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Ajo Range, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Artillery Mountains above Alamo Lake Dragoon Mountains View of the Galiuro Mountains from San Manuel, Arizona Harquahala Mountains in spring, 2009 McDowell Mountains at sunset Low clouds on the Mohawk Mountains Navajo Mountain and Lake Powell, viewed from the north Eagle Eye Arch in the New Water ...
Brittlebush blooming near the base of Piestewa Peak. The nearly 1.7 billion year (1.7 Gya) history of the formation of the Phoenix Mountains is defined by distinctive episodes intensive submarine volcanism and orogeny in the Proterozoic, erosion in the Mesozoic, and lastly, Basin and Range development.
Sand Tank Mountains–Maricopa County; Sierra Estrella–Maricopa County; Salt River Mountains–Maricopa County; South Mountains (Arizona)–Maricopa County; Usery Mountains–Maricopa County -- (See: Usery Mountain Recreation Area.) Vulture Mountains–Maricopa County; White Tank Mountains–Maricopa County; Wickenburg Mountains–Southern ...
McDowell Mountains at dusk. The McDowell Mountain Range (Yavapai: Wi:kajasa) is located about twenty miles north-east of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and may be seen from most places throughout the city. The range is composed of miocene deposits left nearly five million years ago.
The Superstition Mountains (Yavapai: Wi:kchsawa) is a range of mountains in Arizona located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area. They are anchored by Superstition Mountain , a large mountain that is a popular recreation destination for residents of the Phoenix, Arizona , area.
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Arizona, ordered by height. Entries in bold indicate the peak is the highest point in its respective county . Entries with a † indicate the peak has a low topographic prominence and may be considered a subpeak to a higher nearby summit.