West Doubtful Canyon

West Doubtful Canyon
West Doubtful Canyon is located in Arizona
West Doubtful Canyon
West Doubtful Canyon
West Doubtful Canyon in Arizona, New Mexico
Geography
LocationCochise County, Arizona, United States
Coordinates32°17′19″N 109°06′24″W / 32.28861°N 109.10667°W / 32.28861; -109.10667
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West Doubtful Canyon was the name of one of two canyons in the Peloncillo Mountains, once considered in the 19th century as one canyon "Doubtful Canyon" that served as the pass through those mountains. Today the canyon bearing the name Doubtful Canyon, is mostly in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, near the New Mexico border. It descends to the east into the Animas Valley past Steins Peak[2] it is in Hidalgo County, New Mexico.[1] The western canyon is now called West Doubtful Canyon and it descends into the San Simon Valley, in Cochise County, Arizona.[1]