West-bank, East-bank wilderness areas
The numbered Mountain ranges abut the Colorado River proper, and are somewhat arbitrary. (Though the river flows north to south, a few ranges are East–West, or Northwest–Southeast, per the original Basin and Range faulting.)
List of Wilderness Areas at top and bottom of lists.
- (- I -) Eldorado Wilderness, (Nevada)
- (- II -) North McCullough Wilderness, (Nevada)
- (- III -) Spirit Mountain Wilderness, (Nevada)
- (- IV -) Mojave National Preserve
- (- V -) Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
- (- VI -) Dead Mountains Wilderness
- (- VII -) Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness
- (- VIII -) Whipple Mountains Wilderness
- (- IX -) Turtle Mountains Wilderness
- West Bank–Colorado Riv.
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- (Boulder City, Nevada)
- 1–El Dorado Mountains–Nevada
- El Dorado Canyon, (Nelson, Nev.)
- 2–Newberry Mountains (Nevada)
- Pyramid Canyon
- 3–Piute Range–Calif/Nevada
- New York Mountains-(Mojave National Preserve)–Calif/Nevada
- ..
- Turtle Mountains4–Sacramento Mountains (California)
- Turtle Mountains,5–-Whipple Mountains
- Turtle Mountains,5.5–Nopah Range-Vidal Valley
- ..
- 6–Riverside Mountains
- Sand dunes,--Rice Valley
- Big Maria Mountains
- Little Maria Mountains,7–Big Maria Mountains
- 8–McCoy Mountains
- Palo Verde Valley
- 9–Mule Mountains (California)
- ..
- ..
- 10–Chuckwalla Mountains
- 11–Chocolate Mountains
- ...
- ..
- 13–Cargo Muchacho Mountains
- Indian Pass Wilderness
- Little Picacho Wilderness
- ..
- ..
- Colorado Desert–W. Sonoran Des.
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- West Bank–Colorado Riv.
- (- X -) Riverside Mountains Wilderness
- (- XI -) Rice Valley Wilderness
- (- XII -) Big Maria Mountains Wilderness
- (- XIII -) Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness
- (- IX -) Indian Pass Wilderness
- (- X -) Picacho Peak Wilderness
- (- XI -) Little Picacho Wilderness
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- (- I -) Mount Wilson Wilderness
- (- II -) Mount Tipton Wilderness
- (- III -) Wabayuma Peak Wilderness
- (- IV -) Mount Nutt Wilderness
- (- V -) Warm Springs Wilderness
- (- VI -) Havasu Lake
- (- VII -) Aubrey Peak Wilderness
- (- VIII -) Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
- (- IX -) Swansea Wilderness
- (- X -) Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- East Bank–Colorado Riv.
- Lake Mead
- Black Mtns: Mount Wilson (5445 ft)
- Detrital Plain, White Hills
- 1–Black Mountains, Cerbat Mountains
- 2–Black Mesa (western Arizona), Hualapai Mountains
- Mohave Valley, 2.5–Black Mesa (western Arizona)
- 3–Mohave Mountains
- Dutch Flat, McCracken Mountains, Poachie Range
- Rawhide Mountains
- 4–Buckskin Mountains
- La Posa Plain, Plomosa Mountains
- 5–Dome Rock Mountains, Harcuvar Mountains
- Kofa Mountains
- Castle Dome Mountains
- 6–Trigo Mountains, Chocolate Mountains (Arizona)
- Yuma Proving Ground
- Laguna Mountains (Arizona)7–Muggins Mountains
- Laguna Mountains (Arizona)
- 8–Gila Mountains (Yuma County), Tinajas Altas Mountains, Lechuguilla Desert
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- East Bank–Colorado Riv.
- (- XI -) Aubrey Peak Wilderness
- (- XII -) Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
- (- XIII -) Swansea Wilderness
- (- X -) Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- Bill Williams River
- (- xx -) Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- (- xx -) Swansea Wilderness
- (- XIV -) Gibralter Mountain Wilderness
- (- XV -) EastCactus PlainWilderness
- (- XVI -) New Water Mountains Wilderness//Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
- (- XVII -) Trigo Mountains Wilderness
- (- XVIII -) Muggins Mountains Wilderness
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The western route parallelling the Colorado River, covers more plains, of the Colorado Desert/Mojave Desert, rising to, and down from various mountain passes, (for example south of Needles, California(the Sacramento Mountains (California)), or Searchlight, Nevada). Washes-(no rivers), drain from the west into the Lower Colorado River, south from Lake Mead-Hoover Dam.
External links
- Northern Arizona:Wilderness.net--
- Southern Arizona: Wilderness.net--
- Southeast California:Wilderness.net--