Tonopah Desert
The Tonopah Desert is a small desert plains region of the Sonoran Desert, located west of Phoenix, Arizona. It is adjacent north of Interstate 10 and lies at the southwest intersection of the Hassayampa River with the Gila River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Heath
- Description: Landform in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona
- Address: AZ
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tonopah.
Tonopah
Hamlet
Tonopah is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, 52 miles west of downtown Phoenix off Interstate 10. Tonopah is situated 4 miles south of Tonopah Desert.
Tonopah Desert
- Category: desert
- Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.55143° or 33° 33′ 5″ northLongitude
-112.94685° or 112° 56′ 49″ westElevation
1,270 feet (387 metres)Open location code
8559H323+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 369088338OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Tonopah Desert” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tonopah Desert”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا تونوباه”
- Italian: “deserto di Tonopah”
- Italian: “Deserto di Tonopah”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wintersburg and Hassayampa Ranches.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tonopah Airport, Arizona and El Dorado Hot Spring.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tonopah Desert”. Photo: Tobi 87, CC BY-SA 3.0.