Geography
The range stretches approximately 25 miles (40 km) in an east-west direction, and reaches an elevation of 2,695 feet (821 m) at Savahia Peak at the western end. The Whipple Mountains are home to many mines including the Independence Mine and Bessie Mine. The range lies in the Colorado Desert, the northwestern section of the Sonoran Desert, and in the Lower Colorado River Valley region. The Turtle Mountains are to the west, the Mopah Range adjacent on the south, and the Chemehuevi Mountains upriver to the north. Whipple Peak is the highest point in the range at an elevation of 4,131 ft; it lies west of the range's center, and Whipple Wash flows northeast from the peak.
The following United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5' Quadrangle maps provide coverage of the Whipple Mountains:
- Gene Wash
- Havasu Lake
- Lake Havasu City South
- Parker
- Parker NW
- Savahia Peak
- Whipple Mountains SW
- Whipple Wash
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