White Hills (Arizona)

The White Hills are a range of hills in northern Mohave County, Arizona. These hills lie north of the Cerbat Mountains and extend south from the Colorado River at Lake Mead between the Detrital Valley to the west and the Gold Basin and the upper Hualapai Valley to the east.[2] The north region of the White Hills is located in Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

White Hills (Arizona)
White Hills-(north & central regions) at photo right (bright WHITE), adjacent Lake Mead[1]
Highest point
PeakTable Mountain (Arizona), south, near terminus
Elevation5,175 ft (1,577 m)
Coordinates35°53′16″N 114°21′06″W 
Dimensions
Length28 mi (45 km) N-S
Width11 mi (18 km) E-W (variable)
Geography
White Hills (Arizona)
White Hills in (northwest)-Arizona
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
RegionMojave Desert
CountyMohave
CommunitiesWhite Hills, Arizona, Temple Bar, Arizona and Dolan Springs, Arizona
Borders onLake Mead, Colorado River, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Grapevine Mesa, Hualapai Valley, Cerbat Mountains, Mount Tipton Wilderness, Detrital Valley and Black Mountains (Arizona)

The White Hills occur in a north, central, and south region. The approximate mountain range center is slightly northeast of White Hills, Arizona, the Senator Mountain, 5,127 feet (1,563 m).[3]

History

The west side of the White Hills were the site of a gold rush in 1892. It resulted in the establishment of the boomtown of White Hills, in Arizona Territory, twenty miles east of the steamboat landing at Eldorado Canyon.[4]:84

References
  1. Note: The white section is only the northwest of the range; directly east is half of a dark black terrain, northeast range section. (photo-width of lake ~36-mi; mtn. range width at north, ~16-mi.)
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Hills
  3. Senator Mountain, topozone.com
  4. Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978


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