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The Hualapai Mountains are a mountain range located in Mohave County, east of Kingman, Arizona.Rising up to 8,417 feet at its highest peak, [1] the higher elevations of the Hualapai Mountains support Madrean Sky Island habitats, and are host to a plethora of unique flora and fauna in a wide range of microclimates, high above the surrounding Mojave Desert.
The Hualapai (/ ˈ w ɑː l ɑː p aɪ / WAH-lah-py, Walapai: Hwalbáy [1]) are a federally recognized Native American tribe in Arizona with about 2300 enrolled citizens. Approximately 1353 enrolled citizens reside on the Hualapai Reservation, which spans over three counties in Northern Arizona ( Coconino , Yavapai , and Mohave ).
Pine Lake is located in central Mohave County at (35.088699, −113.873928), on the east side of the Hualapai Mountains. It is 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Kingman, the county seat, via Hualapai Mountain Road. The community is bordered on the west, south, and east by Hualapai Mountain Park, managed by Mohave County.
Hualapai Valley is an endorheic basin and its watershed terminates in the dry lake or playa called Red Lake at an elevation of 2762 feet. [2] It is bounded on the east by the Grand Wash Cliffs and Peacock Mountains, on the south by the Hualapai Mountains, on the west by the Cerbat Mountains and the White Hills.
The southeast of Arizona, with New Mexico, northwest Chihuahua and northeast Sonora contain insular sky island mountain ranges, (the Madrean Sky Islands), or smaller subranges in association. There are also numerous Sonoran Desert ranges, or Arizona transition zone ranges. Northern and northeast Arizona also has scattered ranges throughout.
Hualapai Peak is a 8,417-foot (2,566 m) mountain summit in Mohave County, Arizona and is the highest point of the Hualapai Mountains. [1] It is located about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Kingman in Hualapai Mountain County Park. Picture taken of the surrounding landscape from near the summit of Hualapai Peak in Arizona.
The town has the Hualapai Lodge, a motel and a small grocery market with fuel. It is an access point to Hualapai Hilltop, 67 miles (108 km) to the northeast, which is the trailhead from which hikers descend an 8-mile (13 km) trail, with a drop of 2,004 feet (611 m), to the town of Supai, [7] from which Havasu Falls and other waterfalls can be visited.
Valentine is located on Arizona State Route 66 (former U.S. Route 66) 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Kingman. The majority of Valentine is located in a geographically isolated exclave of the Hualapai Reservation and the rest of the community is located in unincorporated Mohave County .