List of mountain ranges of Arizona

Shaded relief map, Arizona.
Arizona county index map

There are 210 named mountain ranges in Arizona.This list also includes mountain ranges that are mostly in New Mexico and Sonora, Mexico, that extend into Arizona.

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The list

The southeast of Arizona, with New Mexico, northwest Chihuahua and northeast Sonora contain insular sky island mountain ranges, (the Madrean Sky Islands), or smaller subranges in association. There are also numerous Sonoran Desert ranges, or Arizona transition zone ranges. Northern and northeast Arizona also has scattered ranges throughout.

Artillery Mountains above Alamo Lake
Harquahala Mountains in spring, 2009
Low clouds on the Mohawk Mountains
Navajo Mountain and Lake Powell, viewed from the north
Eagle Eye Arch in the New Water Mountains
Ocotillo below Lookout Mountain, Phoenix Mountains
A rock pillar (hoodoo) in the Santa Catalina Mountains
Misty morning in the Sierra Estrella
Wasson Peak in the Tucson Mountains
Meadow & cabin near Big Lake, White Mountains (Arizona)
  1. Aguas Caliente MountainsYuma County
  2. Agua Dulce MountainsPima County
  3. Aguila MountainsYuma County
  4. Ajo RangePima County
  5. Alvarez MountainsPima County
  6. Aquarius MountainsMohave County
  7. Artesa MountainsPima County
  8. Artillery MountainsMohave County
  9. Atascosa MountainsSanta Cruz County
  10. Baboquivari MountainsPima County
  11. Batamote MountainsPima County
  12. Bates MountainsPima County
  13. Beaver Dam MountainsMohave County
  14. Belmont MountainsMaricopa County
  15. Big Horn Mountains (Arizona)Maricopa County
  16. Big Lue MountainsGreenlee County
  17. Bill Williams MountainsMohave County
  18. Black Hills (Greenlee County)Greenlee County
  19. Black Hills (Yavapai County)Yavapai County
  20. Black Mesa (Arizona) -- (E. Navajo County & W. Apache County)
  21. Black Mountains (Arizona)Mohave County
  22. Black Mountains (Yavapai County)Yavapai County-(southwest county)
  23. Blackjack MountainsGila County
  24. Bradshaw MountainsYavapai County
  25. Brownell MountainsPima County
  26. Bryan MountainsYuma County
  27. Buck MountainsMohave County
  28. Buckhorn MountainsYavapai County
  29. Buckskin Mountains (Arizona)La Paz County
  30. Buckskin Mountains (Arizona-Utah)Coconino County -- (S. Kane County, Utah)
  31. Butler MountainsYuma County
  32. Cabeza Prieta MountainsYuma County
  33. Canelo HillsSanta Cruz County
  34. Carrizo MountainsApache County
  35. Casa Grande MountainsPinal County
  36. Castle MountainsPima County
  37. Castle Dome MountainsYuma County
  38. Cerbat MountainsMohave County
  39. Cerro Colorado MountainsPima County
  40. Chiricahua MountainsCochise County
  41. Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)La Paz County
  42. Chuska MountainsApache County
  43. Cimarron MountainsPima County
  44. Connell MountainsYavapai County
  45. Copper MountainsYuma County
  46. Cottonwood MountainsMohave County
  47. Coyote Mountains (Arizona)Pima County
  48. Crater RangeMaricopa County
  49. Crooked MountainsPima County
  50. Date Creek MountainsYavapai County
  51. Diablo Mountains (Arizona)Pima County
  52. Dome Rock MountainsLa Paz County
  53. Dos Cabezas MountainsCochise County
  54. Dragoon MountainsCochise County
  55. Dripping Spring MountainsPinal County
  56. Eagletail MountainsMaricopa County
  57. Empire MountainsPima County
  58. Gakolik MountainsPima County
  59. Galiuro MountainsGraham County -- (SE. Pinal County)
  60. Gila Bend MountainsMaricopa County
  61. Gila Mountains (Graham County)Graham County
  62. Gila Mountains (Yuma County)Yuma County
  63. Goldfield MountainsMaricopa County
  64. Granite Mountains (Arizona)Pima Countysee also: Granite Mountain (Arizona)-(Yavapai County)
    a separate "Granite Mountain" is in s. La Paz County
  65. Granite Wash MountainsLa Paz County
  66. Grayback MountainsYavapai County
  67. Growler MountainsPima County
  68. Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)Hidalgo County, NM - (Cochise County, AZ & Sonora, Mexico)
  69. Harcuvar MountainsNE. La Paz County -- (SW. Yavapai County)
  70. Harquahala MountainsE. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County)
  71. Hayes MountainsGila County
  72. Hieroglyphic MountainsN. Maricopa County -- (some in S. Yavapai County)
  73. Hobble MountainsCoconino County
  74. Huachuca MountainsCochise County
  75. Hualapai MountainsMohave County
  76. John the Baptist MountainsPima County
  77. Juniper MountainsYavapai County
  78. Kofa MountainsN. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County)
  79. La Lesna MountainsPima County
  80. Laguna Mountains (Arizona)Yuma County (see also: Laguna Mountains(Calif))
  81. Las Guijas MountainsPima County
  82. Little Ajo MountainsPima County
  83. Little Buckskin MountainsLa Paz County
  84. Little Dragoon MountainsCochise County
  85. Little Harquahala MountainsLa Paz County
  86. Little Horn MountainsS. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
  87. Little Rincon MountainsCochise County
  88. Lukachukai MountainsApache County
  89. Maricopa MountainsMaricopa County
  90. Mazatzal MountainsSoutheast Yavapai County -- (and N. Maricopa County, W. Gila County)
  91. McAllister RangeYavapai County
  92. McCloud MountainsYavapai County
  93. McCracken MountainsMohave County
  94. McDowell MountainsMaricopa County
  95. Mescal MountainsGila County
  96. Mesquite MountainsPima County
  97. Middle MountainsS. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
  98. Mineral Mountains, ArizonaPinal County
  99. Mingus Mountain, (= "Black Hills")Yavapai County
  100. Moccasin MountainsMohave County -- (S. Kane County, Utah)
  101. Mohave MountainsMohave County
  102. Mohawk MountainsYuma County
  103. Mohon MountainsYavapai County
  104. Moquith MountainsMohave County
  105. Muggins MountainsYuma County
  106. Mule MountainsCochise County
  107. Music MountainsMohave County
  108. Mustang MountainsSanta Cruz County
  109. Navajo Mountain, ArizonaCoconino County (mostly in Utah)
  110. Natanes MountainsGraham County
  111. New River MountainsYavapai County & Maricopa County
  112. New Water MountainsS. La Paz County -- (connected to Kofa Mountains, N. Yuma County)
  113. North Comobabi MountainsPima County
  114. Painted Rock MountainsMaricopa Count
  115. Pajarito MountainsSanta Cruz County
  116. Palo Verde MountainsPinal County
  117. Palomas MountainsYuma County
  118. Patagonia MountainsSanta Cruz County
  119. Peacock MountainsMohave County
  120. Pedrogosa MountainsCochise County
  121. Peloncillo Mountains (Cochise County)NE. Cochise County -- (SE. Graham County, S. Greenlee County)
    See also Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County), New Mexico, also a Madrean Sky Island
  122. Perilla MountainsCochise County
  123. Phoenix MountainsMaricopa County
  124. Picacho MountainsPinal County
  125. Pinal MountainsGila County
  126. Pinaleno MountainsGraham County
  127. Plomosa MountainsLa Paz County
  128. Poachie RangeSE. Mohave County -- (SW. Yavapai County, NE. La Paz County)
  129. Pozo Redondo MountainsPima County
  130. Pozo Verde MountainsPima County
  131. Puerto Blanco MountainsPima County
  132. Quijotoa MountainsPima County
  133. Quinlan MountainsPima County
  134. Rawhide MountainsMohave County
  135. Rincon MountainsPima County
  136. Roskruge MountainsPima County
  137. Sacaton MountainsPinal County
  138. Salt River Mountains
  139. Salt River Mountains (Gila County)Gila County
  140. San Cayento MountainsSanta Cruz County
  141. San Francisco MountainsGreenlee County
  142. San Francisco Mountains
