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Granite Mountain, known in Yavapai as ʼWi:kvte:wa, is a 7,628-foot peak in central Arizona covering about 12 square miles within the Granite Mountain Wilderness of Prescott National Forest. At the north end of the Sierra Prietas, it was once called Mount Gurley after Arizona Territory’s first governor, John A. Gurley. The mountain is especially known for a sheer southwest granite cliff about 500 feet high that has become one of Arizona’s best-known rock-climbing areas. It is also significant geologically for its ancient Mint Wash Granodiorite, about 1.68 billion years old, and ecologically for habitats that support peregrine falcons, prompting seasonal climbing closures on the south face.
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Williamson, Arizona · United States