Hummingbird Springs Wilderness
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Location | Maricopa County, Arizona, USA |
Nearest city | Tonopah, AZ–Aguila, AZ |
Coordinates | 33°40′39″N 113°05′14″W / 33.67756°N 113.08736°WCoordinates: 33°40′39″N 113°05′14″W / 33.67756°N 113.08736°W |
Area | 31,200 acres (12,626 ha) |
Established | 1990 |
Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
The Hummingbird Springs Wilderness is a 31,200-acre (12,626 ha) wilderness administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The wilderness is located in the northwest of Maricopa County in northern regions of the central Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
The wilderness is located at the northwest end of the Belmont Mountains; the southwest border of the wilderness is the northeast border of the Big Horn Mountains Wilderness, of the ; this two-mountain region lies at the north and northwest of the small Tonopah Desert, a desert plains region. The northwest of both mountain ranges drain northwest into Tiger Wash, in the upper-central region of a southeast flowing Centennial Wash, a tributary to the Gila River in central, lower elevation desert Arizona.
Sugarloaf Mountain (Arizona) is the highest elevation of the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness and the Belmont Mountains at 3,418 feet (1,042 m).[1]
See also[]
- List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
References[]
- ^ Hummingbird Springs Wilderness, Arizona Wilderness Areas.
External links[]
- Hummingbird Springs Wilderness, ARIZONA WILDERNESS AREAS - PUBLIC LANDS
- Hummingbird Springs Wilderness, BLM
- Hummingbird Springs Wilderness, wilderness.net
- IUCN Category Ib
- Protected areas of Maricopa County, Arizona
- Wilderness Areas of Arizona
- Bureau of Land Management areas in Arizona
- Arizona geography stubs
- Western United States protected area stubs