Black Mountain is a lava capped
mesa
A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a ...
in
Pima County
Pima County ( ) is a county in the south central region of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,043,433, making it Arizona's second-most populous county. The county seat is Tucson, where most of the populati ...
,
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
, that rises 1,000 feet above its base to an altitude of . It is a northeast trending ridge, 5,600 feet in length, located along Mission Road nine miles southwest of
Tucson
, "(at the) base of the black ill
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. It is on the
San Xavier Indian Reservation
The San Xavier Indian Reservation ( O’odham: Wa:k) is an Indian reservation of the Tohono O’odham Nation located near Tucson, Arizona, in the Sonoran Desert. The San Xavier Reservation lies in the southwestern part of the Tucson metropolitan ...
, 3.18 miles southwest of the
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac ( es, La Misión de San Xavier del Bac) is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation. The mission was founded in 16 ...
.
[''San Xavier Mission, Arizona,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1992][ The Sierrita Mountains rise to the southwest and the Santa Cruz River is about four miles to the east.][''Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 4th ed., 2001, p. 72 ]
On top of Black Mountain are the ruins of an ancient Hohokam fortification. Long stone walls, circular stone rings, petroglyphs, man-made trails, and pottery sherds can still be seen today. However, the site is on reservation land, and is therefore not open to the general public.
See also
* List of mountains in Arizona
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Arizona, ordered by height.
Entries in bold indicate the peak is the highest point in its respective county.
Entries with a ''†'' indicate the peak has a low topographic prominence and may b ...
* Tumamoc Hill
Tumamoc Hill ( ood, Cemamagĭ Doʼag) is a butte located immediately west of "A" Mountain and downtown Tucson, Arizona. It is home to many radio, television, and public safety transmitters. The 860-acre ecological reserve and U.S. National Histo ...
References
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Mesas of Arizona
Mountains of Arizona
Archaeological sites in Arizona
Landforms of Pima County, Arizona
Geography of Tucson, Arizona
Tohono O'odham Nation
Petroglyphs in Arizona
Hohokam trincheras sites
Hohokam rock art sites
Mountains of Pima County, Arizona