The Centennial Wash (Mohave County) is a northern minor

wash WASH (or Watsan, WaSH) is an acronym that stands for "water, sanitation and hygiene". It is used widely by non-governmental organizations and aid agencies in developing countries. The purposes of providing access to WASH services include achievi ...

tributary to the west-flowing

Bill Williams River The Bill Williams River is a river in west-central Arizona where it, along with one of its tributaries, the Santa Maria River, form the boundary between Mohave County to the north and La Paz County to the south.''Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer,'' D ...

. The wash drains from the western third of the

Rawhide Mountains The 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, valley ...

, and partially forms the southeast border of the wilderness at the northwest of the Rawhide's, the Aubrey Peak Wilderness.

Geology

Being part of the Basin and Range, the

are profiled in trail guides, specifically books focussed on geology. The ''Centennial Wash, Hike 30Luchhitta, 2001. Hiking Arizona's Geology, Hike 30. is profiled in ''Hiking Arizona's Geology'', as one of fifteen hikes in the "Basin and Range Province" of Arizona. The trail hike begins by jeep at

Wikieup, Arizona Wikieup is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on U.S. Route 93 in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is located approximately northwest of Phoenix and southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2020 census, th ...

on U.S. Route 93 in Arizona and proceeds west over the

Hualapai Mountains The Hualapai Mountains are a mountain range located in Mohave County, east of Kingman, Arizona. Rising up to 8,417 feet at its highest peak, the higher elevations of the Hualapai Mountains support Madrean Sky Island habitats, and are host to ...

. The trail hike traverses adjacent the Aubrey Peak Wilderness.

References

* Lucchitta, 2001. ''Hiking Arizona's Geology,'' Ivo Lucchitta, c 2001, Mountaineers's Books. (softcover, )

External links

Fool's Peak, Rawhide Mountains (coordinates)
{{Rivers and streams of Arizona Washes of Arizona Tributaries of the Lower Colorado River in Arizona Rivers of Mohave County, Arizona