Editing Jerome, Arizona (section)

==Geography==
Jerome is about {{convert|100|mi|km}} north of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and {{convert|45|mi|km}} southwest of [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] along [[Arizona State Route 89A]] between [[Sedona, Arizona|Sedona]] to the east and [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]] to the west.<ref name = "Rand">{{cite map |publisher = Rand McNally & Company |location=Chicago |title = The 2013 Road Atlas |section = 8–9 |isbn =978-0528006227}}</ref> The town is in Arizona's [[Black Hills (Yavapai County)|Black Hills]], which trend north–south. The town lies within the [[Prescott National Forest]]<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite map|title=Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, ME|year=2008|page=33|isbn=978-0899333250}}</ref> at an elevation of more than {{convert|5000|ft|m}}.<ref name="gnis"/> [[Woodchute Wilderness]] is about {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} west of Jerome,<ref name="DeLorme"/> and [[Mingus Mountain]], at {{convert|7726|ft|m}} above sea level,<ref name="gnis Mingus">{{cite web|url ={{Gnis3|31919}}|title=Mingus Mountain|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=February 8, 1980|access-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> is about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} south of town.<ref name="DeLorme"/> [[Jerome State Historic Park]] is in the town itself. Bitter Creek, a tributary of the [[Verde River]], flows intermittently through Jerome.<ref>{{cite web|author=United States Geological Survey|title=United States Topographic Map|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=34.74693&lon=-112.11060&datum=nad83&zoom=2&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m|publisher=TopoQuest|access-date=October 7, 2012}}</ref> East of Jerome at the base of the hills are the [[Verde Valley]] and the communities of [[Clarkdale, Arizona|Clarkdale]] and [[Cottonwood, Arizona|Cottonwood]],<ref name="DeLorme"/> site of the nearest airport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerome|publisher=Arizona Department of Commerce|url=http://cottonwoodaz.gov/DocumentCenter/View/688|year=2007|access-date=June 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516004441/http://cottonwoodaz.gov/DocumentCenter/View/688/Jerome-Community-Profile-PDF|archive-date=May 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>