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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)
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.
With an elevation of 12,633 feet (3,851 m), [1] it is located within the Kachina Peaks Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest, about 11 miles (17.7 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona. Humphreys Peak is the highest of a group of dormant volcanic peaks known as the San Francisco Peaks. [4]
Lee Van Grack Flagstaff, Ariz.., is situated at the foot of the San Francisco Peaks, which rise to heights of more than 12,000 feet. With its natural beauty and rich cultural history, the photo ...
Arizona Snowbowl is an alpine ski resort in the southwest United States, located on the San Francisco Peaks of northern Arizona, fifteen miles (24 km) north of Flagstaff. [1] The Snowbowl ski area covers approximately one percent of the San Francisco Peaks, [2] and its slopes face west and northwest.
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]
It is located north of Flagstaff, Arizona in the San Francisco Peaks. It is in the Kachina Peaks Wilderness on the Coconino National Forest. The peak was named in honor of Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist. [3] Many visitors to Flagstaff incorrectly assume that Agassiz Peak is Humphreys Peak, the state high point ...