The Cerbat Mountains ( Walapai : Ha'emede ) is a mountain range in Mohave County in northwest Arizona immediately north of Kingman . The Cerbat Mountains and the White Hills (Arizona) adjacent north, are the dividing ranges between the Detrital Valley west, and the Hualapai Valley east.
6-499: It is a 23 mi long range trending slightly northwest–southeast. It lies directly east of the 130-mile long Black Mountains range and is separated by the Sacramento Valley bordering southwest of Kingman through which Interstate 40 turns south and west to meet Needles , California; the long Detrital Valley and plains drains northwest of the mountains into southern Lake Mead . A series of peaks can be found towards
12-543: A large copper and turquoise mine, is located in the Cerbat Mountains 14 miles northwest of Kingman, Arizona . Black Mountains (Arizona) The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending 75 miles (121 km) long mountain range . It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River from Hoover Dam . The northwest and part of
18-475: The Sacramento Valley (Arizona) southeast. The Cerbat Mountains border eastwards. Mount Perkins, in the center-north of the range, is located at 35°34′12″N 114°30′31″W / 35.56999°N 114.50858°W / 35.56999; -114.50858 ( Mount Perkins ) . The Black Mountains are in four watersheds. The north and northeast contain the Lake Mead Watershed , and
24-569: The Detrital Valley northeast. The southern end of the range with the two wilderness areas is a larger block and the Warm Springs Wilderness is made of a mountain section called Black Mesa, separated from the north section by Sitgreaves Pass , on the route to Oatman, Arizona. The high point of the range is Mount Perkins at 5,456 feet (1,663 m), located west of the water divide of the Detrital Valley northeast, and
30-517: The southern end of the range, including Packsaddle Mountain at 6,431 feet (1,960 m), and Cherum Peak at 6,983 feet (2,128 m). The northern section of the Cerbat Mountains is composed mostly of the Mount Tipton Wilderness , with Mount Tipton being its peak at 7,148 feet (2,179 m). The Dolan Springs community is at the base of the wilderness on the northwestern side of the Cerbat Mountains. The Mineral Park mine ,
36-558: The western areas of the range are located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area . Three wilderness areas are within the range. The historic mining site of Oatman , 4 miles north of Boundary Cone , is nestled in the southern portion of the range between the Mount Nutt and Warm Springs wildernesses. The mountain range is generally 10-15 mi wide, narrower in the north, and west of
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