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Shaded relief map, Arizona. Arizona county index map. There are 210 named mountain ranges in Arizona.This list also includes mountain ranges that are mostly in New Mexico and Sonora, Mexico, that extend into Arizona.
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) Agassiz Peak, 12,356 feet (3,766 m) Fremont Peak, 11,969 feet (3,648 m)
The Coconino National Forest is a 1.856-million acre (751,000 ha) United States National Forest located in northern Arizona in the vicinity of Flagstaff, with elevations ranging from 2,600 feet to the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (Humphrey's Peak).
The Arizona Snowbowl ski resort, which operates 8 lifts and 55 ski runs with a total vertical drop of 2,300 ft, is located on the western slope of Mount Humphrey. Due to its proximity to Flagstaff and the US 180, the trail to the summit is relatively popular. In the summer, when there is no snow, the climb is relatively easy, being a strenuous ...
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.
The highest peak in the field is Humphreys Peak, at Flagstaff's northern perimeter: the peak is Arizona's highest at 12,633 feet (3,851.5 m) and is a part of the San Francisco Peaks, an active [2] stratovolcano complex.
Many mountain ranges exceed 9,000 feet (2,700 m) in elevation, and some can hold snow all summer. Arizona has 194 named mountain ranges. The highest are along the southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau, including the volcanic San Francisco Peaks just north of Flagstaff and the White Mountains of the Mogollon Rim.
The city sits at about 7,000 feet (2,100 m) and is next to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,637 feet (3,852 m), is about 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness.