Silver Bell Mountains
The Silver Bell Mountains are a northwest–southeast trending mountain range in north–central Pima County, Arizona. The range lies west of Marana, Arizona, located on Interstate-10, northwest of Tucson.
The range is located to the east of the Ironwood [Forest National Monument]. Ragged Top, located in the north of the range, is a well-known landmark in this former mining region.
Description
The range is named after the Silver [Bell, Arizona|Silver Bell Mine] located at the southern end of the mountains. The range abuts the Waterman Mountains to the southeast, where palynology- studies have shown some of the recent floristic history of Arizona during the Pliocene. Both ranges lie in the northeast Sonoran Desert; the Madrean [Sky Islands|Madrean Sky Island] ranges begin just southeast of here, with the large, and most western sky island range, the Baboquivari Mountains-Quinlans 20–35 mi south.The Silver Bell range can be accessed by Avra Valley Road and Silver Bell Road from the south of Marana.