2018 Map of Burnt Mountain

About this map

Burnt Mtn dominates this arid landscape of western Maricopa County, standing as a prominent landmark between the Big Horn Mountains to the northwest and the Tonopah Desert to the east. Modern infrastructure is the defining human element here, specifically the massive Central Arizona Project Aqueduct which cuts across the terrain in a series of sweeping engineered curves. The transition from open desert to the organized grid of recent development is visible in the southern portion of the quadrangle. A network of numbered avenues and residential streets such as W Highland Ave and W Campbell Ave marks the encroaching suburban footprint. Historical transportation routes like Wickenburg Rd provide the primary north-south access through these desert flats, tracing a path through the townships of t3n r8w and t2n r8w.