San Simon Valley
| San Simon Valley | |
| Valley | |
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| Country | United States |
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| States | Arizona, New Mexico |
| Borders on | San Simon, AZ–Peloncillo Mountains-NE Dos Cabezas Mtns–Chiricahua Mtns-W & SW Bowie, Arizona-NW Road Forks, NM–Lordsburg-E Rodeo, NM-S |
| Highest point | |
| - coordinates | 31°39′36″N 109°16′59″W / 31.66000°N 109.28306°W |
| Lowest point | near Solomon, Arizona where San Simon River enters the Gila Valley |
| - elevation | 2,982 ft (909 m) |
| - coordinates | 32°48′06″N 109°37′58″W / 32.80167°N 109.63278°W |
| Length | 65 mi (105 km), NW x SE |
| Width | 20 mi (32 km) |
The San Simon Valley is a broad valley east of the Chiricahua Mountains, in the northeast corner of Cochise County, Arizona and southeastern Graham County, with a small portion near Antelope Pass in Hidalgo County of southwestern New Mexico. The valley trends generally north-south but in its northern portion trends northwest-southeast. The San Simon Valley separates the Chiricahua Mountains, Dos Cabezas Mountains and Pinaleno Mountains on the west from the Peloncillo Mountains and the smaller Whitlock Mountains to the east.
The foot of the valley is at the northern end where the ephemeral San Simon River, that flows northwest through the valley to Safford in Graham County, enters the Gila River. At its southern end the valley merges into the separate San Bernardino Valley which trends southwest-northeast. The head of the valley, 31°39′36″N 109°16′59″W / 31.66000°N 109.28306°W, is at the junction of the two valleys, along the divide between the south side of Rustler Canyon Creek watershed and Pasamore Crater just south of the town of Apache.
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