The Galiuro Mountains are a large

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of southeast

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, United States. It is a northerly mountain range in the

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region of southeast Arizona, northern

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in northwestern Mexico, and the extreme southwest (the "bootheel") of

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. The range is noted for its height and ruggedness. The

Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the U.S. State of Arizona. Access The wilderness is administered by the BLM and is located northeast of Mammoth, Arizona in Graham and Pinal counties, about southeast of Phoenix. P ...

encompasses the north perimeter of the range, and the large

Galiuro Wilderness Galiuro Wilderness is a wilderness area encompassing the mid to upper slopes of the Galiuro Mountains. It is located within the Safford Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest in the United States, American state of Arizona.Redfield Canyon Wilderness. A river valley borders the range to the southwest, and

Aravaipa Creek Aravaipa Creek is a drainage between three mountain ranges in southwest Graham County, Arizona – the Galiuro Mountains, the Santa Teresa Mountains and the Pinaleno Mountains. These mountains are part of the high altitude Madrean Sky Islands ...

and Valley border its northeast.

Range overview

The Galiuro Mountains are a northwest–southeast trending range. The moderately wide San Pedro Valley and

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border its southwest, abutting the northeast of the large sky island

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range. The more narrow canyon northeast is the Aravaipa Valley with

Mammoth, Arizona Mammoth is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,426 at the 2010 census; according to 2018 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 1,650. History Mammoth was founded ''c.'' 1872 as Mammoth Camp, ...

, northeast of

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and San Manuel, are the closest communities to the range on its northwest.

Peaks and landforms

The highest peak of the range is Bassett Peak (

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: Dził Nazaayú´- "Mountain That Sits Here and There") at .Arizona Mountain Ranges Highpoints
/ref> Other peaks from north-to-south: Black Butte at , Sixtysix Peak, Mescal Peak, Horse Mountain at , Maverick Mountain at , China Peak, Topout Peak, Kennedy Peak at , Sunset Peak, Bassett Peak at , and Saddle Mountain at . Galiuro Mts near San Manuel

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Arizona Mountain Ranges Highpoints

Galiuro Mountains at mountainzone: Coordinates, Trails, (''only accurate info'')

* {{Authority control Mountain ranges of Graham County, Arizona Mountain ranges of Pinal County, Arizona Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges Mountain ranges of Arizona

Range overview

Peaks and landforms

See also

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