The Painted Rocks Mountains are a short 15-mile (24 km) long mountain range of the north-central Sonoran Desert southwest of Phoenix, Arizona and in southwest Maricopa County. The Gila River flows through the central-north end of the range.

Painted Rock Mountains
Petroglyph site at north end of mountain range.
Highest point
Peak	Unnamed
Elevation	1,512 ft (461 m)
Coordinates	32°59′23″N 113°01′19″W[1]
Dimensions
Length	35 mi (56 km) E-W
Width	10 mi (16 km)
Geography
Painted Rock Mountains
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Region	Painted Rock Reservoir & Lower Gila River Valley ((north-central)-Sonoran Desert)
County	Maricopa County
Town	Gila Bend, AZ

The famous Painted Rock Petroglyph Site lies at the northeast end of the range, adjacent the Painted Rock Reservoir, and the reservoir lies at the eastern end of the agricultural river valley that is locally names as the Lower Gila River Valley, extending approximately from the Colorado River at Yuma to the west and the reservoir at the east. The Gila River crosses all of southern Arizona from southwest New Mexico, and is the drainage for about 1/2 of Arizona (the south).

Peaks, and landforms

The highest elevation in the mountains is "unnamed" at 1,512 feet (461 m),[2] and is located at the central and east region of the range. (The range has many northwest-by-southeast ridgelines.)

See also

• List of mountain ranges of Maricopa County, Arizona

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Painted Rock Mountains.

• Painted Rocks Mountains, Peakbagger.com (coordinates)