Photo Tour of Kingman, Arizona

Kingman with Bull Mountain in middle background.
Bull Mountain is a part of the Cerbat Mountains which border the city to the north and west.

Photographed May 25, 2008.

The snow-covered Hualapai Mountains viewed from Harrison Avenue.
Kingman Fire Station Number 2 visible at right.

The Hualapai Mountains rise about 5000 feet above the city,
and include one peak over 8400 feet above sea level.

Photographed February 21, 2008.

Building in the historic Beale Street shopping district.

Photographed March 16, 2008.

Classic Chevy patrol car displayed at the Kingman Police Department
along Andy Devine Avenue.

Photographed June 7, 2008.

Historic steam train displayed in park opposite the Powerhouse Visitor Center,
and tourists.

Photographed July 17, 2008.

Trains pass each other on the BNSF line which runs through town,
here seen along Andy Devine Avenue near Harrison Avenue.

Photographed May 18, 2008.

Tail end of freight train on the BNSF line passing under the underpass
at Hualapai Mountain Road.

Photographed June 1, 2008.

Part of Route 66 Mural at TNT Engineering painted by R. Waldmire
at 535 East Andy Devine Avenue.

Photographed July 17, 2008.

Western Kingbird on wire;
along Stardust Road near junction with Sierra Vista Avenue.

Photographed July 13, 2008.

American Kestrel on wire along train tracks,
parallel to Andy Devine Avenue opposite Lewis Kingman Park.

Photographed July 27, 2008.

Hard-working Kingman resident: Ant sampling nectar from a spurge,
and getting her face and legs dusted with pollen in the process.
The white flowers of the spurge are only about 1/8-inch across.

Photographed May 18, 2008.

Handsome fellow on a wall,
the full insect, an ant lion, shown immediately below.

Photographed August 7, 2008.

Ant lion adult.

Photographed August 7, 2008.

Sunflowers next to Mountain View Cemetery
along Stockton Hill Road.

Photographed July 15, 2008.

Honeybees collecting pollen from one of the sunflowers pictured
in the prior image.

Photographed July 15, 2008.

Joshua trees, cactus, and gravel are common attractive and sensible
water-conserving features of commercial and home landscaping in Kingman.
This arrangement is at First American Title along Stockton Hill Road.

Photographed June 4, 2008.

Mohave Channel, a wash through the north part of town,
usually dry except after heavy rainstorms.

Photographed July 13, 2008.

Moon rising over the Hualapai Mountains.
The car is traveling on Interstate 40 which crosses the city.

Photographed May 18, 2008.

Sunset over the Cerbat Mountains
from Harrison Avenue next to the Fairgrounds.

Photographed May 18, 2008.

All photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.