Mingus Mountain ( yuf-x-yav, Hwa:lkyañaña) is a

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located in the

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state of

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in the

Black Hills The Black Hills ( lkt, Ȟe Sápa; chy, Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; hid, awaxaawi shiibisha) is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk P ...

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. It is located within the

Prescott National Forest The Prescott National Forest is a 1.25 million-acre (510,000 ha) United States National Forest located in north central Arizona in the vicinity of Prescott. The forest is located in the mountains southwest of Flagstaff and north of Phoenix in ...

traversed by State Route 89A approximately midway between Cottonwood and Prescott. The summit can be reached via Forest Service roads that branch off from State Route 89A. From the mountain, there are views of the

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, Sycamore Canyon Wilderness and the towns of Cottonwood,

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, and Clarkdale. The

Woodchute Wilderness Woodchute Wilderness is a 5,923-acre (2,397 ha) wilderness area in Prescott National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the town of Jerome. Elevation within the area, on the flanks of Woodchute Mountain, ran ...

, north of the summit of 89A, also offers views and hiking trails. There are several National Forest

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s in the area and it is the transmitter location for Prescott full-service television station

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and several low-power television stations serving Cottonwood, Clarkdale,

Camp Verde Camp Verde ( yuf-x-yav, ʼMatthi:wa; Western Apache: Gambúdih) is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town is 10,873. The town hosts an annual corn festival in July, sponsored and orga ...

and

Prescott Valley Prescott Valley is a town located in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, approximately east of Prescott. According to the 2020 United States Census, Prescott Valley has a population of 46,785 residents. History Prescott Valley's Fitzmaur ...

. Mingus Mountain is also the premier flying site of the Arizona Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. According to the book, ''Roadside History of Arizona'', by Marshall Trimble, "Mingus Mountain was named for Joseph and Jacob Mingus, two brothers who settled in the area in the 1880s and later operated a sawmill near the base of the mountain". Another source attributes the name to William Mingus (d. 1911, Prescott, Arizona), a pioneer prospector who lived and worked on Mingus Mountain in the 1870s. The

Mingus Lookout Complex Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United Sta ...

is a complex of fire tower and associated buildings at the top of the mountain, and is listed on the

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. File:Mingus-Hang-Gliding-Platform.jpg, The launching platform for hang gliding on Mingus Mountain File:Mingus-Hang-Glider.jpg, A hang glider preparing for launch at Mingus Mountain

References

External links

The ACA Retreat on Mingus Mountain
{{Mountains of Arizona Mountains of Arizona Landforms of Yavapai County, Arizona Prescott National Forest Mountains of Yavapai County, Arizona