Black Hills (Greenlee County) Explained

Black Hills
Photo Size:295px
Country:United States
Subdivision1:Arizona
Subdivision2 Type:Regions
Subdivision3 Type:Counties
Settlement Type:Settlements
Subdivision4 Type:River
Subdivision4:Gila River
Length Mi:20
Length Orientation:E-W
Width Mi:15
Width Orientation:(N-S)-(massif)
Highest:Guthrie Peak
Elevation Ft:6571
Coordinates:32.887°N -109.3151°W
Map:Arizona

The Black Hills of Greenlee County are a 20 mi (32 km) long mountain range of the extreme northeast Sonoran Desert bordering the south of the White Mountains of eastern Arizona's transition zone.

The mountain range is bordered by the Gila River, and the range is a large block that forces the Gila to flow northwest, west, southwest; at the west, the Gila River begins an excursion northwest at the start of the Gila Valley, where Safford and Thatcher lie in the valley.

The southwest quarter of the mountain range lies in the southeast of Graham County.

Description

The Black Hills are on the southern border of the Arizona transition zone,[1] with the complete excursion of the Gila River and mountain range in the zone, and valleys to the south, in the Sonoran Desert.

The center south of the range starts the northern drainage into the small Whitlock Valley. The southeast of the Black Hills start the small hills at the north of a north–south stretch of the Peloncillo Mountains. The southwest of the range start the small hills associated with the northeast of the north–south small range of the Whitlock Mountains.

Peaks, and landforms

The highest elevation in the mountains is Guthrie Peak at 6571feet,[2] located at [3] in the range's center-east, along with Guthrie Mountain, 4495feet further northeast, bordering the Gila River.

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Notes and References

  1. Luchhitta, 2001. Hiking Arizona's Geology, Part 2, Arizona Transition Zone, pp. 143–45. (Hikes: 18-26, pp. 145–82.)
  2. Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas, 1998, pp. 82–83.
  3. http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=5171556 Guthrie Peak Summit, mountainzone.com