Dutch Flat of

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is a valley south of the

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and

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in southern

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. The region is part of the southeast extension of the

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into northwest Arizona. Dutch Flat borders the south of the Sacramento Valley, and

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drains west on the northwest perimeter to meet the

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at Needles.

Description

Dutch Flat is a 25-mile (40 km) long valley, trending slightly northwest at its north. It is surrounded by mountain ranges, and the south borders the

Aubrey Peak Wilderness The Aubrey Peak Wilderness is a wilderness administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The wilderness is located in northwest Arizona in the southwest of Mohave County, a region of the southeastern Mojave Desert's extension into northw ...

at the northwest end 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, valle ...

. The small McCracken Mountains are on the southeast perimeter, south of the

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

. A geology tour, Hike 30, ''Hiking Arizona's Geology'' starts from the east at Wikieup, in the '' Big Sandy River Valley'' and crosses over the Hualapai's, through Dutch Flat to the Aubrey Peak Wilderness area at Centennial Wash. A separate geology hike is on the same route in the very south of the Hualapai's at the beginning of the route, at Aubrey Peak (Hualapai Mountains). Dutch Flat can be accessed from the north at Interstate 40, from the east at Wikieup, and from the southwest by way of

Lake Havasu City Lake Havasu City (, ) is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,144, up from 52,527 in 2010. It is served by Lake Havasu City Airport. History The community first started dur ...

Geography

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is located at , on the northeast perimeter of Dutch Flat. The small range of the McCracken Mountains is located at , on the southeast border. Franconia, Arizona is southwest of Yucca on

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.Franconia, Az. Facilities location
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References

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

External links

Franconia, Arizona, (on I-40, SW of Yucca), NW border of Dutch Flat
{{Authority control Valleys of Arizona Landforms of Mohave County, Arizona