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South Mountain Park preserves in a natural state a mountainous area of 16,283 acres (65.89 km 2) or approximately 25.5 sq mi (66 km 2) of native desert vegetation. Originally called Phoenix Mountain Park, it was formed in 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge sold its initial 13,000 acres (53 km 2) to the city of Phoenix for $17,000. It has since ...
The Park Range, elevation approximately 3,712 metres (12,178 ft), [1] is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Colorado in the United States. [1] The range forms a relatively isolated part of the Continental Divide, extending north-to-south for approximately 170 kilometres (110 mi) [1] along the boundary between Jackson (east) and Routt counties.
The nearest higher neighbor is Alphabet Ridge, 0.94 mi (1.51 km) to the south, and Buckhorn Mountain rises 1.3 mi (2.1 km) to the north. [1] Precipitation runoff from Boulder Ridge drains east into headwaters of the Big Quilcene River , west into tributaries of Dungeness River , and south into Charlia Lakes, thence Tunnel Creek.
The Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge are adjacent to Disney's Wilderness Lodge, whose design is based on the National Park lodges of America's western states. The Vacation Club Villas are themed after the antecedent lodgings built by railroad workers in the late 19th century.
Lost Dutchman State Park is a 320-acre (129 ha) state park located in northwestern Pinal County, Arizona on the Apache Trail (State Route 88) north of Apache Junction, near the Superstition Mountains in central Arizona. It is named after the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, a famously lost gold mine legendary in the tales of the Old West.
The mountain range is home to the White Tank Mountain Regional Park and is a regional recreation hub. The range, often referred to simply as the White Tanks, is a moderate-sized mountain range whose peaks rise to an elevation around 4,000 feet (1,219 m). [ 1 ]
The Estrella Mountains or The Sierra Estrella (O'odham: Komaḍk, Maricopa: Vii Lyxa, Yavapai: Wi:kchasa) is a mountain range located southwest of Phoenix, Arizona.Much of the range falls within the Gila River Indian Reservation, but 14,400 acres (5,800 ha) of BLM land is protected as the Sierra Estrella Wilderness, and is also located near Goodyear, Arizona
It is weathered into spheroidal boulder columns and balanced rock formations. Jointing in the finer grained granite is smaller and proportional to grain size. The granitic half of Black Mountain tapers to a flat-topped peak that rises to a height just below that of the pointed, black phyllite peak of the western side.