It is also a viewpoint southwest and southeast of the desert regions, including the Vulture Mountains.

Another major peak anchors the west region of the range, Black Butte, at 3,612 feet (1,101 m)).

[3] The major access to the north and east foothills of the Vulture Mountains is by way of U.S. Route 60.

Unimproved routes are restricted on the east side foothills, since it is the floodplain, watershed region of the Hassayampa River, where the riverbed has widened to up to 1.5 mi[4] in some locales.

One major unimproved route crosses the Hassayampa west from Morristown.