Date Creek Mountains
| Date Creek Mountains | |
|---|---|
 Date Creek Mountains
Date Creek Mountains
in Arizona |
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Tenderfoot Hill (Date Creek Mountains (east terminus)) |
| Elevation | 3,477 ft (1,060 m) |
| Coordinates | 34°10′38″N 112°51′33″W / 34.1772°N 112.8591°WCoordinates: 34°10′38″N 112°51′33″W / 34.1772°N 112.8591°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 13 mi (21 km) E-W |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Region | (northwest)-Sonoran Desert (Maria fold and thrust belt) |
| District | Yavapai County |
| Settlement | Congress, Arizona |
| Borders on |
Weaver Mountains-NE Vulture Mountains-SE Aguila Valley-S McMullen Valley-SW Butler Valley & Harcuvar Mtns-WSW Alamo Lake-W Maria fold and thrust belt– NW, W & SW |
The Date Creek Mountains are a short, arid range in southwest Yavapai County, Arizona. Congress is on its southeast foothills, and Wickenburg lies 15 mi (24 km) southeast.
The short range is only about 13 mi (21 km) long. The Date Creek Mountains are located in the western region of the Arizona transition zone on its southwest. It borders the lower elevation Sonoran Desert to the southwest, where U.S. Route 93 in Arizona travels northwest x southeast, from Phoenix, Arizona to Kingman, Arizona, a stretch called the Joshua Tree Highway; the Yucca brevifolia Joshua trees find their southeast range here, as does an extension southeast of the Mojave Desert.
The Date Creek Range is also on the northeast border of landforms creating the separation between the southeast Mojave and northwest Sonoran Deserts. The region is named the Maria fold and thrust belt but here, southwest of the Date Creek's is the northwest of the region where three-ranges, and two-intermontane-valleys line parallel in an arc-shape. At these parallel landforms' northeast is the basin draining north to Alamo Lake. The Date Creek's lie to the ENE, the Aguila Valley lies to the southeast. The Poachie Range massif and the Arrastra Mountain Wilderness anchor this basin to the north, and northwest of the Date Creek Mountains.
The highpoint of the range is on its southeast, Tenderfoot Hill, 3,477 feet (1,060 m).
The major mountain ranges that are thrusted northwesterly in the Maria fold and thrust belt region are, from north to south:
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