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  The Rainbow Plateau and the Mogollon Rim
The Mogollon Rim is a land of seemingly impossible contrasts.
This 200-mile-long maze of canyons and jumbled ridges is Arizona’s Mogollon (pronounced Muggy-own) Rim.
South of the rim, the earth is scarred by canyons that form the roughest terrain north of the Mexican border.
www.canyonsworldwide.com /rainbowplateau/mainframe2.html   (1020 words)

  
 Mogollon Rim Guide
The rim itself begins just east of the New Mexico border and stretches two thirds of the way across Arizona; the area we refer to as the Rim includes Payson and its smaller neighbors, the communities of Pine, Strawberry and Christopher Creek.
To do the whole Mogollon Rim Loop, head east out of Payson on Highway 260 to Heber, then bear left at Highway 277 and follow it for about seven miles to the junction of Highway 377.
Located at the top of the Rim, 36 miles east of Payson on Highway 260, WCL, like the other lakes in the area, is in a forested area that looks as much like the Pacific Northwest as northeastern Arizona.
www.azcentral.com /travel/parks/articles/mogollonguide-CR.html   (1410 words)

  
 Mogollon Rim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mogollon Rim (pronounced /ˈmʌgiˌjɑn/ by local residents) is a topographical and geological feature running across the U.S. state of Arizona.
The Rim is an escarpment defining the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, and along its central and most spectacular portions is characterized by high limestone and sandstone cliffs.
The Mogollon Rim's limestones and sandstones were formed from sediments deposited in the Carboniferous and Permian periods.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mogollon_Rim   (499 words)

  
 Let's Go Day Trippin' - Mogollon Rim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The rim itself is a dramatic, 200-mile geological fault that spans central Arizona and abruptly separates the desert flatlands from the lofty high country.
The rim may be white or cream at one viewpoint, blue-gray at another, and rusty red at a third.
In earlier days, the rim was the rocky barrier that prevented south-to-north exploration of the state; today, it is a pleasant 90-minute drive from the Valley via State Route 87.
www.fhtimes.com /letsgo/daytrips/mogollonrim.htm   (588 words)

  
 Geographic Focal Areas
Arizona's magnificent Grand Canyon may be the number-one geological wonder of the world, but the Mogollon Rim, an escarpment running in a northwest-to-southeast diagonal line fifty to one hundred and fifty miles south of the canyon, serves, by far, as the most purposeful Arizona geologic feature.
The Mogollon Rim is an extended and uniform geologic monocline or fold consequent to the region's plate tectonics, which formed it about thirty million years ago.
Because the Mogollon Rim monoclinal corridor is such an integrated feature of the obvious heartland of this region, its intrinsic nature as well as its geographic influence should, logically, be considered a "core feature" of the "Southwest." Prehistoric cultures flourished and endured due to the soil and water made possible by the Mogollon Rim.
digital.library.arizona.edu /jsw/3403/geog.html   (5843 words)

  
 Introduction to Mogollon Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Mogollon Culture evolved in the southwestern corner of New Mexico and extended along the Mogollon Rim into east-central and southeast Arizona and southward into the Chihuahua region of northern Mexico.
The Mogollon seem to have developed from an earlier culture, the Cochise, an archaic culture of small nomadic bands who lived in the more mountainous parts of the territory.
Mogollon pottery tends to be constructed of iron-rich volcanic clays, which almost invariably fired to a dark brown.
www.beloit.edu /~museum/logan/southwest/mogollon/introduction.htm   (230 words)

  
 Coconino National Forest - Mogollon Rim Recreation
The Mogollon Rim is a rugged escarpment that forms the southern limit of the Colorado Plateau.
activity along the Rim, but this forest area also boasts a historic system of hiking and horseback trails, a couple of picturesque lakes for boating and fishing, and backcountry skiing for wilderness adventurers.
Mogollon Rim Ranger District, Blue Ridge Office is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.
www.fs.fed.us /r3/coconino/recreation/mog_rim/rec_mogollon.shtml   (328 words)

  
 Isaac Bailey Cave - Mogollon Rim Arizona
The casts and circumstances were impressive enough for the expedition group to focus on this portion of the Mogollon Rim during the expedition.
In the photo Isaac is seen lying on the soft grass bedding that covered the floor of the rear half of the cave.
As noted by a geologist attending the expedition, the floors of the other caves/overhangs along the canyon were covered with jagged rocks that had fallen from the ceiling.
www.bfro.net /news/arizona_cave.asp   (868 words)

  
 Land Use History of the Mogollon Rim, Arizona
Stretching from just southwest of Flagstaff to the White Mountains of eastern Arizona, the Mogollon Rim [map] marks the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona.
The Mogollon Rim is known for its stands of ponderosa pine, which comprise the largest ponderosa pine forest in the United States.
From 35,000 to 21,000 years ago it appears most of the rim in this area was covered by a mixed-conifer forest, evidence of a climate cooler and wetter than that seen today.
www.cpluhna.nau.edu /Places/mogollon_rim.htm   (637 words)

