The Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County (
Spanish language
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''pelo'', hair, ''pelon'', hairless, bald; ''peloncillo'', Little Baldy) is a mountain range in northeast
Cochise County, Arizona
Cochise County () is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is named after the Native American chief Cochise.
The population was 125,447 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Bisbee and the most populous city ...
. A northern north–south stretch of the range extends to the southern region of
Greenlee County
Greenlee County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,563, making it Arizona's least populous county. The county seat is Clifton.
The economy of Greenlee County is d ...
on the northeast, and a southeast region of
Graham County on the northwest. The north stretch of the Peloncillo's forms the border between the two counties. It lies east and northeast of the
Willcox Playa, and the
San Simon Valley
The 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. T ...
.
The range lies in a region of southeast
Arizona
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and southwest
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
, Offi ...
called the
Madrean Sky Islands
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.
Description
The Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County are a long range. The north section is oriented north–south, and is bordered on the north by the
Gila River
The Gila River (; O'odham ima Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of ...
which flows west-northwesterly from western New Mexico. The
Whitlock Valley and
Whitlock Mountains Whitlock may refer to:
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* Whitlock, Tennessee, United States, an unincorporated community
* Whitlock Valley, Arizona, United States
* Whitlock Island, Western Australia
* Whitlock, original name of Bay Terrace station, a railway s ...
border to the west.
The southern section of the range is a northwest by southeast region, and contains the Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness. The highest point of the range is Midway Peak, , at .
Midway Peak, Peloncillo Mountains, mountainzone
/ref> Midway Peak is just west of the northern part of the wilderness and is surrounded by it: center-north, northeast, east, and southeast. For the southern part of the wilderness, Gold Hill is just west with an access route through the canyon between; south of the wilderness lies Roostercomb.
Other peaks in the southern region of the Peloncillo Mountains from north to south are, Mount Rayburne, , Winchester Peak, , San Simon Peak, , Engine Mountain, Gold Hill, and Roostercomb.
See also
*
* List of mountain ranges of Arizona
References
External links
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness BLM
Midway Peak (Arizona), Peloncillo Mountains, mountainzone, (coordinates)
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Mountain ranges of Cochise County, Arizona
Mountain ranges of Graham County, Arizona
Mountain ranges of Greenlee County, Arizona
Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges
Mountain ranges of Arizona