Chloride
was the first
of many mining
communities
founded in
northwest
Arizona in
the early
1860s, and
it is the
only one surviving
today. Chloride
got its name
from the type
of silver
ore found
in the area.
The town is
20 miles north
of Kingman
off Hwy 93,
at an elevation
of 4,009 feet.
Phoenix is
205 miles
away; Flagstaff,
165 miles.
Chloride's
location,
near the edge
of the Cerbat
Mountains,
is close to
Lake Mead
and the Lake
Mohave portions
of the Lake
Mead National
Recreation
Area. Locals
celebrate
their colorful
history during
the Old Miners
Day, held
each year
in June.
Murals
30 feet
high,
painted
in 1967
by Roy
Purcell,
and petroglyphs
left by
early
Indian
cultures
can be
viewed
at the
base of
the Cerbat
Mountains,
about
1.3 miles
east of
Chloride.
Windy
Point
Park,
in the
Cerbat
Mountains
above
town,
features
a large
campground
with picnic
facilities
among
the pinon
pines
and manzanita.
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Chloride
was the first
of many mining
communities
founded in
northwest
Arizona in
the early
1860s, and
it is the
only one surviving
today. Chloride
got its name
from the type
of silver
ore found
in the area.
The town is
20 miles north
of Kingman
off Hwy 93,
at an elevation
of 4,009 feet.
Phoenix is
205 miles
away; Flagstaff,
165 miles.
Chloride's
location,
near the edge
of the Cerbat
Mountains,
is close to
Lake Mead
and the Lake
Mohave portions
of the Lake
Mead National
Recreation
Area. Locals
celebrate
their colorful
history during
the Old Miners
Day, held
each year
in June.
