Mogollon Rim
The Mogollon Rim is a geologic feature that separates the high desert of northeastern Arizona from the low desert of southeastern Arizona. The rim is 1,000 ft to 2,000 ft high and covered with forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Holbrook and Globe.
Holbrook
Photo: Bradley Gordon, CC BY 2.0.
Holbrook is a town on Route 66 in the Mogollon Rim in Eastern Arizona, once known as the "town too rough for women and churches." The town makes a convenient base for visiting Petrified Forest National Park.
Globe
Photo: David Quigley, CC BY 2.0.
Globe is in the Mogollon Rim in Eastern Arizona. Globe was founded in 1875 as a mining town, and still is dependent on mining. The town has many well-preserved buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and can make a pleasant stop.
Safford
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Safford is a mining town in the Mogollon Rim in Eastern Arizona. Freeport-McMoRan is the largest area employer. For visitors the primary interest is in the numerous recreational opportunities nearby, as well as the annual Salsa Fest.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Petrified Forest National Park and Morenci.
Petrified Forest National Park
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petrified Forest National Park is a national park that is in the Mogollon Rim in eastern Arizona, in the Southwest region. The park takes its name from the remnants of ancient trees which have been transformed into brilliantly colored minerals through a series of geological processes.
Morenci
Photo: Stephanie Salisbury, CC BY 2.0.
Morenci is a census-designated place and company town in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, and was founded by the Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona.
Mogollon Rim
- Type: Cliff
- Description: mountain range in Arizona
- Also known as: “Mogollon Escarpment”, “Mogollon Mountains”, “Rim of Tonto Basin”, “The Rim”, “Tonto Basin Rim”, and “Tonto Rim”
- Category: mountain range
- Location: Coconino County, Eastern Arizona, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
34.2503° or 34° 15′ 1″ northLongitude of center
-111.5985° or 111° 35′ 55″ westElevation
3,166 feet (965 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 359269523OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffGeoNames ID
5305200Wikidata ID
Q186910
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Mogollon Rim” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “marge Mogollón”
- Catalan: “Marge Mogollón”
- Cebuano: “Mogollon Rim”
- Chinese: “莫戈隆緣”
- Chinese: “莫戈隆缘”
- Chinese: “莫戈隆边缘”
- Chinese: “莫戈隆边缘地带”
- Chinese: “莫戈隆邊緣地帶”
- Danish: “Mogollon Rim”
- Dutch: “Mogollon Rim”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موجولون ريم”
- French: “Mogollon Rim”
- German: “Mogollon Rim”
- Hebrew: “שולי מגיון”
- Italian: “Mogollon Rim”
- Japanese: “モゴヨンリム”
- Spanish: “Borde Mogollon”
- Spanish: “Borde Mogollón”
- Venetian: “Mogollon Rim”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Mogollon Rim”. Photo: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0.