# Hyder Valley

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The **Hyder Valley** is a 20-mile (32 km) long valley section of the [Gila River Valley](/source/Gila_River_Valley) west of [Hyder](/source/Hyder,_Arizona) on the [Gila River](/source/Gila_River). The valley is located north of Gila River in southwest [Arizona](/source/Arizona) in the northwestern [Sonoran Desert](/source/Sonoran_Desert). The [Park Valley](/source/Park_Valley_(Arizona)), which crosses the Gila borders to the southwest; the Hyder Valley is the access route to the [Dendora Valley](/source/Dendora_Valley) northeast which is on the western border of the [Painted Rock Dam](/source/Painted_Rock_Dam) and [Reservoir](/source/Painted_Rock_Reservoir).[1]

The Hyder Valley lies on the northwest side of the Gila River, and both trend southwest–northeast. The [Palomas Mountains](/source/Palomas_Mountains) are on the west, and the [Palomas Plain](/source/Palomas_Plain), which drains three other mountain ranges, and the eastern portion of the [Kofa National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Kofa_National_Wildlife_Refuge), lies to the north; Face Mountain[2] and the [Gila Bend Mountains](/source/Gila_Bend_Mountains) are northeast. On the south side of the Gila River, to the southeast lies the [Sentinel Plain](/source/Sentinel_Plain).

## References

1. McDaniel, Chris (18 January 2015). ["Solar energy in Yuma a boon for electric grid"](http://www.yumasun.com/business/solar-energy-in-yuma-a-boon-for-electric-grid/article_46f6652c-9d44-11e4-a3be-efafa287ff9e.html). *Yumasun.com*. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

1. ["Face Mountain (in Maricopa County, AZ)"](https://arizona.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,1,fid,4529,n,face%20mountain.cfm). *arizona.hometownlocator.com*. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

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