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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. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Bear Mountain is located eight miles northwest of Sedona in the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, on land managed by Coconino National Forest. [2] The nearest higher neighbor is Lost Mountain one mile (1.6 km) to the north. [2] Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into the Oak Creek watershed. [3]
Capitol Butte is located three miles immediately northwest of Sedona in the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, on land managed by Coconino National Forest.The nearest higher neighbor is Lost Wilson Mountain 3.1 miles (5 km) to the north-northeast.
Wilson Mountain is located three miles north of Sedona in the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, on land managed by Coconino National Forest. It is the highest peak in Sedona, [4] and second-highest in the wilderness. [1] Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains to Oak Creek which is part of the Verde River watershed. [3]
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.
Sedona is located in the interior chaparral, semi-desert grassland, Great Basin conifer woodland biomes of northern Arizona. [17] Sedona has mild winters and warm summers. [18] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.2 square miles (49.7 km 2) of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.22%, is water. [3]
Oak Creek, a tributary of the Verde River, flows along the bottom of the canyon, and is one of the few perennial streams in the high desert region of northern Arizona. Oak Creek is largely responsible for carving the modern Oak Creek Canyon, although movement along the Oak Creek Fault, a 30-mile (48 km) long north–south normal fault line, is thought to have played a role as well.
House Mountain is a shield volcano located in the U.S. state of Arizona located between the Sedona Red Rock Country and the Verde Valley in the Coconino National Forest.House Mountain erupted approximately 13–15 million years ago on the edge of where the Mogollon Rim stood at that time.