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Arrastra Mountain Wilderness

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Within the eastern section of the range there is the pristine Peoples Canyon. Several springs here maintain a 2-mile-long (3.2 km) chain of deep, interconnecting pools densely shaded by hundreds of
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Besides the Poachie range, the wilderness also encompasses more than 20 miles (32 km) of the ephemeral
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Some lands in and around the wilderness are private and not federally administered.
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Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
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Protected wilderness area in Arizona, United States
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Lake 856:McFarland 551:Lake Mead 475:Agua Fria 220:Big Sandy 209:drainages 193:sycamores 876:Red Rock 826:Homolovi 791:Catalina 692:Imperial 644:Prescott 634:Coronado 607:Coconino 453:Tuzigoot 213:mudstone 67:Location 463:Wupatki 345:Saguaro 318:Federal 310:Arizona 197:willows 146: ( 861:Oracle 831:Jerome 687:Havasu 682:Cibola 639:Kaibab 428:Navajo 199:, and 77:, and 1043:Other 759:State 649:Tonto 448:Tonto 268:- BLM 1086:See 1071:See 1056:See 722:See 697:Kofa 222:and 148:1990 144:1990 133:Area 31:Ib ( 308:of 1122:: 215:. 195:, 73:, 298:e 291:t 284:v 150:) 35:)

Index

IUCN category
wilderness area
Map showing the location of Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
Mohave County
Yavapai County
La Paz County, Arizona
Wikieup, Arizona
34°28′49″N 113°15′51″W / 34.48028°N 113.26417°W / 34.48028; -113.26417
Bureau of Land Management
wilderness area
Poachie Range
Arizona Desert Wilderness Act
Bureau of Land Management
sycamores
willows
cottonwoods
volcanic plugs
drainages
mudstone
Big Sandy
Santa Maria Rivers
Artillery Mountains
Artillery Peak
Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
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Protected areas
Arizona

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