Ocotillo with Muggins Peak in the background

The Muggins Mountain Wilderness is a

wilderness area Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally ...

in the

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. It is located approximately east of Yuma, Arizona in the Muggins Mountains and adjacent to the agricultural ''Dome Valley'' and

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 ...

. The wilderness area is made up of the highest peak in the southern section of Muggins Mountains, Klothos Temple at . Muggins Peak is adjacent to the peak southeastwards, at . Three deeply cut washes drain the southwest border of the wilderness, Twin Tanks Wash, Muggins Wash, and Morgan Wash. Muggins Wash is the access point to the wilderness, by way of County 7th Street. The ruggedness of the Muggins Mountain Wilderness is ideal for activities such as day hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, sightseeing, photography, and studying nature, native plants, or wildlife. The nearest communities are

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, Ligurta, or Wellton in the Dome or

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s; the Fortuna Foothills suburb of Yuma is located west over the

Gila Mountains (Yuma County) The Gila Mountains of Yuma County, Arizona, Yuma County are a 26-mile (42 km) long mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwest Sonoran Desert. The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain syst ...

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External links

BLM Muggins Mountain Wilderness site

Wilderness Connect: "Muggins Mountain Wilderness" site

Muggins Mountain Wilderness site
at the Public Lands Interpretive Association: Muggins Mountains map and region

Southwestern Arizona Region:
Southern Arizona: Wilderness.net
{{authority control Wilderness areas within the Lower Colorado River Valley Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert Wilderness areas of Arizona Protected areas of Yuma County, Arizona Bureau of Land Management areas in Arizona Protected areas established in 1990 1990 establishments in Arizona

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