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
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 ...
)
*
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
See also
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Hurricane Cliffs
The Hurricane Cliffs of southwest Utah and northwest Arizona are a red, limestone geographic feature, sets of cliffs along the western, eroded edge of the Kaibab Limestone; the cliffs are about 135-mi (217 km) long,''Utah Atlas & Gazeteer ...
*
Aubrey Cliffs
*
Aubrey Valley
Aubrey Valley is a 35-mile (56 km) long valley located in southwest Coconino County, Arizona with the northwest border of Yavapai County. The valley is located at the southwest border of the Aubrey Cliffs; to the west and southwest, the Y ...
References
GNIS data for Grand Wash CliffsGNIS data for Upper Grand Wash CliffsGNIS data for Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
External links
Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness, AZ at topoquest.comCoordinates 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, mapCitatio
Grand Wash Basin (north Grand Wash Cliffs), maps & description, for water resources, etc.
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Geology of Arizona
Cliffs of Arizona
Landforms of Mohave County, Arizona