Poachie Range
| Poachie Range | |
|---|---|
Alamo Lake
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Arrastra Mountain |
| Elevation | 4,807 ft (1,465 m) |
| Coordinates | 34°25′16″N 113°22′56″W / 34.4211304°N 113.3821463°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 28 mi (45 km) (E-W) |
| Width | 8 mi (13 km) |
| Geography | |
 Poachie Range
in Arizona |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Region | (southeast)-Mojave Desert (northwest)-Sonoran Desert |
| Districts | Mohave County AZ and Yavapai County AZ |
| Settlement | –Nothing, AZ |
| Range coordinates | 34°28′09″N 113°29′11″W / 34.4691844°N 113.4863171°WCoordinates: 34°28′09″N 113°29′11″W / 34.4691844°N 113.4863171°W |
| Borders on |
Rawhide Mountains-W Dutch Flat (Arizona)-NW (southeast)-Hualapai Mountains-NNW Black Mountains (Yavapai County)-SE Alamo Lake State Park-SW Buckskin Mtns–Butler Valley-S & SW U.S. Route 93 in Arizona-NE |
The Poachie Range is a moderate length mountain range and massif in southeast Mohave County, Arizona, and the extreme southwest corner of Yavapai County; the range also abuts the northeast corner of La Paz County. The Poachie Range massif is bordered by the south-flowing Big Sandy River on its west, and the west-flowing Santa Maria River on its south; both rivers converge at the Poachie Range's southwest at Alamo Lake, the Alamo Lake State Park.
From Alamo Lake, the (short) Bill Williams River flows due west for 35 mi to meet the Colorado River. The Bill Williams River is the de facto border between the Mojave Desert north and northwest; the Sonoran Desert is south and southeast. Across the south-flowing Colorado River to the west, is the massif of the Whipple Mountains at the northeast of the Sonoran Desert subsection named the Colorado Desert of southern California and bordered by the Colorado River.
The entire region south of the Poachie Range, and its two mountain ranges bordered westwards, the Rawhide and Bill Williams Mountains, and bordered on the Bill Williams River northern bank — is the Maria fold and thrust belt. The thrust belt is a geographic and geologic region at the convergence of these neighboring mountain ranges, rivers, the Alamo Lake, as well as other plains and valleys.
The Poachie Range is approximately 30 mi long slightly trending northwest by southeast, with no central ridgeline. Instead the range is made up of a central canyon draining southwest. The west-northwest contains a small canyon, and various peaks, three peaks west of the south-flowing Big Sandy River. Signal, Arizona with only umimproved road access is at the northwest foothills, about 10 mi from U.S. Route 93.
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