| Warm Springs Wilderness | |
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 Sitgreaves Pass | |
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| Location | Mohave County, Arizona |
| Nearest city | Oatman, AZ–Yucca, AZ (Kingman,Bullhead City,Needles, CA) |
| Coordinates | 34°53.80′N114°18.48′W / 34.89667°N 114.30800°W /34.89667; -114.30800 |
| Area | 112,400-acre (45,500 ha) |
| Established | 1990 |
The 112,400-acre (45,500 ha)[1]Warm Springs Wilderness makes up the entirety of theBlack Mesa (western Arizona) and parts of the surrounding foothills, washes,alluvial fans, and valleys. The Black Mesa is the southernmost section of theBlack Mountains of westernMohave County, in northwestArizona. The region is in the east and southeast of theMojave Desert of Arizona, southernNevada, andCalifornia.
The wilderness is 30 miles (48 km) southwest ofKingman, Arizona and 10 mi (16 km) east ofMohave Valley, Arizona andNeedles, California.Oatman, AZ lies on its northwest perimeter, adjacent to theBoundary Cone landmark;Yucca, AZ is on its east in the south-centralSacramento Valley onInterstate 40 in Arizona which traverses due-south from Kingman, then turns due west of the Black Mesa and Warm Springs Wilderness perimeter to meet Needles, California, on theColorado River.
The wilderness is one of the many wilderness areas located in theLower Colorado River Valley. TheMount Nutt Wilderness is adjacent north across Sitgreaves Pass, just east of Oatman.
The wilderness covers the 10 mi long mesa,[2] the stretch of the southern Black Mountains, about 3,600 feet (1,097 m) in elevation,[3] and the mesa is bisected by a central southwest-flowing wash, a tributary of theSacramento Wash, that flows intoTopock Marsh at the Colorado River.
The wilderness has volcanic plugs to the north in the Mount Nutt Wilderness. One example offset on the Warm Springs border northwest, 4 mi (6.4 km)4 mi south ofOatman, Arizona isBoundary Cone, a major landmark inMohave Valley's northeast.
The various springs located on the mesa's perimeter are highest in water volume following wet winters, or periods of high summermonsoonal weather.
One of the major fauna elements is theDesert Bighorn Sheep.
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