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at 1,272 feet (388 m), then Bean Pass; adjacent southward is the peak Isla Pinta, at 2,008 feet (612 m), and Sunday Pass. The Sierra Pinta range is toward the southern end of the
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Hermenegildo Garcés, Tomás Eixarch. 1966.
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northwest-southeast trending mountain range, about 22 miles (35 km) long located in southwestern
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field and preserve. The highest peak in the range is Pinta
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299:List of mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona
294:Valley and range sequence-Southern Yuma County
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260:. The closest access point from the north is
156:for 'Painted Mountains') are a narrow remote
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320:, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
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318:California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera
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248:region in the high point of summer heat.
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258:Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
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201:El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
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1256:Black Mesa (Apache-Navajo Counties)
282:Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
195:. West of the Sierra Pintas is the
1291:Buckskin Mountains (La Paz County)
328:, Published by Russell and Russell
304:List of mountain ranges of Arizona
270:Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
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345:Herbert Eugene Bolton et al. 1966
238:at an unimproved road called the
1286:Buckskin Mountain (Arizona-Utah)
1266:Black Mountain (Maricopa County)
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16:Landform in southwestern Arizona
1476:Lime Mountain (Maricopa County}
1376:Gila Mountains (Graham County)
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1251:Black Hills (Greenlee County)
326:Anza's California expeditions
1381:Gila Mountains (Yuma County)
1271:Black Mountain (Pima County)
887:San Francisco Volcanic Field
1481:Little Harquahala Mountains
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1787:Mountain ranges of Arizona
1746:West Silver Bell Mountains
1446:John the Baptist Mountains
1155:Black Mesa (Navajo County)
127:32.2631118°N 113.5429672°W
78:2,202 ft (671 m)
1261:Black Mesa (Warm Springs)
164:in the arid northwestern
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1316:Cerro Colorado Mountains
950:Santa Catalina Mountains
629:Little Dragoon Mountains
315:C. Michael Hogan. 2009.
132:32.2631118; -113.5429672
1691:Tinajas Altas Mountains
1646:Sierra Madre Occidental
1486:Little Rincon Mountains
1301:Cabeza Prieta Mountains
1186:Agua Caliente Mountains
716:Mount Ballard (Arizona)
266:Interstate 8 in Arizona
232:Cabeza Prieta Mountains
1566:Painted Rock Mountains
1401:Granite Wash Mountains
1241:Bill Williams Mountain
1060:Superstition Mountains
1006:Santa Teresa Mountains
547:Hieroglyphic Mountains
1656:Silver Bell Mountains
1626:Santa Maria Mountains
1346:Dos Cabezas Mountains
1073:Superstition Mountain
457:Castle Dome Mountains
224:"Christmas Pass Road"
1756:Wickenburg Mountains
1751:White Tank Mountains
1716:Tumacacori Mountains
1491:Lukachukai Mountains
1471:Las Guijas Mountains
1426:Harquahala Mountains
1336:Date Creek Mountains
1231:Beaver Dam Mountains
1191:Agua Dulce Mountains
983:Santa Rita Mountains
611:Little Ajo Mountains
493:Chiricahua Mountains
383:Mountains of Arizona
241:El Camino del Diablo
218:Roads and the region
168:, just north of the
1701:Tortolita Mountains
1676:Swisshelm Mountains
1631:Sevenmile Mountains
1591:Picketpost Mountain
1576:Patagonia Mountains
1556:New Water Mountains
1551:New River Mountains
1496:Madrean Sky Islands
1416:Guadalupe Mountains
1386:Goldfield Mountains
1371:Gila Bend Mountains
1341:Dome Rock Mountains
1321:Chocolate Mountains
1276:Blackjack Mountains
1206:Artillery Mountains
1129:Whetstone Mountains
895:Black Bottom Crater
859:San Francisco Peaks
754:Sunnyslope Mountain
185:Point of the Pintas
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1736:Waterman Mountains
1666:Sugarloaf Mountain
1636:Sierra San Antonio
1621:San Luis Mountains
1571:Pajarito Mountains
1511:Moccasin Mountains
1421:Harcuvar Mountains
1246:Bitsihuitsos Butte
1211:Atascosa Mountains
1201:Aquarius Mountains
1160:Escudilla Mountain
782:Pinaleño Mountains
734:Camelback Mountain
675:McDowell Mountains
652:Mazatzal Mountains
588:Hualapai Mountains
565:Huachuca Mountains
439:Bradshaw Mountains
424:Fortification Hill
60:Highest point
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1731:Vulture Mountains
1696:Tordillo Mountain
1616:Sacaton Mountains
1611:Rawhide Mountains
1581:Peacock Mountains
1536:Mustang Mountains
1531:Muggins Mountains
1506:Mineral Mountains
1406:Growler Mountains
1396:Granite Mountains
1391:Grand Wash Cliffs
1361:Galiuro Mountains
1311:Carrizo Mountains
1236:Belmont Mountains
935:Strawberry Crater
818:Quinlan Mountains
800:Plomosa Mountains
726:Phoenix Mountains
529:Dragoon Mountains
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1721:Virgin Mountains
1671:Sunset Mountains
1521:Mohawk Mountains
1516:Mohave Mountains
1501:Mescal Mountains
1466:Laguna Mountains
1331:Coyote Mountains
1326:Copper Mountains
1221:Baboquivari Peak
1106:Tucson Mountains
1050:Granite Mountain
836:Rincon Mountains
511:Chuska Mountains
475:Cerbat Mountains
393:(Yavapai County)
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1586:Picacho Peak
1561:Newton Butte
1451:Juniper Mesa
1411:Gu Achi Peak
1366:Gavilan Peak
1306:Canelo Hills
1226:Balakai Mesa
1216:Aubrey Hills
1181:Agathla Peak
1119:Tumamoc Hill
1032:Mistake Peak
1024:Sierra Ancha
973:Thimble Peak
963:Mount Lemmon
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22:Sierra Pinta
1681:Tempe Butte
1546:The Needles
1441:Isis Temple
1165:Mount Baldy
1137:Apache Peak
968:Pusch Ridge
915:Mount Elden
849:Rincon Peak
596:Aubrey Peak
578:Miller Peak
537:Mount Glenn
465:Castle Dome
447:Mount Union
391:Black Hills
205:cinder cone
197:Tule Desert
130: /
118:113°32′35″W
1771:Categories
1661:Squaw Tits
1436:Hunts Mesa
1096:Black Dome
930:S P Crater
872:Doyle Peak
772:Pinal Peak
660:Four Peaks
519:Roof Butte
333:Line notes
310:References
115:32°15′47″N
1356:Excalibur
1296:Bush Head
826:Kitt Peak
808:Ibex Peak
665:Mount Ord
637:Lime Peak
573:Carr Peak
83:Geography
74:Elevation
683:East End
619:Ajo Peak
288:See also
1351:Etoi Ki
278:Sonoyta
252:Ecology
162:Arizona
154:Spanish
99:Arizona
88:Country
68:Unnamed
1174:Others
262:Mohawk
178:Mexico
174:Sonora
96:State
212:Anza
144:The
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