The Grand Wash Cliffs extend south-southeast from the

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and c ...

in northwest Arizona west of the

Shivwits Plateau The Shivwits Plateau is a large plateau in northwest Arizona, and in the northwest of the Grand Canyon region. Just like the Kaibab Plateau in the east Grand Canyon forces the course of the Colorado River encircling it, the Shivwits Plateau is t ...

south through the Grand Cliffs Wilderness and into the Lake Mead Recreation Area. The Grand Wash Cliffs cross the

Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon (, yuf-x-yav, Wi:kaʼi:la, , Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, ) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a m ...

where the

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of ...

enters

Lake Mead Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. L ...

. To the south of the Grand Canyon the Grand Wash Cliffs continue past the east side of Grapevine Mesa and then southeast above and east of the

Hualapai Valley Hualapai Valley is a valley in Mohave County, Arizona. Location Hualapai Valley is an endorheic basin and its watershed terminates in the dry lake or playa called Red Lake at an elevation of 2762 feet. It is bounded on the east by the Grand W ...

forming the southwest margin of the Music Mountains.''Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, Fourth Ed. 2001 pp. 21 and 29

List of landforms/communities along Grand Wash Cliffs

(form north-to-south) * Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness (~north terminus) (Loc. dot 1) * Squaw Canyon * Pigeon Canyon * Pearce Canyon *

Pearce Ferry, Lake Mead Pearce Ferry (sometimes misspelled Pierce Ferry) marks the boundary between Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon, where the low sandy banks around the lake give way to imposing, colorfully layered cliffs that enclose the Colorado River for the next 27 ...

(at

) *

Meadview, Arizona Meadview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, located near Lake Mead. As of the 2020 census, Meadview had 1,420 residents, up from 1,224 as of 2010. It was founded in the 1960 ...

( Grapevine Mesa, west, at foothills) (Loc. dot 2) *

Garnet Mountain Garnets () are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition. The different s ...

(Loc. dot 3) * Music Mountains (part of Hualapai Plateau elevations, east) *

Crozier, Arizona Crozier is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 21 at the 2020 census. Geography Crozier is located in eastern Mohave County at (35.422807, −113.648642), a ...

Valentine, Arizona Valentine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 39. Valentine is located on Arizona State Route 66 (former U.S. Route 66) northe ...

(at south terminus) (Loc. dot 4) *

Peacock Mountains The Peacock Mountains are a small, 26 mi (42 km) long mountain range in northwest Arizona, US. The range is a narrow sub-range, and an extension north, at the northeast of the Hualapai Mountains massif, which lies to the southwest. The ran ...

* Cane Springs, Arizona (using

Upper Burro Creek Wilderness Upper Burro Creek Wilderness is a 27,440-acre (11,100 ha) wilderness area located in Yavapai and Mohave Counties in the U.S. state of Arizona, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the town of Bagdad

coord.) (Loc. dot 5) Image:Sunset_@_Grand_Wash_Cliffs-Meadview_Arizona_-_panoramio.jpg, Sunset at Meadview with

Joshua tree ''Yucca brevifolia'' is a plant species belonging to the genus ''Yucca''. It is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names: Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca. This monocotyledonous tree is native to the ar ...

s File:The_Grand_Wash_Cliffs_-_panoramio.jpg, Cliffs, and foothills with Joshua Trees File:Grand Wash Cliffs, from Pierce Ferry Rd (Bahde Gold Claims) January 2007 - panoramio.jpg, Grand Wash Cliffs, from Pierce Ferry Road

References

GNIS data for Grand Wash Cliffs

GNIS data for Upper Grand Wash Cliffs

GNIS data for Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness

External links

Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness, AZ at topoquest.com

Coordinates for Upper Burro Creek Wilderness, for (Cane Springs, Arizona)
Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
''Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness'' at wilderness.net
Geology/Geography
Geologic Map of the Peacock Mountains and Southern Grand Wash Cliffs, map
Citatio

Grand Wash Basin (north Grand Wash Cliffs), maps & description, for water resources, etc.

{{Authority control Geology of Arizona Cliffs of Arizona Landforms of Mohave County, Arizona

List of landforms/communities along Grand Wash Cliffs

See also

References

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