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northeast of Yuma and east of

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on the

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. The Colorado forms the western perimeter of the mountains;

Mittry Lake Mittry Lake is located in the Mittry Lake Wildlife Area, just north of Yuma, Arizona, on the Lower Colorado River. It is located in between the upstream Imperial Dam and the downstream Laguna Dam. Mittry Lake comprises about , with much of the ...

, on the Colorado is on its northwest. The

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is on the southeast and south perimeter, then has its confluence with the Colorado River. Only the north and northeast of the range is not bordered by a river basin; the north contains a small drainage west to the Colorado and Mittry Lake, and borders the south of the Yuma Proving Grounds. The northeast is bordered by the south-flowing Castle Dome Wash, arising from the

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, with Castle Dome on the northwest of Castle Dome Plain, an eastern extension of the Yuma Proving Grounds.

Laguna Mountains description

The range is a small range, circular, of about . It is on the northeast of the Gila Valley, a

valley, slightly east of the Laguna's and starting at the northern end of the Gila Mountains, and the valley containing ''northeast Yuma'', and the

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fields that are north and northeast of the Yuma Mesa. A separate Yuma Valley is found west and southwest of Yuma, bordered on the north, west, and southwest by the Colorado River. The due north-trending section of U.S. Route 95 begins at the southeast of the mountain range; the road exits the northeast of the Gila Valley to begin its northern stretch towards

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, about 90 mi. The high point of the range is Boot Peak, at . The range is mineralized with historical mining claims, some still operating.

Recreational use

The range is noted for a shooting range on its south perimeter, named Adair Park. It is located in the North Gila Valley and just northwest of the northern end of the Gila Mountains of Yuma County.

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Laguna Mountains Summit
* {{Authority control Mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona Mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley Mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert Gila River Mountain ranges of Arizona