The Gila Bend Mountains are a 35-mile (56 km) long mountain range of the north-central Sonoran Desert southwest of Phoenix, Arizona and in southwest Maricopa County.

Gila Bend Mountains
view looking west-northwest from the Maricopa Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Woolsey Peak
Elevation	3,170 ft (970 m)
Coordinates	33°10′02″N 112°53′08″W
Dimensions
Length	35 mi (56 km) E-W
Width	10 mi (16 km)
Geography
Gila Bend Mountains
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Region	Centennial Wash & Gila River (Painted Rock Reservoir) ((north-central)-Sonoran Desert)
District	Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Settlement	Gila Bend, Az–Arlington, AZ (Wintersburg, Az–Tonopah, AZ)

The Gila River of New Mexico and Arizona transects the entire state of Arizona, and the watershed covers about 65% of Arizona. The famous Gila Bend of the river changes the west-southwest flow to south-flowing, then back to west-flowing. Painted Rock Reservoir and the Dendora Valley are nestled at the south of the Gila Bend Mountains, the monolith which causes the diversion of the Gila Bend. Gila Bend, Arizona is located at the southeast of the bend, on Interstate 8.

Centennial Wash borders the north of the range and has its junction with the Gila River in the Arlington State Wildlife Area.

Peaks, and landforms

The highest elevation in the mountains is Woolsey Peak at 3,170 feet (966 m),[1] in the range's center-east. Two peaks are slightly west. In the north-center, Signal Peak, at 2,182 feet (665 m), anchors the center of the small Signal Mountain Wilderness. The peak south is Bunyan Peat at 2,410 feet (735 m). Bunyan and Woolsey Peak slightly east are part of the larger Woolsey Peak Wilderness. Bunyan Peak is located at 33.1142°N 112.9652°W / 33.1142; -112.9652. Woolsey Peak is located at 33.167266°N 112.9652°W / 33.167266; -112.9652 (Woolsey Peak).[2] The closest access town to Woolsey Peak is Arlington, Arizona.

See also

• List of mountain ranges of Maricopa County, Arizona

References

External links

• Media related to Gila Bend Mountains at Wikimedia Commons
• Bunyan Peak, trails.com (coordinates)
• Woolsey Peak, mountainzone.com (coordinates, (elevation)); list of trails