Harcuvar Mountains

Harcuvar Mountains
Harcuvar Mountains Harcuvar Mountains, (La Paz & southwest Yavapai Counties), in Arizona
Highest point
Peak	Smith Peak (Arizona)
Elevation	5,242 ft (1,598 m)
Coordinates	33°56′30″N 113°35′03″W / 33.9416943°N 113.5840954°W / 33.9416943; -113.5840954
Dimensions
Length	25 mi (40 km) SW-NE
Width	5 mi (8.0 km)
Geography
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Region	Maria fold and thrust belt ((northwest)-Sonoran Desert)
Districts	La Paz County, AZ and Yavapai County, AZ
Settlement	Wenden, Arizona–Salome, Arizona-(SW) Vicksburg, Harcuvar & Aguila, AZ-(SW & SE)
Borders on	Buckskin Mtns–Butler Valley-NW McMullen Valley–Harquahala Mtns-SE

The Harcuvar Mountains are a narrow mountain range in western-central Arizona, USA. The range lies just east of the north-south Colorado River, and south of the east-west, west-flowing Bill Williams River, from Alamo Lake.

The range is part of a three-range sequence of mildly arc-shaped ranges, and two intermountain range valleys in the Maria fold and thrust belt, a region in western-central 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 range is a narrow range about 25 mi long, and 5 mi wide, and trends southwest to northeast. The McMullen Valley is the southeast border of the range, and is traversed by U.S. Route 60.

Four peaks are found in the range; the highest peak is Smith Peak (Arizona), 5,242 feet (1,598 m) in the northeast, but not easily accessible by road. In the southwest, is Harcuvar Peak, at 4,618 feet (1,408 m), accessible by unimproved road, via Cottonwood Pass. Two other peaks lie in the center of the range; one lies adjacent and north of Cunningham Pass, called ECC Peak, at 3,000 feet (914 m), and further northeast, ECP Peak, at 4,593 feet (1,400 m).

One of the more important aspects of the Harcuvar Mountains is the major, and southern access route to Alamo Lake State Park approximately 30 miles (48 km) upriver on the Bill Williams River. The access road is the southern access to the lake, about 30 miles of unimproved road. It begins at Wenden, Arizona and immediately climbs through the Harcuvars to Cunningham Pass. Another 24 miles traverses the Butler Valley's northeast, and the flatlands northeast of the Buckskin Mountains.

The entire southeast perimeter of the Harcuvar Mountains borders the McMullen Valley, with U.S Route 80. The series of communities starting at the southwest are Vicksburg, Hope, & Harcuvar, (also located south of a small range, the Granite Wash Mountains), then Salome, Wenden, and lastly after a 26 miles (42 km) straight stretch, Aguila. At Aquila roads connect either northeast, or east to U.S. Route 93, the road to Kingman–Phoenix