Park Valley (Arizona)

For the city in Utah, see Park Valley, Utah.
Park Valley (Arizona)
Valley
Country United States
State Arizona
Region Gila River Valley
((northwest)-Sonoran Desert)
District Yuma County, Arizona
Borders on Hyder Valley-NE
Palomas Mountains-NW
San Cristobal Valley-SW
Sentinel Plain-SE
Cities Dateland AZ, Sentinel AZ, Hyder, AZ
River Gila River
Coordinates 32°47′47″N 113°32′28″W / 32.79639°N 113.54111°W / 32.79639; -113.54111Coordinates: 32°47′47″N 113°32′28″W / 32.79639°N 113.54111°W / 32.79639; -113.54111
Length 15 mi (24 km), NW-SE
Width 12 mi (19 km)
(southwest)-Park Valley-(Dateland, AZ)
in Arizona

The Park Valley of Arizona is a small, northwest by southeast trending valley centered on the Gila River in central-east Yuma County. The southeast border of the valley is the northern Sentinel Plain of Maricopa County which drains northwestwards toward the Gila River Valley.

Interstate 8 is on the south perimeter of the valley, with towns on I-8 of Dateland in the southwest, Aztec on the center-south, and further east, Sentinel on the southeast.

Tenmile Wash, of the Tenmile Wash Watershed[1] has its outfall on the Gila River on the southwest of Park Valley. The coordinates for Dateland, Arizona, on the southwest border of Park Valley are 32°47′47″N 113°32′28″W / 32.79639°N 113.54111°W / 32.79639; -113.54111 (Park Valley (Arizona))[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tenmile Wash Watershed Map, cfpub.epa.gov
  2. ↑ various web links for Dateland (based on Wikipedia article Dateland) 32, 47,47-N, 113,32,28-W)

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