Belmont Mountains

Belmont Mountains
Belmont Mountains in Arizona
Highest point
Peak	Sugarloaf Mountain (Arizona)-(in northwest), Belmont Mountains
Elevation	3,418 ft (1,042 m)
Coordinates	33°40′39″N 113°05′14″W / 33.67756°N 113.08736°W / 33.67756; -113.08736
Dimensions
Length	25 mi (40 km) NW-SE
Width	8 mi (13 km)
Geography
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Region	(north-central)-Sonoran Desert
District	Maricopa County, AZ
Settlement	Aguila, AZ–Tonopah, AZ
Range coordinates	33°38′41″N 112°56′00″W / 33.64476°N 112.93324°W / 33.64476; -112.93324Coordinates: 33°38′41″N 112°56′00″W / 33.64476°N 112.93324°W / 33.64476; -112.93324
Borders on	-NE -SW Tonopah Desert-S

The Belmont Mountains are a 25 mi (40 km) long, arid, low elevation mountain range about 50 mi west of Phoenix, Arizona in the northern Sonoran Desert, north of the Gila River. The range is in the south of a region of two parallel washes; the Bouse Wash flows northwest to the Colorado River, and the Centennial Wash flows southeast to meet the Gila River.

Description[]

The Belmont Mountains are a northwest by southeast trending range, mostly of low hills; the range curves westwards at the west end. At the west, the range is partially connected to the to the southwest, and between the two ranges is the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness. The wilderness takes up much of the Belmont's northwest, and the northeast half of the Big Horn's. Most of the rest of the small Big Horn Mountains is the Big Horn Mountains Wilderness. Valleys border both mountain ranges, to the northeast, and the southwest.

The highest peak in the Belmont Mountains is Sugarloaf Mountain, at 3,418 feet (1,042 m),^[1] located at

33°40′39″N 113°05′14″W / 33.67756°N 113.08736°W; it is at the northeast of the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness.

The center of the range is at Belmont Mountain, located at

33°38′41″N 112°56′00″W / 33.644758°N 112.933236°W.^[2]

Access[]

The north of the Belmont Range can be reached from Aguila, Arizona, on U.S. Route 60 in Arizona. The south of the range can be reached from Interstate 10 in Arizona, near Tonopah.

References[]

^ Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas, p. 72-73.
^ Belmont Mountain Summit, mountainzone.com

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Belmont Mountains

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