Huachuca. They are found at the southern end of the Whetstone Mountains.The highest peak rises to 6,469 feet.- References :*...
–Santa Cruz County - Pajarito MountainsPajarito MountainsThe Pajarito Mountains are a small mountain range of western Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The range is adjacent the Atascosa Mountains at its north, with both ranges in the center of a north-south sequence of ranges called the Tumacacori Highlands...
–Santa Cruz County - Patagonia MountainsPatagonia MountainsThe Patagonia Mountains is a 15 mile long mountain range south of the Santa Rita Mountains. Sonoita Creek flows in the valley north of the Patagonias. Both ranges are east of the Santa Cruz River Valley...
–Santa Cruz County - San Cayento Mountains–Santa Cruz County
- Santa Rita MountainsSanta Rita MountainsThe Santa Rita Mountains, located about 65 km southeast of Tucson, Arizona, extend 42 km from north to south, then trending southeast. They merge again southeastwards into the Patagonia Mountains, trending northwest by southeast...
–Santa Cruz County, Pima County - Tumacacori Mountains–Santa Cruz County
Yavapai County
- Big Black Mesa–Yavapai County
- Black Hills (Yavapai County)Black Hills (Yavapai County)The Black Hills of Yavapai County are a large mountain range of north-central Arizona in southeast Yavapai County. It is bordered on the northeast, and in the south on the east by the southeast-flowing Verde River in the Verde Valley...
–Yavapai County- Black Hills (Greenlee County)Black Hills (Greenlee County)The Black Hills of Greenlee County are a 20 mi long mountain range of the extreme northeast Sonoran Desert bordering the south of the White Mountains of eastern Arizona's transition zone....
–Greenlee County
- Black Hills (Greenlee County)
- Black Mountains (Yavapai County)–Yavapai County-(southwest county)
- Bozarth Mesa–Yavapai County
- Bradshaw Mountains–Yavapai County
- Buckhorn Mountains–Yavapai County
- Connell Mountains–Yavapai County
- Date Creek MountainsDate Creek MountainsThe Date Creek Mountains are a short, arid range in southwest Yavapai County, Arizona. Congress is on its southeast foothills, and Wickenburg lies southeast.-Description and area:...
–Yavapai County - Granite DellsGranite DellsThe Granite Dells is a geological feature north of Prescott, Arizona. The Dells consist of exposed bedrock and large boulders of granite that have eroded into an unusual lumpy, rippled appearance...
–Yavapai County - Granite MountainGranite Mountain (Arizona)Granite Mountain is a mountain located in Yavapai County, Arizona that covers roughly . It was once known as Mount Gurley for the first governor of the Arizona Territory, John A. Gurley. Its southwest face has a sheer granite cliff approximately 500 feet high that is one of the best locations for...
–Yavapai County - Grayback Mountains–Yavapai County
- ( Harcuvar MountainsHarcuvar MountainsThe Harcuvar Mountains are a narrow mountain range in western-central Arizona, USA. The range lies just east of the north-south Colorado River, and south of the east-west, west-flowing Bill Williams River, from Alamo Lake....
–NE. La Paz County -- (SW. Yavapai County) ) - ( Hieroglyphic MountainsHieroglyphic MountainsThe Hieroglyphic Mountains are a mountain range located in central Arizona. The Hieroglyphics roughly straddle the border between Maricopa and Yavapai counties and form an effective physical barrier northwest of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area...
–N. Maricopa County -- (some in S. Yavapai County) ) - Juniper Mountains–Yavapai County
- Mazatzal MountainsMazatzal MountainsThe Mazatzal Mountains are a mountain range in south central Arizona, about 30–45 miles northeast of Phoenix and the Phoenix metropolitan area. The origin of the name remains obscure but one possibility is that it is from the Aztec language meaning "place of the deer"...
–Southeast Yavapai County -- (and N. Maricopa County, W. Gila County) - McAllister Range–Yavapai County
- McCloud Mountains–Yavapai County
- Mingus Mountain, (= "Black Hills (Arizona)")–Yavapai County
- Mohon Mountains–Yavapai County
- New River MountainsNew River MountainsThe New River Mountains are a small 14-mi long, mountain range in central Arizona, and on the north border of the Phoenix valley; the range is located on the southwest perimeter of the Arizona transition zone. The range is a sub-part of landforms extending south from the Black Hills of Yavapai...
–Yavapai County & Maricopa County - ( Poachie RangePoachie RangeThe Poachie Range is a moderate length mountain range and massif in southeast Mohave County, Arizona, and the extreme southwest corner of Yavapai County; the range also abuts the northeast corner of La Paz County...
–SE. Mohave County -- (SW. Yavapai County, NE. La Paz County) ) - Santa Maria MountainsSanta Maria MountainsThe Santa Maria Mountains are a 16-mi long mountain range in central-northwest Arizona, and in northwest Yavapai County. The range lies in a region of mesas and mountain ranges in the northwest of Arizona's transition zone...
–Yavapai County - Sierra Prieta–Yavapai County
- Weaver MountainsWeaver MountainsThe Weaver Mountains are a smaller mountain range to the southwest of the Bradshaw Mountains in central-west Yavapai County, Arizona. Yarnell at the summit of the Yarnell Hill, Arizona State Route 89, is at the center of the range.-Description:...
–Yavapai County - White Hills, ArizonaWhite Hills, ArizonaWhite Hills is an unincorporated community in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. White Hills is northwest of Dolan Springs.-History:In 1892, Henry Shaffer discovered silver deposits in the area, with the help of local American Indians. The resulting mining efforts led to the creation of the...
