Granite Mountain (Arizona)

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Granite Mountain
Elevation	7,626 feet (2,324 m)
Location	Arizona, USA
Coordinates	34°38′26″N, 112°34′35″W
Type	Granite
Age of rock	Proterozoic
Easiest route	rock climb

Granite Mountain is a 7,626-foot (2,324 m) mountain located in Yavapai County, Arizona that covers roughly 12 square miles (31 km²). It is located in the Granite Mountain Wilderness, which itself is in Prescott National Forest. Often lumped in with the Sierra Prieta range, Granite Mountain actually stands by itself, outside of any other range. The mountain stands at the northern end of the Sierra Prietas, and borders Skull Valley on the west, on the northwest by the Santa Maria range, and east by the Williamson Valley. ^[1]

[edit] Ecology

The biotic communities at Granite Mountain range from montane conifer forest and juniper pinyon woodland, to interior chaparral.

[edit] See also

• List of mountains and hills of Arizona by height

[edit] References

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