List of mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert
A List of mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert. Many of the mountains of southern Arizona are included, excluding the Madrean Sky Island ranges of southeast Arizona, extreme southwest New Mexico, or northeast Sonora, Mexico.
The Mojave Desert lies to the northwest; also in the northwest and west are mountain ranges of the lower elevation Colorado Desert, (west of the north-south section of the Colorado River of the Lower Colorado River Valley, in the southeast California deserts.)
Mountain ranges on the Baja California Peninsula east of the cordillera spine mountains are included. The middle section of the peninsula is the ; a few ranges are from the very south in Baja California Sur.
Alphabetical list[]
- Agua Caliente Mountains
- Belmont Mountains
- Big Maria Mountains
- Bryan Mountains
- Buckskin Mountains (Arizona)
- Bradshaw Mountains
- Cabeza Prieta Mountains
- Cargo Muchacho Mountains
- Castle Dome Mountains
- Chocolate Mountains
- Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)
- Chuckwalla Mountains
- Copper Mountains
- Dome Rock Mountains
- Gila Bend Mountains
- Gila Mountains (Yuma County)
- Goldfield Mountains
- Granite Wash Mountains
- Harcuvar Mountains–NE. La Paz County -- (SW. Yavapai County)
- Harquahala Mountains–E. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County)
- Hieroglyphic Mountains–Maricopa County -- (some in S. Yavapai County)
- Kofa Mountains–N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County)
- Laguna Mountains (Arizona)–Yuma County (see also: Laguna Mountains(Calif))
- Little Harquahala Mountains
- ( –S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County) )
- Little Maria Mountains
- Little Mule Mountains
- Maricopa Mountains
- ( Mazatzal Mountains–Southeast Yavapai County -- (and N. Maricopa, W. Gila County) )
- McCoy Mountains
- McDowell Mountains
- –S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- Mohawk Mountains
- Muggins Mountains
- Mule Mountains (California)
- New Water Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (connected to Kofa Mountains, N. Yuma County)
- Nopah Range
- Painted Rock Mountains
- Palomas Mountains
- Plomosa Mountains
- Phoenix Mountains
- Riverside Mountains
- Salt River Mountains
- Sierra Estrella
- Sierra Pinta
- Silver Bell Mountains
- Tank Mountains
- Tinajas Altas Mountains
- Trigo Mountains
- Tule Mountains
- Turtle Mountains (California)-(borders the Mojave Desert)
- –Maricopa County -- (See: .)
- Vulture Mountains
- Waterman Mountains
- West Silver Bell Mountains
- Whipple Mountains-(borders the Mojave Desert)
- White Tank Mountains
Colorado Desert, southeast Lower California[]
- Big Maria Mountains
- Cargo Muchacho Mountains
- Chocolate Mountains
- Chuckwalla Mountains
- Little Maria Mountains
- Little Mule Mountains
- McCoy Mountains
- Mule Mountains (California)
- Nopah Range
- Riverside Mountains
- Turtle Mountains (California)-(borders the Mojave Desert)
- Whipple Mountains-(borders the Mojave Desert)
Mountain ranges of Mexico[]
Baja California[]
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Baja California Sur[]
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Mountain ranges of the United States[]
La Paz County, Arizona[]
The mostly east-west flowing Bill Williams River forms the northern border of La Paz County, Arizona with Mohave County to the north. This is an approximate delimiting line between the Mojave Desert north and northwest, and to the Sonoran Desert to the south, east, and southeast. The Colorado Desert-(subsection of the Sonoran) lies across the Colorado River to the west, but intergrades into the higher elevation Mojave Desert northwestwards.
- Buckskin Mountains (Arizona)
- Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)
- Dome Rock Mountains
- Granite Wash Mountains
- Harcuvar Mountains–NE. La Paz County -- (SW. Yavapai County)
- Harquahala Mountains–E. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County)
- (Kofa Mountains–N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County) )
- Little Harquahala Mountains
- ( –S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County) )
- –S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- New Water Mountains
- Plomosa Mountains
- Trigo Mountains
Maricopa County, Arizona[]
- Belmont Mountains
- Gila Bend Mountains
- Goldfield Mountains
- ( Harquahala Mountains–E. La Paz County -- (W. Maricopa County) )
- Hieroglyphic Mountains–Maricopa County -- (some in S. Yavapai County)
- Maricopa Mountains
- ( Mazatzal Mountains–Southeast Yavapai County -- (and N. Maricopa, W. Gila County) )
- McDowell Mountains
- Painted Rock Mountains
- Phoenix Mountains
- Sierra Estrella
- Salt River Mountains
- –Maricopa County -- (See: .)
- Vulture Mountains
- White Tank Mountains
Pima County, Arizona[]
- Agua Dulce Mountains
- Ajo Range–Pima County
- –Pima County; See: Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
- Cerro Colorado Mountains( 4207 )
(on eastern border of Sonoran Desert region) - Coyote Mountains (Arizona)
- Granite Mountains (Arizona)–Pima County–see also: Granite Mountain (Arizona)-(Yavapai County)
a separate "Granite Mountain" is in s. La Paz County - Growler Mountains
- John the Baptist Mountains
- Las Guijas Mountains
- Little Ajo Mountains
- Mesquite Mountains
- Quinlan Mountains( 5014 )
(on eastern border of Sonoran Desert region-(northern extension of Baboquivari Mountains)) - San Luis Mountains( 5369 )
(on eastern border of Sonoran Desert region) - Sierrita Mountains
- Silver Bell Mountains
- Tortolita Mountains( 4652 )
(both in Madrean sky island region, and also on border of Sonoran Desert ranges-(northeast Madrean)) - Tucson Mountains
- Waterman Mountains
- West Silver Bell Mountains
On Eastern border of Sonoran Desert-(Madrean Sky Island)
- ( 7730 )Pima County; See: Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
(on eastern border of Sonoran Desert region-(separated from the major groups of mountains by the Altar Valley)
Pinal County, Arizona[]
- Mineral Mountains, Arizona
- Sacaton Mountains (Arizona)
- Tortolita Mountains( 4652 )
- West Silver Bell Mountains
Yavapai County, Arizona[]
- Bradshaw Mountains
- Harcuvar Mountains
- Hieroglyphic Mountains–Maricopa County -- (some in S. Yavapai County)
Yuma County, Arizona[]
- Agua Caliente Mountains
- Bryan Mountains
- Butler Mountains
- Cabeza Prieta Mountains
- Castle Dome Mountains
- Copper Mountains
- Gila Mountains (Yuma County)
- Kofa Mountains–N. Yuma County - (S. La Paz County)
- Laguna Mountains (Arizona)–Yuma County (see also: Laguna Mountains(Calif))
- ( –S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County) )
- –S. La Paz County -- (N. Yuma County)
- Mohawk Mountains
- Muggins Mountains
- ( New Water Mountains–S. La Paz County -- (connected to Kofa Mountains, N. Yuma County) )
- Palomas Mountains
- Sierra Pinta
- Tank Mountains
- Tinajas Altas Mountains
- Tule Mountains
See also[]
- List of Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges - Sonoran - Chihuahuan Deserts
- List of mountain ranges of Arizona
- Mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert
- Mountain ranges of Arizona
- Geography of Pima County, Arizona
- Mountain ranges of Pima County, Arizona