Swisshelm Mountains

Coordinates: 31°40′28″N 109°32′07″W / 31.6745389°N 109.5353446°W

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Swisshelm Mountains
Wildfire in the Swisshelm Mountains, just west of the south end of the Chiricahuas
Highest point
Peak	Swisshelm Mountain
Elevation	7,185 ft (2,190 m)^[1]
Coordinates	31°40′28″N 109°32′07″W / 31.67444°N 109.53528°W / 31.67444; -109.53528^[2]
Dimensions
Length	22 mi (35 km) N-S
Width	6 mi (9.7 km)
Geography
Swisshelm Mountains Swisshelm Mountains in Arizona
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Regions	Sonoran Desert, Rucker Canyon, Leslie Canyon Refuge and Madrean Sky Islands
County	Cochise
Communities	Elfrida, McNeal, Douglas and Agua Prieta, Sonora
Range coordinates	31°40′28″N 109°32′07″W / 31.6745389°N 109.5353446°W / 31.6745389; -109.5353446
Borders on	Sulphur Springs Valley, Chiricahua Mountains, Pedregosa Mountains-, Leslie Creek and Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge

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The Swisshelm Mountains are a small mountain range adjacent to the southwest corner of the Chiricahua Mountains of eastern Cochise County, Arizona. They are separated from the Pedrogosa Mountains to the southeast, the Chiricahuas to the northeast, and by Leslie Creek, bordering the south and east; the area is now notable for the Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge.

The mountain range is named for John Swisshelm, a miner, a local settler of the late 1800s.^[3]

Range

The range is a north-south range, with three notable peaks. In the south, Swisshelm Mountain is the highest at 7,185 feet (2,190 m). In the north, an unnamed peak is 5225 ft, and is adjacent to Whitewater Draw of the lower stretch of Rucker Creek. A second unnamed peak is in the northeast, at 5847 ft and also adjacent to Rucker Creek.

Leslie Creek forms the eastern and southern border of the Swisshelm Mountains. The Chiricahuas are directly adjacent eastwards; the Pedregosa Mountains are southeast and are drained by a tributary of Leslie Creek, Big Bend Creek.

The communities of Elfrida and McNeal are directly west of the Swisshelms in the Sulphur Springs Valley; Douglas and Agua Prieta, Sonora are due south at about 15 miles (24 km). The historical area of Sunizona, Arizona, is northwest-(Pearce, Arizona).

References

^ "Swisshelm Mountain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
^ "Swisshelm Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
^ Short history, John Swisshelm

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Geology

Ore deposits, northern Swisshelms

v t e Mountains of Arizona
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v t e Topics of Cochise County, Arizona
Natural features	Chiricahua Peak Iron Springs Malpai Borderlands Miller Peak Mount Ballard Mount Glenn Parker Canyon Lake San Bernardino Valley San Pedro River San Pedro Valley San Simon Valley Sulphur Springs Valley Skeleton Canyon Texas Canyon Willcox Playa
Mountain ranges	Chiricahua Dos Cabezas Dragoon Guadalupe Huachuca Little Dragoon Little Rincon Mule Mustang Pedrogosa Perilla Peloncillo Swisshelm Whetstone Mountains
Environment & Protected areas	Chiricahua National Monument Coronado National Memorial Kartchner Caverns State Park Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge Naco Mammoth Kill Site San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge San Pedro Riparian Area Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory
National Register of Historic Places listings	National Register of Historic Places listings in Cochise County, Arizona Chiricahua National Monument#Historic Designed Landscape Faraway Ranch Historic District Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
History:	Cochise County in the Old West Apaches Battle of Apache Pass Bird Cage Theatre William Brocius Camp Rucker Charleston, Arizona Chiricahua Contention City, Arizona Ike Clanton Cochise Doc Holliday Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Earp Vendetta Ride Virgil Earp Warren Earp Wyatt Earp C. S. Fly Skeleton Canyon Tres Alamos, Arizona Frank Stilwell Texas Jack Vermillion Fred White

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