Tonopah Desert Tonopah Desert The Tonopah Desert is a small desert plains region of the Sonoran Desert, located west of Phoenix, Arizona. It is adjacent north of Interstate 10 and lies at the southwest intersection of the Hassayampa River with the Gila River. The Tonopah Desert is also just north of the Gila Bend Mountains massif which create the Gila Bend of the river. The Tonopah Desert is adjacent northwest of the small Palo Verde Hills on Centennial Wash. The Tonopah Desert is mostly east-west trending, small, approximately 30 mi long, and lies at the plains of low elevation mountains north; the
Mount Desert Light Mount Desert Light Mount Desert Light is a lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock, a small island about south of Mount Desert Island, in the US state of Maine. The light station was established in 1830; the current lighthouse was built in 1847. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Mount Desert Light Station in 1988. The conical granite structure was one of a series of lighthouses in Maine designed by architect Alexander Parris. A bell tower and fog bell were added in 1858, as was a new lantern with a 3rd order Fresnel lens. The bell