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The Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests [a] is a 2.76-million-acre (11,169 km 2) [1] United States National Forest which runs along the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains in east-central Arizona and into the U.S. state of New Mexico. Formerly two forests, it is currently managed as one unit by USDA Forest Service from the Forest Supervisors ...
Hualapai Mountains –Mohave County. John the Baptist Mountains –Pima County. Juniper Mountains –Yavapai County. Kofa Mountains –N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County) La Lesna Mountains –Pima County. Laguna Mountains (Arizona) –Yuma County (see also: Laguna Mountains (Calif)) Las Guijas Mountains –Pima County.
85614, 85622. Area code. 520. FIPS code. 04-29710. GNIS feature ID. 37327. Green Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 22,616 at the 2020 census.
Devils Hole is a geothermal pool within a limestone cavern in the Amargosa Desert in the Amargosa Valley of Nevada, east over the Amargosa Range and Funeral Mountains from Death Valley. It is at an elevation of 730 m (2,400 ft) above sea level [1] and the water is a constant temperature of 33 °C (91 °F). [2] The surface area of Devils Hole is ...
ZIP codes. 85339 and 85041. Area code (s) 602, 623. GNIS feature ID. 6920. Laveen ( / ləˈviːn / lə-VEEN) is a community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, situated eight miles (13 km) southwest of Downtown Phoenix, between South Mountain and the confluence of the Gila and Salt rivers. [1]
The Desert NWR, created on May 20, 1936, is the largest wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states of the United States, [1] encompassing 1.615 million acres (6,540 km 2) of the Mojave Desert in the southern part of Nevada. [2] The refuge was originally established at 2.25 million acres. In 1940 840,000 acres were transferred to the Department of ...
The Painted Desert was named by a Spanish expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado during his 1540 quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola. He located these some 40 miles (60 km) east of Petrified Forest National Park. Finding the cities were not made of gold, Coronado sent an expedition to find the Colorado River to gain supplies.
The Mojave Desert is often colloquially called the "high desert", as most of it lies between 2,000 and 4,000 feet (610 and 1,220 m). It supports a diversity of flora and fauna. The 54,000 sq mi (140,000 km 2) desert supports a number of human activities, including recreation, ranching, and military training. [9]