Little Harquahala Mountains

Little Harquahala Mountains
Little Harquahala Mountains is located in Arizona
Little Harquahala Mountains
Little Harquahala Mountains
Highest point
PeakMartin Peak
Elevation2,333 ft (711 m)
Dimensions
Length13 mi (21 km) NW-SE
Width6 mi (9.7 km)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
RegionsMaria fold and thrust belt and Sonoran Desert
CountyLa Paz
SettlementsSalome, Harcuvar and Hope
Range coordinates33°41′21″N 113°36′09″W / 33.6893°N 113.6026°W / 33.6893; -113.6026
Borders onCentennial Wash and Bouse Wash

The Little Harquahala Mountains are a small, arid, low-elevation mountain range of western-central Arizona, in southeastern La Paz County.

The range is northwest-by-southeast-trending and is in a region of about thirty landforms, plains, valleys, and mountain ranges called the Maria fold and thrust belt. The region is in the Basin and Range and three mountain ranges are in a parallel, northwest-by-southeast-trending thrust belt, with two intervening valleys. The Little Harquahala Range borders the second valley and third mountain range, the McMullen Valley and Harquahala Mountains, on their southwest borders.

The range is a section of a water divide for tributaries to two river watersheds on the Gila and Colorado Rivers. An even smaller range is connected north on the water divide, the 8-mile (13 km) long Granite Wash Mountains.