  
 Mogollon Rim Arizona
The Mogollon Rim was named for Don Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon, who was the Governor of the Province of New Mexico from 1712 - 1715.
The Mogollon Rim is likened to a pitched roof.
The plant community common along these parts of the Mogollon Rim and in other mountainous regions of central and southern Arizona from 4000 to about 6000 feet is called Chaparral..
members.cox.net /bernie03/AZ/mogollon.html   (1139 words)

  
 Mogollon Rim R.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Mogollon Rim R.D. The cool ponderosa pine forests atop the Mogollon Rim here offer many opportunities for camping, fishing, hiking, and back-road travel.
Of the many canyons in the Mogollon Rim, West Clear Creek's has the greatest length—40 miles.
Knoll Lake is in Leonard Canyon, several miles north of the Mogollon Rim.
www.arizonahandbook.com /mogollon.htm   (1282 words)

  
 "Welcome to the Rim Country" - Editorials & Articles on RimCountry.Com The Original Website of the Rim Country, Payson ...
Before you is a spectacular geological formation known as The Mogollon Rim (pronounced Muggy-own).
"The Rim," as it's referred to by the locals, is the natural demarkation line between the vast, open rangelands and the Great Sonoran Desert to the south, and the Colorado Plateau, the beginnings of the Rocky Mountains to the north.
Here atop the Rim are seven sparkling, clearwater lakes, each with its own unique character and ambiance, and each worth a trip to explore.
www.rimcountry.com /editor00.htm   (741 words)

  
 azcentral.com travel | Mogollon Rim Road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
An east-west cliff, the Rim crosses nearly half the state, roughly Sedona to the New Mexico border.
The Rim Road, using modern place names and towns, runs beside Baker Butte, General Springs, Overgaard, Clay Springs, Pinedale, along the Rim south of Show Low and then drops off the Rim past Cooley's Ranch (now a burned ruin beside Arizona 73) to Fort Apache near Whiteriver on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
Eastern Rim Road: To reach the road's eastern segment, take U.S. 60 from the Superstition Freeway through Globe and the Salt River Canyon to Show Low.There are no tourist facilities along the Rim Road, but nearby towns, such as Camp Verde, Payson, Heber, Overgaard and Show Low, can provide for nearly every need.
azcentral.com /travel/arizona/features/articles/archive/mogollon.html   (1002 words)

  
 The Payson Roundup: Take a historical tour of the Mogollon Rim
At one time, the Rim country was home to probably 1,000 different sites that were at the very heart of the prehistoric cultures of the Southwest.
The people who lived in the Rim country -- known variously as Mogollons, Ancient Ones or Bunheads -- were literally surrounded by the Sinagua to the north, the Anasazi to the northeast, the Mogollon to the southeast, the Salado to the south, and the Hohokam to the southwest.
In the Rim country, there are lakes to fish in three national forests and the town of Payson.
www.paysonroundup.com /section/summer_guide_2004/story/15471   (1665 words)

  
 RIM COUNTRY CUSTOM RODS
Rim Country Custom Rods is located at the base of the Mogollon Rim mountain range in the small mountain town of Payson Arizona.
The Mogollon Rim [map] marks the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona and extends for nearly 200 miles across central Arizona with an average elevation of 7000 feet.
We at Rim Country Custom Rods are in business to support the serious fisherman and professional to help them achieve their lifetime dreams of catching the "Big One."
www.rimcountrycustomrods.com   (636 words)

  
 Mogollon Rim Majesty
Summer weather on the Mogollon Rim tends to be hot (90°-plus) during the day and cool (60°) at night.
A 200-mile-long dividing line that separates the cooler, northern half of the state from the southern deserts, the Mogollon Rim is a stair of sorts, marking the edge of the Colorado Plateau, which runs roughly from the New Mexico border into north-central Arizona.
The rim's sheer walls, forged of volcanic and sedimentary rock, rise from about 5,000 feet in elevation at the base to more than 7,000 feet at some points.
www.sunset.com /sunset/Premium/Travel/2001/08-Aug/MogollonRim0801/MogollonRim0801.html   (1426 words)

  
 SIR 2004-5294
The Mogollon Highlands, 4,855 square miles of rugged, mountainous terrain at the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in central Arizona, is characterized by a bedrock-dominated hydrologic system that results in an incompletely integrated regional ground-water system, flashy streamflow, and various local water-bearing zones that are sensitive to drought.
The area adjacent to the edge of the Mogollon Rim is an erosional landscape of rolling, step-like terrain exposing Proterozoic metamorphic and granitic rocks.
Vertical flow from the C aquifer, the base of which is in the Schnebly Hill Formation, recharges the limestone aquifer that discharges mainly at Fossil Springs in the western part of the study area and as base flow in Cibecue Creek on the eastern edge of the study area.
pubs.usgs.gov /sir/2004/5294   (876 words)

