Henry Cheever Pratt - View from Maricopa Mountain near the Rio Gila - 1855

Maricopa Mountains are a

range Range may refer to: Geography * Range (geographic), a chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra) ** Mountain range, a group of mountains bordered by lowlands * Range, a term used to i ...

mountains A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ...

Maricopa County, Arizona Maricopa County () is a County (United States), county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, or about 62% of the state's total, making it the List ...

.The range runs from and extends southeastward to . The range is protected as the North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness and South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, divided by

Arizona State Route 238 State Route 238, also known as SR 238, is an east–west state highway in central Arizona. Route description While the mile markers indicate a start in Gila Bend, Arizona, Gila Bend, the highway is not actually part of the State Highway S ...

all within the

Sonoran Desert National Monument Sonoran Desert National Monument is south of Goodyear and Buckeye and east of Gila Bend, Arizona. Created by Presidential proclamation on January 17, 2001, the monument is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the Na ...

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North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness BLMSouth Maricopa Mountains Wilderness BLM
{{coord, 32, 59, 18, N, 112, 31, 06, W, display=title Mountain ranges of Maricopa County, Arizona

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