12 miles away
Lake Mohave
A Colorado River reservoir between Hoover and Davis dams on the Nevada–Arizona border, part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Black Mountains
A 75-mile range in north-western Arizona along the Colorado River below Hoover Dam, holding three wilderness areas and the mining site of Oatman.
- Rank in Arizona
- #269of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 42.9 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Black Mountains are an extensive, mostly linear mountain range in north-western Arizona, trending north to south for 75 miles. The range forms the north-south border of south-western Mohave County, running along the eastern shore of the Colorado River as it flows south from the Hoover Dam. Its north-western and part of its western areas lie within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and three wilderness areas are within the range. The historic mining site of Oatman lies in the southern portion, 4 miles north of Boundary Cone, between the Mount Nutt and Warm Springs wildernesses.
Where it is
Black Mountains is a natural landmark near Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in Mohave County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Black Mountains, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
Nearby attractions
20 miles away
Black Canyon of the Colorado
The canyon on the Colorado River where Hoover Dam was built, named for the black volcanic rock exposed along its walls.
23 miles away
Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery
A US Fish and Wildlife Service hatchery on the Colorado River in Mohave County, twelve miles south of Hoover Dam.
23 miles away
Santa Claus
A themed roadside stop founded near Kingman in 1937, closed to business in 1995 and demolished some time in 2021 or 2022.
26 miles away
Davis Dam
A Bureau of Reclamation dam completed in 1951 on the Arizona–Nevada border, impounding the Colorado River to form Lake Mohave.
33 miles away
Hoover Dam
A concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, built between 1931 and 1936.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- County
- Mohave County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 42.9 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 24.8
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 35.5700, -114.5090
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12