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The San Francisco Peaks, Spring 2015 The San Francisco Peaks (with Agassiz center), Fall 2007. The San Francisco Peaks as seen from Bellemont, Arizona, Winter 2014. Panorama, taken from above tree-line near Humphrey's peak (on left). The six highest individual peaks in Arizona are contained in the range: Humphreys Peak, 12,637 feet (3,852 m)
Humphreys Peak is the highest summit of the U.S. State of Arizona. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Arizona. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
However, a United States General Land Office map from 1903 showed the name San Francisco Peak applied to this feature (apparently borrowed from San Francisco Mountain on which the peak stands). Thus the United States Board on Geographic Names approved the variant name in 1911. In 1933, the application of the names was rectified.
The San Francisco volcanic field is an area of volcanoes in northern Arizona, north of Flagstaff, US. The field covers 1,800 square miles (4,700 km 2 ) of the southern boundary of the Colorado Plateau .
Arizona county index map. There are 210 named mountain ranges ... (Hidalgo County)–Hidalgo County, NM - (Cochise County, AZ & Sonora, Mexico) San Francisco ...
Inner Basin of San Francisco Peaks in the summer. Agassiz Peak at the center, and Fremont Peak at left. The northernmost district, known as the Flagstaff District, is home to the San Francisco Peaks, an ancient group of volcanic summits. The highest peak, Humphreys Peak, is the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (3,851 m).
Fremont Peak is a peak in the San Francisco Peaks, a mountain range that takes up a part of the Coconino National Forest in northern Arizona.It is the third highest point in the state of Arizona, [1] and named in honor John C. Frémont (1813–1890), an explorer and civil war general, who served as the governor of Arizona Territory from 1878 to 1882. [3]
Humphreys Peak in the Coconino National Forest is the highest summit in Arizona. It is part of the San Francisco Peaks, a volcanic mountain range 9 miles (14 km) north of Flagstaff. It tops out at 12,633 feet (3,851 m) above sea level, and is one of the most prominent summits in the United States outside of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is ...