Buckskin Mountains
| Buckskin Mountains (Arizona) | |
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(View south)
At photo left: Buckskin Mountains (Arizona) and Castle Rock (Arizona) formation in the Buckskins, west-southwest region. Large massif at photo bottom, is the Whipple Mountains. |
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Battleship Peak |
| Elevation | 2,569 ft (783 m) |
| Coordinates | 34°04′28″N 113°48′29″W / 34.074467°N 113.808027°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 30 mi (48 km) E-W & (SW x NE) |
| Geography | |
 Buckskin Mountains in Arizona
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| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Regions |
Maria fold and thrust belt ((northwest)-Sonoran Desert) ((southeast border)-Mojave Desert) |
| County | La Paz |
| Communities | Bouse, AZ and Parker Dam, CA |
| Range coordinates | 34°10′12″N 113°50′46″W / 34.17000°N 113.84611°WCoordinates: 34°10′12″N 113°50′46″W / 34.17000°N 113.84611°W |
| Borders on |
Bill Williams & Rawhide Mountains-N Bill Williams River-N Butler Valley–Harcuvar Mountains-SE Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness-W Buckskin Mountain State Park-W Alamo Lake State Park-NE |
The Buckskin Mountains, of Arizona, are a mountain range in west-central Arizona, USA. The range lies just east of the north-south Colorado River, and borders south of the east-west, west-flowing Bill Williams River.
The range is part of a three-range sequence of mildly arc-shaped ranges, and two intermountain valleys in the Maria fold and thrust belt, a region in western Arizona and southeast Southern California, with the Colorado River flowing south through the western part of the belt. The fold-and-thrust-belt region contains numerous plains, valleys, and mountain ranges, about 30 landforms in all.
The Buckskin Mountains also extend west into a section abutting the Colorado River. Buckskin Mountain State Park borders the south of the Bill Williams River.
The southeast section of the Buckskin Mountains are part of a three-mountain range thrust-faulted system, with the Harcuvar and Harquahala Mountains. The highest peak in the section is Battleship Peak, 2,569 feet (783 m), at the southwest end, and directly northeast of Bouse in the Ranegras Plain, and the Bouse Wash Drainage.
The west end of the mountains abut the north-south Colorado River. Located here is the Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness, with Gibraltar Mountain, at 1,566 feet (477 m).
The entire north perimeter of the range is the Bill Williams River. Buckskin Mountain State Park is at its confluence in the northwest at the Colorado River. Abutting the Bill Williams in the center is the Swansea Wilderness; the northeast contains the Rawhide Mountains Wilderness on both sides of the river. The northeast of the range borders Alamo Lake State Park-(Alamo Lake), which also borders the Rawhide Mountains on the lake's northwest.
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