The Estrella Mountains or The Sierra Estrella is a mountain range located southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. Much of the range falls within the Gila River Indian Reservation, but 14,400 acres (5,800 ha) of BLM land is protected as the Sierra Estrella Wilderness.
Quartz Peak in 2014
Estrella Mountains from Laveen, January 2004. Hayes Peak is on the right.
Fire in the Gila River Valley, southwest of Phoenix, (Rainbow Valley over peaks of Sierra Estrella)
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Image: Phoenix AZ Downtown from airplane (cropped)
Image: 2014, Last Light on a Papago Park Pond panoramio
Image: St. Mary's Basilica 9
Image: Arizona Capitol Museum 2014