Vulture Mountains
| Vulture Mountains | |
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Vulture Mountain and caves in the Vulture Mine area.
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Vulture Peak (Arizona) |
| Elevation | 3,658 ft (1,115 m) |
| Coordinates | 33°52′44″N 112°47′42″W / 33.87889°N 112.79500°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 29 mi (47 km) E-W |
| Geography | |
 Vulture Mountains
in Arizona |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Region | (central, north-northwest perimeter)- Sonoran Desert |
| County | Maricopa |
| Communities | Wickenburg, Aguila and Morristown |
| Range coordinates | 33°52′44″N 112°47′42″W / 33.8789°N 112.795°WCoordinates: 33°52′44″N 112°47′42″W / 33.8789°N 112.795°W |
| Borders on |
Harquahala Mountains-W Aguila Valley-WNW & NW Wickenburg, AZ-NE Hassayampa River-NE & E Hassayampa Plain-S & SE |
The Vulture Mountains is a 29-mile (47 km) long, arid, low-elevation mountain range located in northwest Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is in the north perimeter region of the Sonoran Desert. The Arizona transition zone mountain ranges lie north and northeast, just north of Wickenburg, Arizona. The Yarnell Hill, about 14 miles (23 km) north of Wickenburg, rising into the Weaver Mountains to Yarnell, marks the dramatic elevation rise from the desert. It is also a viewpoint southwest and southeast of the desert regions, including the Vulture Mountains.
The Vulture Mountains are about 29 miles (47 km) long, and east of center, about 13 miles (21 km) wide; the range is somewhat crescent shaped, mainly trending east–west, and narrowing westwards. The northeast is followed by the course of a southeast stretch of the Hassayampa River; the river turns due-south west of Morristown, on US 60, making the east terminus of the range about 7 mi wide, at the rivers floodplain. The Hassayampa enters the north of the Hassayampa Plain, so a small river canyon region lies at the Vulture Mountain's northeast, with the Wickenburg Mountains northeast, and the Hieroglyphic Mountains east.
The high point of the range is Vulture Peak, (3,658 feet (1,115 m)), at the center east of the range. Another major peak anchors the west region of the range, Black Butte, at 3,612 feet (1,101 m)).
The major access to the north and east foothills of the Vulture Mountains is by way of U.S. Route 60. The route traverses from Aguila at the northwest, Wickenburg at the northeast, and a southeast stretch at the mountains northeast, with the route paralleling the Hassayampa River.
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