White Hills (Arizona)

White Hills (Arizona)

White Hills-(north & central regions) at photo right (bright WHITE), adjacent Lake Mead
(expandable photo)
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.)
Highest point
Peak Table Mountain (Arizona) (south, near terminus)
Elevation 5,175 ft (1,577 m)
Dimensions
Length 28 mi (45 km) N-S
Width 11 mi (18 km) E-W (variable)
Geography

White Hills (Arizona)
in (northwest)-Arizona

Country United States
State Arizona
Region (east)-Mojave Desert
County Mohave
Communities White Hills, Arizona, Temple Bar, Arizona and Dolan Springs, Arizona
Range coordinates 35°53′16″N 114°21′06″W / 35.8878°N 114.3517°W / 35.8878; -114.3517Coordinates: 35°53′16″N 114°21′06″W / 35.8878°N 114.3517°W / 35.8878; -114.3517
Borders on Lake Mead & Recreation Area-N
Grapevine Mesa-NNE
Hualapai Valley-E & SE
Cerbat Mountains &
Mount Tipton Wilderness-SSE
Detrital Valley-SW, W, & NW
Black Mountains (Arizona)-W (north region)

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.[1] The north region of the White Hills is located in Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

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).[2]

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.[3]:84

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