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.

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

Associated regional landforms

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)

Pima County

East face of Baboquivari Peak
Kitt Peak, the highpoint of the Quinlan Mountains, and the Kitt Peak National Observatory

Pinal County

Santa Cruz County

Yavapai County

Yuma County

Kofa Mountains

New Mexico

Mexico

Sonora

See also

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