Bonus view from our hike, looking north from the Usery Mountains.
Mount McDowell, more commonly referred to as Red Mountain, is located on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, just north of Mesa, AZ. Its elevation is 2,832 feet (863 m). The mountain has been declared off-limits to hikers, climbers and photographers since the early 1980s, due to vandalism.
Mount McDowell has come to be called "Red Mountain" or "FireRock" due to its composition of sandstone conglomerate which gives it a distinctive red color that glows during sunset.
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