North Central Arizona

North Central Arizona is a geographical region of Arizona. It is in the Transition Zone between the Basin and Range province and the Colorado Plateau, and has some of the most rugged and scenic landscapes in Arizona.

As part of the southern Colorado Plateau (Mogollon Plateau) it has an average elevation of 4,000-5,000 feet.

Physiographic Features

  • Mogollon Rim
  • San Francisco Volcanic Field
  • Humphrey's Peak, the highest peak in Arizona at 12,633 feet.
  • Barringer Crater (aka: Meteor Crater)
  • Mormon Lake
  • Oak Creek Canyon
  • Verde Valley
  • Mingus Mountain, (Black Hills (Arizona))
  • Verde Rim
  • Red Rock Country; see Sedona and Village of Oak Creek, Arizona
  • Bradshaw Mountains
  • Granite Mountain (Arizona)
  • Little Colorado River
  • Fossil Creek Canyon

National Monuments:

  • Wupatki
  • Sunset Crater
  • Walnut Canyon
  • Montezuma Castle
  • Tuzigoot

Arizona State Parks

  • Riordan Mansion
  • Slide Rock
  • Red Rock
  • Dead Horse Ranch
  • Jerome
  • Fort Verde
  • Tonto Natural Bridge

Cities/Towns:

  • Williams, Arizona
  • Flagstaff, Arizona
  • Sedona, Arizona
  • Village of Oak Creek, Arizona
  • Jerome, Arizona
  • Ash Fork, Arizona
  • Paulden, Arizona
  • Chino Valley, Arizona
  • Prescott, Arizona
  • Humboldt, Arizona
  • Dewey, Arizona
  • Mayer, Arizona
  • Cordes Lakes, Arizona
  • Cottonwood, Arizona
  • Camp Verde, Arizona
  • Clarkdale, Arizona
  • Cornville, Arizona
  • Lake Montezuma, Arizona
  • Payson, Arizona
  • Strawberry, Arizona
  • Pine, Arizona
  • Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona
  • Show Low, Arizona
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  • Arizona Strip
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  • Coconino Plateau
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  • Kaibab Plateau
  • Mogollon Plateau
  • Mogollon Rim
  • Mojave Desert
  • Monument Valley
  • North Central Arizona
  • Northeast Arizona
  • Northern Arizona
  • Oak Creek Canyon
  • Phoenix Metropolitan Area
  • Safford area
  • San Francisco Volcanic Field
  • Sonoran Desert
  • Southern Arizona
  • Verde Valley
  • White Mountains
Counties
  • Apache
  • Cochise
  • Coconino
  • Gila
  • Graham
  • Greenlee
  • La Paz
  • Maricopa
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Cities
  • Chandler
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  • Gilbert
  • Glendale
  • Kingman
  • Lake Havasu City
  • Mesa
  • Peoria
  • Phoenix
  • Prescott
  • Scottsdale
  • Sierra Vista
  • Tempe
  • Tucson
  • Yuma


Famous quotes containing the words north, central and/or arizona:

    “The pure products of America go crazy—mountain folk from Kentucky or the ribbed north end of Jersey with its isolate lakes and valleys, its deaf-mutes, thieves.”
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    “In a large university, there are as many deans and executive heads as there are schools and departments. Their relations to one another are intricate and periodic; in fact, “galaxy” is too loose a term: it is a planetarium of deans with the President of the University as a central sun. One can see eclipses, inner systems, and oppositions.”
    —Jacques Barzun (b. 1907)

    “Desert rains are usually so definitely demarked that the story of the man who washed his hands in the edge of an Arizona thunder shower without wetting his cuffs seems almost credible.”
    —Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)