Red Mountain, just off of the "Beeline Highway" east of Phoenix, exposes reddish rocks of age.  The rocks here are related to those on the west end of Camelback Mountain, and the Papago Buttes.   All resulted from the erosion (by virtual avalanches, in some cases!) of highlands that were pushed up to the east of Phoenix around 30 million years ago.  Those highlands are gone now, but some of their history is revealed by angular fragments in these rocks.
   The official name of this peak is Mt. McDowell -- its elevation is 2830 feet, or 863 meters.
   See the GeoHistory page if you want to know more about why the landscape looks the way it does, or return to the map of "The Rocks of the Valley of the Sun" for more view locations.
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