The Mogollon Plateau or Mogollon Mesa ( or ) is a

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-covered southern

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section of the larger

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in east-central

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and west-central

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. The southern boundary of the plateau is the

Mogollon Rim The Mogollon Rim ( or or ) is a topographical and geological feature cutting across the northern half of the U.S. state of Arizona. It extends approximately , starting in northern Yavapai County and running eastward, ending near the border ...

. The Mogollon Plateau is high. The plateau lends its name to the Mogollon tribe, part of the

Cochise Cochise (; Apache: ''Shi-ka-She'' or ''A-da-tli-chi'', lit.: ''having the quality or strength of an oak''; later ''K'uu-ch'ish'' or ''Cheis'', lit. ''oak''; June 8, 1874) was leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen and principa ...

-Mogollan peoples who inhabited this and nearby areas from 5,000 to 2,500 years ago. Their descendants are believed to include the

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Lakes

At the south and southwest of the plateau, bordering the

numerous lakes occur.Lakes at Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas, pp. 40–41, 42–43. At the east near

Show Low, Arizona Show Low is a city in Navajo County, Arizona. It lies on the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona, at an elevation of 6,345 feet (1,934 m). The city was established in 1870 and incorporated in 1953. According to the 2010 census, the population ...

, is Little Mormon Lake, Whipple Lake, Long Lake, and

Fool Hollow Lake Fool Hollow Lake is a public lake located in Navajo County, Arizona, near the city of Show Low, Arizona, Show Low. The lake is operated by the Arizona State Parks (government), Arizona State Parks Department, and consists of , with an average de ...

. At the western plateau region, are

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, Soldier Annex Lake, and Stoneman Lake further west. Just south is

Blue Ridge Reservoir Blue Ridge Reservoir is located in the Mogollon Rim area of the state of Arizona. Clints Well, Arizona. Blue Ridge Reservoir is one of the more scenic reservoirs in the area, with trees going down to the water line. The facilities are maintai ...

on East Clear Creek. Eastwards, just west of the center of the plateau, and southwards, adjacent the Rim are:

Knoll Lake Knoll Lake is part of the Blue Ridge Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest. It gets its name from a rocky island located in the middle of the lake. Knoll Lake is located in Leonard Canyon, Arizona, along the Mogollon Rim. This lake ...

, Bear Canyon Lake, Woods Canyon Lake, Willow Springs Lake, and Black Canyon Lake; just north of this lake group, on Chevelon Creek (Chevelon Canyon), is

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. Numerous washes, or creeks trend north on the plateau from the Mogollon Rim; at the west they trend more northeast, towards the Painted Desert region.

Wilderness areas

Three wilderness areas also trend westwards from the west-(west-southwest) area of the Mogollon Plateau. The southern one,

Fossil Springs Wilderness Fossil Springs Wilderness is an 11,550-acre (4,674 ha) wilderness area within the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is at the bottom of a steep canyon at the edge of the Colorado Plateau, just south of the Mogollon Rim. ...

, is more closely associated with the

. The two north of it, and also running due-westwards in parallel creeks to Fossil Creek of the Fossil Springs Wilderness, are the

West Clear Creek Wilderness The West Clear Creek Wilderness is a 15,238-acre (6,167 ha) wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. West Clear Creek is formed by the junction of Willow Creek and Clover Creek in the Mogollon Rim, which is part of the Colorado Plateau; the ...

, and the

Wet Beaver Wilderness Wet Beaver Wilderness is a 6,155-acre (2,491 ha) wilderness area located in the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona.

References

* Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas, Benchmark Maps, 2nd Edition, c. 1998, 112 pages; pp. 40–41, 42–43, & 74–75, 75–76.

External links

* {{Coord, 34, 29, N, 110, 48, W, display=title Colorado Plateau Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Landforms of Navajo County, Arizona Plateaus of Arizona Regions of Arizona

Lakes

Wilderness areas

See also

References

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