The Painted Rock Mountains are a short long mountain range of the north-central

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southwest of

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, Arizona and in southwest

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. The

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flows through the central-north end of the range. The famous

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lies at the northeast end of the range, adjacent the

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, and the reservoir lies at the eastern end of the agricultural river valley that is locally named as the Lower Gila River Valley, extending approximately from the

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at Yuma to the west and the reservoir at the east. The

crosses all of southern

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from southwest New Mexico, and is the drainage for about 1/2 of Arizona (the south).

Peaks, and landforms

The highest elevation in the mountains is "unnamed" at , and is located at the central and east region of the range. (The range has many northwest-by-southeast ridgelines.)

References

External links

Painted Rocks Mountains, Peakbagger.com (coordinates)
Woolsey Peak, mountainzone.com (coordinates, (elevation)); list of trails
-> {{Authority control Gila River Mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert Mountain ranges of Maricopa County, Arizona Mountain ranges of Arizona

Peaks, and landforms

See also

References

External links