  143. San Francisco Mountains (New Mexico)New Mexico & Greenlee County
  144. San Francisco PeaksCoconino County
  145. San Luis MountainsPima County
  146. San Tan Mountains, Arizona
  147. Santan MountainsPinal County
  148. Sand Tank MountainsMaricopa County
  149. Santa Catalina MountainsPima County
  150. Santa Maria MountainsYavapai County
  151. Santa Rita MountainsSanta Cruz County, Pima County
  152. Santa Rosa MountainsPima County
  153. Santa Teresa MountainsGraham County
  154. San Tan Mountains, Arizona
  155. Santan MountainsPinal County
  156. Sauceda MountainsPima County
  157. Sawmill MountainsMohave County
  158. Sawtooth MountainsPinal County
  159. Sevenmile MountainsGila County
  160. Sheridan MountainsPima County
  161. Sierra AnchaGila County
  162. Sierra AridaYuma County
  163. Sierra Blanca MountainsPima County
  164. Sierra de la LechuguillaYuma County
  165. Sierra de la NarizPima County
  166. Sierra de Santa RosaPima County
  167. Sierra EstrellaMaricopa County
  168. Sierra Madre OccidentalRegional Western Mexico - (extension of individual ranges, along entire United States-Mexico border)
  169. Sky island/ Madrean sky islands
  170. Sierra PintaYuma County
  171. Sierra PrietaYavapai County
  172. Sierrita MountainsPima County
  173. Sikort Chuapo MountainsPima County
  174. Silver Bell MountainsPima County
  175. Silver Reef MountainsPinal County
  176. Slate MountainsPinal County
  177. Sonoyta MountainsPima County
  178. South Comobabi MountainsPima County
  179. South Mountains (Arizona)Maricopa County
  180. Suizo MountainsPinal County
  181. Summit MountainsE. Greenlee County -- (W. Grant County, New Mexico)
  182. Superstition MountainsPinal County
  183. Swisshelm MountainsCochise County
  184. Table Top MountainsPinal County
  185. Tank MountainsYuma County
  186. Tat Momoli MountainsPinal County
  187. Tinajas Altas MountainsYuma County
  188. Tortilla MountainsPinal County
  189. Tortolita MountainsPima County, Pinal County
  190. Trigo MountainsLa Paz County
  191. Tucson MountainsPima County
  192. Tule MountainsYuma County
  193. Tumacacori MountainsSanta Cruz County
  194. Tunitcha MountainsApache County
  195. Uinkaret MountainsMohave County
  196. Usery MountainsMaricopa County
  197. Vekol MountainsPinal County
  198. Virgin MountainsN. Mohave County -- (E. Clark County, Nevada)
  199. Vulture MountainsMaricopa County
  200. Waterman MountainsPima County
  201. Weaver MountainsYavapai County
  202. West Silver Bell MountainsPima County
  203. Whetstone MountainsCochise County
  204. White Mountains (Arizona)Apache County
  205. White Tank MountainsMaricopa County
  206. Whitlock MountainsGraham County
  207. Wickenburg MountainsYavapai County
  208. Winchester MountainsN. Cochise County -- (they merge into S. Galiuro Mountains, Graham County)
  209. Yon Dot MountainsCoconino County

Associated regional landforms

Black Mesa west of Chilchinbito, Arizona.
Salt River Canyon
Sycamore Canyon, Arizona

Apache County

Buffalo Pass, Lukachukai Mountains

Cochise County

Coconino County

San Francisco Peaks from the east

Gila County

Sierra Ancha mountains

Graham County

Pinaleno Mountains from the west

Greenlee County

La Paz County

Maricopa County

Mazatzal Mountains viewed from the east, March 2010

Mohave County

Beaver Dam Mountains, January 2007
Boundary Cone and the Black Mountains (Arizona), viewed from about ~due-west (from Mohave Valley, in Lower Colorado River Valley)

Navajo County

Pima County

East face of Baboquivari Peak
Kitt Peak, the highpoint of the Quinlan Mountains, and the Kitt Peak National Observatory
RaggedTop in the Silver Bell Mountains

Pinal County

Santa Cruz County

Mustang Mountains

Yavapai County

Yuma County

Kofa Mountains

New Mexico

Mexico

Sonora

See also

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