Rucker Canyon is a major canyon draining the western central-south of the Chiricahua Mountains , the central landform of the eastern third of Cochise County, Arizona 's extreme southeast, bordering southwest New Mexico . It is famous for historic Camp Rucker .
6-474: The canyon contains Rucker Creek, (Rucker Wash), and upstream closer to the headwaters, the small Rucker Lake . The wash drains into the southern region of the slightly north-west by due south Sulphur Springs Valley , east of north–south running U.S. Route 191 and the small communities of Elfrida , McNeal , and Sunizona . The Rucker Wash drains westwards toward the Sulphur Springs Valley and borders
12-501: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sulphur Springs Valley The Sulphur Springs Valley is a valley in the eastern half of Cochise County, Arizona . The valley covers an approximated vertical rectangle west of the Chiricahua Mountains – Dos Cabezas Mountains complex. The Sulphur Springs Valley is the large flatland to the west. The valley gets its name from two sulfur springs located there. Drainage
18-540: Is from north to south, with a moderately sized endorheic basin , named the Willcox Playa , occupying the northern area. The southern portion of the valley drains into Mexico through Douglas, Arizona through Agua Prieta , Sonora , and into the Yaqui River . During plentiful rain the mountain foothills contain plentiful grasslands. The region is otherwise an arid part of the northeastern Sonoran Desert , influenced by
24-639: The Chihuahuan Desert just southeast in New Mexico and northwest Chihuahua . The highest mountain areas of this southeast Arizona section contains Madrean Sky Islands of mountain sky islands . Sulphur Springs Valley is one of the largest and driest subsections in this otherwise mountainous region. From north to south at the west of the valley are the Little Dragoon Mountains , the Dragoons , and
30-613: The Mule Mountains . The south end of Sulphur Springs Valley also has three small ranges associated with the southern Chiricahua Mountains, the Swisshelm , Pedregosa, and Perella Mountains. The valley is traversed north-south by U.S. Route 191 connecting Douglas, AZ north to Willcox on Interstate 10 , at the Willcox Playa. Arizona 181 in the east accesses the west and northwest Chiricahua's, including Chiricahua National Monument. It
36-604: The northern small Swisshelm Mountains traversing the named Whitewater Draw of Rucker Creek. The Rucker Wash is near a water divide . The Swisshelm Mountains are adjacent the southern border of the Sulphur Springs Valley, with Rucker Wash draining north towards the Willcox Playa , and drainage south toward Douglas, Arizona and Mexico Rucker Lake was destroyed by a landslide some years ago and no longer exists. 31°45′10″N 109°25′47″W / 31.752872°N 109.4297869°W / 31.752872; -109.4297869 This Cochise County, Arizona location article
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