The Poachie Range is approximately 30 mi long slightly trending northwest by southeast, with no central ridgeline. Instead the range is made up of a central canyon draining southwest. The west-northwest contains a small canyon, and various peaks, three peaks west of the south-flowing Big Sandy River.
Signal, Arizona with only unimproved road access is at the northwest foothills, about 10 mi from
U.S. Route 93. The east and southeast of the range contains People's Canyon, about 5 mi long, and the west-flowing
Santa Maria River; to the southeast the river borders the northwest of the smaller range, the
Black Mountains. The highpoint of the range is Arrastra Mountain, , located at . Arrastra Mountain is at the range center, 3 mi northeast of the 'range ridgeline' and 4 mi southwest of
U.S. Route 93 in Arizona (the
Joshua Tree Highway).
Arrastra Mountain Wilderness The
Arrastra Mountain Wilderness comprises almost 100% of the Poachie Range. Both the Big Sandy and Santa Maria Rivers are mostly contained in the wilderness, as well as People's Canyon in the east. ==Access==