  
 Coconino National Forest - Rim Road/General Crook Trail Loop Scenic Drive
One of the most striking geologic features in Arizona is the Mogollon Rim.
That precipitous drop-off is the star of this scenic drive, part of which traces the rim's edge across the Coconino.
When you're not on the rim, you'll still find much to see along this drive, as it winds through a forest well populated with wildlife and gives you a taste of canyon country in scenic East Clear Creek and Barbershop canyons.
www.fs.fed.us /r3/coconino/recreation/mog_rim/rim-road-scenic.shtml   (355 words)

  
 2az.us - The Scenic Mogollon Rim
The Rim Road is mostly unpaved, with washboard in spots, but does not require a 4x4 (See map).
Highlights: The stark lines of the Mazatzal Mountains along SR 87 and the scenic wonders of the Mogollon Rim and the Rim Country.
The next morning we drove from Strawberry to the Rim Road, then followed the forest road for 12 miles to the Battle Monument at General Springs, where we planned to visit the railroad tunnel.
www.2az.us /scenic-rim-country.html   (529 words)

  
 Cenozoic paleogeography of the central Mogollon Rim-southern Colorado Plateau region, Arizona, revealed by Tertiary ...
Cenozoic paleogeography of the central Mogollon Rim-southern Colorado Plateau region, Arizona, revealed by Tertiary gravel deposits, Oligocene to Pleistocene lava flows, and incised streams -- Holm 113 (11): 1467 -- GSA Bulletin
Cenozoic paleogeography of the central Mogollon Rim–southern Colorado Plateau region, Arizona, revealed by Tertiary gravel deposits, Oligocene to Pleistocene lava flows, and incised streams
the northeast; (3) incision of meanders on the Mogollon Slope
bulletin.geoscienceworld.org /cgi/content/abstract/113/11/1467   (395 words)

  
 Arizona Roadside Environments - Mogollon Rim Region
Separating the generally cooler and higher terrain of northern Arizona from the hot lowlands of southern Arizona is an area of rugged mountainous country: the Central Highlands region.
This region is a major geological and ecological transition zone stretching from the highlands of the upper Verde River valley southeastward along the prominent Mogollon Rim all the way across the state to the White Mountains of eastern Arizona.
The Mogollon Rim defines the very southern edge of the Colorado Plateau.
wwwa3.udic.org /~are-p/road_map/eco/mogrim.html   (205 words)

  
 Geology of Sedona, Part 3 - Sedona Arizona Live Web Cameras Home
The Mogollon Rim is the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau.
One of five active volcanoes in the Valley, The House Mountain lava flows were deflected by the Rim to the west, south, and southeast, covering the Verde Valley many meters deep in lava.
River flows from the ancestral Mogollon Highlands were also deflected to the southeast, indicating the first evidence of the Verde River system.
www.sedonawebcam.com /geology3.htm   (541 words)

  
 Snowshoeing-Mogollon Rim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
I'm standing at a trailhead on the Mogollon Rim, which I've done several times before; only it was during the summer months.
This time is different, it's winter and the Rim is covered with snow.
The wet winter last year made the Rim trek possible for the author.
www.trsar.org /snowshoeing_.htm   (797 words)

  
 Our Guarantee To You
This towering escarpment of Red Rock known locally as "The Rim" heaves its zig zag cliffs and ledges gloriously upward for over 200 miles, reaching elevations near 8,000 feet.
The Seven Rim Lakes and many streams are stocked with trout through the summer, and Woods Canyon Lake offers boat rentals.
On top of the Rim is Forest Service Road 300, or FS 300, a scenic drive with lookouts providing breathtakingly awesome views of the vast Tonto National Forest below.
www.arizonarim.com /AreaInfo   (570 words)

  
 Arizona - Mogollon Rim to Grand Canyon Ride with Hidden Trails.
The rugged country along the Mogollon Rim was once roamed by Geronimo and the site of many a skirmish between the Apaches and the U.S. Army.
This is a camping ride with vehicle support starting from the Mazatzal Wilderness "Land of the Deer" (it stretches over 252,500 acres of the Tonto and Coconino national forests) and along the Mogollon Rim to the Geronimo trailhead.
We’ll ride east into the higher alpine regions with growing density of pine forest along the Mogollon Rim to Geronimo trailhead.
hiddentrails.com /usa/rt/az-grand-canyon.htm   (1163 words)

  
 Arizona Rim Sales
Jim brings his extensive managerial and engineering experience into the Real Estate Profession; He is a full-time resident of the Rim Country and a long time resident of Arizona.
As an avid outdoorsman, he has a vast knowledge back trails and fishing spots all throughout the Mogollon Rim.
She lives in the Rim Country full-time and enjoys tennis and outdoor recreational activities.
www.azrimsales.com   (171 words)

  
 Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests - Welcome (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On the Sitgreaves, the major attractions for the visitors from the desert are the Mogollon Rim and eight cold-water lakes.
From the Mogollon Rim’s 7,600- foot elevation, vista points provide inspiring views of the low lands to the south.
From the edge of the Mogollon Rim south of Hannagan Meadow the land drops precipitously into the high desert around Clifton.
www.fs.fed.us.cob-web.org:8888 /r3/asnf   (630 words)

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