–Yavapai County - Wickenburg Mountains–Yavapai County
Yuma County
- Agua Caliente Mountains–Yuma County
- Aguila Mountains–Yuma County
- Bryan MountainsBryan MountainsThe Bryan Mountains are a small mountain range in the northwestern Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona. The range is located in southeastern Yuma County, about 75 mi southeast of Yuma and about 35 mi west of Ajo. The range is approximately ten miles long and about three miles wide at...
–Yuma County - Butler Mountains–Yuma County -- (W. of Tinajas Altas Mountains-(minor length & elevation))
- Cabeza Prieta MountainsCabeza Prieta MountainsThe Cabeza Prieta Mountains are a mountain range in the northwestern Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona. It is located in southern Yuma County, Arizona....
–Yuma County - Castle Dome Mountains–Yuma County
- Copper MountainsCopper MountainsThe Copper Mountains is a minor north-south trending mountain range, only 8 miles long in southwestern Arizona in the southwestern Sonoran Desert....
–Yuma County - Gila Mountains (Yuma County)Gila Mountains (Yuma County)The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwestern Sonoran Desert.The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain system, about 26 miles long; the fault-blocked mountain range is attached on the south to the Tinajas Altas Mountains...
–Yuma County- ( Gila Mountains (Graham County)Gila Mountains (Graham County)The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in central-east Arizona. It borders the Gila River and Gila Valley on the valley's northeast in north-central Graham County; also the San Carlos Indian Reservation...
–Graham County )
- ( Gila Mountains (Graham County)
- Kofa MountainsKofa MountainsThe Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
–N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County) - Laguna Mountains (Arizona)Laguna Mountains (Arizona)The Laguna Mountains are a small, approximately circular mountain range of extreme southwest Arizona at the northeast of Yuma and east of Winterhaven, California on the Colorado River...
–Yuma County (see also: Laguna MountainsLaguna MountainsThe Laguna Mountains are a section of the Peninsular Ranges in eastern San Diego County, California. The mountains run in a northwest/southeast alignment for approximately ....
(Calif)) - ( Little Horn Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County) )
- Middle Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- Mohawk MountainsMohawk MountainsThe Mohawk Mountains is a mountain range in the northwest Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona. It abuts the western Gila River valley to the north, and is located in southern Yuma County, Arizona and is part of an eleven mountain range–three valley region...
–Yuma County - Muggins MountainsMuggins MountainsThe Muggins Mountains is a mountain range in southwest Arizona east of Yuma, Arizona, northeast of the Gila Mountains , and east of the Laguna Mountains...
–Yuma County - ( New Water MountainsNew Water MountainsThe New Water Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona. The range is on the northern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge as well as the northern Kofa Mountains.It is a northwest-southeast trending range, about 20 miles long...
–S. La Paz County -- (connected to Kofa MountainsKofa MountainsThe Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
, N. Yuma County) ) - Palomas Mountains–Yuma County
- Sierra Arida–Yuma County
- Sierra de la Lechuguilla–Yuma County
- Sierra PintaSierra PintaThe Sierra Pinta or Sierra Pintas are a narrow remote block faulted northwest-southeast trending mountain range, about long located in southwestern Arizona in the arid northwestern Sonoran Desert, just north of the Pinacate Reserve of northern Sonora, Mexico...
–Yuma County - Tank MountainsTank MountainsThe Tank Mountains are a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona; the range is part of the eastern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge....
–Yuma County - Tinajas Altas Mountains–Yuma County
- Tule MountainsTule MountainsThe Tule Mountains is a mountain landform in Yuma County, Arizona. There is a diverse flora and fauna population within the Tule Mountains; one of the notable trees found in this mountain range is the Elephant tree, Bursera microphylla.- References :...
–Yuma County
New Mexico
- Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Guadalupe Mountains of Hidalgo County are a 13 mi long, sub– range in southwest Hidalgo County, New Mexico, adjacent the southeast border of Arizona's Cochise County. A small portion of the range is in Cochise County, namely the outlet of Guadalupe Canyon, famous for the Guadalupe...
–Hidalgo County, NM - (Cochise County, AZ & Sonora, Mexico) - San Francisco Mountains (New Mexico)–New Mexico & Greenlee County
Sonora
- Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)The Guadalupe Mountains of Hidalgo County are a 13 mi long, sub– range in southwest Hidalgo County, New Mexico, adjacent the southeast border of Arizona's Cochise County. A small portion of the range is in Cochise County, namely the outlet of Guadalupe Canyon, famous for the Guadalupe...
–Hidalgo County, NM - (Cochise County, AZ & Sonora, Mexico) - Sierra Madre OccidentalSierra Madre OccidentalThe Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico.-Setting:The range runs north to south, from just south of the Sonora–Arizona border southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins...
–Regional Western Mexico - (extension of individual ranges, along entire United States-Mexico border)- Sky islandSky islandSky islands are mountains that are isolated by surrounding lowlands of a dramatically different environment, a situation which, in combination with the altitudinal zonation of ecosystems, has significant implications for natural habitats. Endemism, vertical migration, and relict populations are...
/ Madrean sky islandsMadrean sky islandsThe Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and...
- Sky island
See also
- List of mountains and hills of Arizona by height
- List of mountain ranges of California
- List of mountain ranges of Nevada
- List of mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley
- Madrean sky islandsMadrean sky islandsThe Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and...
/ Sky islandSky islandSky islands are mountains that are isolated by surrounding lowlands of a dramatically different environment, a situation which, in combination with the altitudinal zonation of ecosystems, has significant implications for natural habitats. Endemism, vertical migration, and relict populations are...
, a biome region of SE Ariz, SW New Mex, and Northern Mexico proper. - List of rivers of Arizona
- List of valleys of Arizona