Poachie Range

The Poachie Range is a moderate length mountain range and massif in southeast Mohave County, Arizona, and the extreme southwest corner of Yavapai County; the range also abuts the northeast corner of La Paz County. The Poachie Range massif is bordered by the south-flowing Big Sandy River on its west, and the west-flowing Santa Maria River on its south; both rivers converge at the Poachie Range's southwest at Alamo Lake in Alamo Lake State Park.

Poachie Range
Alamo Lake
Highest point
Peak	Arrastra Mountain
Elevation	4,807 ft (1,465 m)
Coordinates	34°25′16″N 113°22′56″W
Dimensions
Length	28 mi (45 km) (E-W)
Width	8 mi (13 km)
Geography
Poachie Range in Arizona
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Regions	Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert
Counties	Mohave and Yavapai
Settlements	Wikieup and Nothing
Range coordinates	34°28′09″N 113°29′11″W
Borders on	Rawhide Mountains, Dutch Flat, Hualapai Mountains, Black Mountains, Alamo Lake State Park, Buckskin Mtns, Butler Valley and U.S. Route 93

From Alamo Lake, the (short) Bill Williams River flows due west for 35 mi to meet the Colorado River. The Bill Williams River is the de facto border between the Mojave Desert north and northwest; the Sonoran Desert is south and southeast. Across the south-flowing Colorado River to the west, is the massif of the Whipple Mountains at the northeast of the Sonoran Desert subsection named the Colorado Desert of southern California and bordered by the Colorado River.

The entire region south of the Poachie Range, and its two mountain ranges bordered westwards, the Rawhide and Bill Williams Mountain, and bordered on the Bill Williams River northern bank — is the Maria fold and thrust belt. The thrust belt is a geographic and geologic region at the convergence of these neighboring mountain ranges, rivers, the Alamo Lake, as well as other plains and valleys.