Humphreys Peak
Humphreys Peak rises to 3,851 m in Arizona. Agassiz Peak stands 3,766 m to the south, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Philomena Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
Humphreys Peak (Hopi: Aaloosaktukwi, Navajo: Dookʼoʼoosłííd "its summit never melts") is the highest mountain and the second most prominent peak after Mount Graham in the U.S. state of Arizona. With an elevation of 12,637 feet (3,852 m), 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. Humphreys Peak was named in about 1870 for General Andrew A. Humphreys, a U.S. Army officer who was a Union general during the American Civil War, and who later became Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. 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.
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Wikidata Q1239004, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3850.77 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road
- 21.9 mi off the Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- City Overlook · 10 mi
- Petroglyph Overlook · 11 mi
- Oak Creek Vista · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Philomena Spring: 0.4 mi
- Beard Spring: 0.7 mi
- Flagstaff Spring: 0.7 mi
- Bear Paw Spring: 1.1 mi
- Snowslide Spring: 1.1 mi
- Aubineau Peak: 1.2 mi
- San Francisco Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Agassiz Peak: 1.4 mi
- Rees Peak: 1.6 mi
- Fremont Peak: 1.9 mi
- San Francisco Peaks Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Kendrick Park Watchable Wildlife Trail: 5.9 mi
- G. A. Pearson Natural Area: 6.4 mi
- Kendrick Park Picnic Ground: 7.0 mi
- Cheshire Park: 7.7 mi
- Flagstaff Buffalo: 9.2 mi
- Origins Gallery: 10.0 mi
- Martian: 10.0 mi
- "Touch Home, Reach Sky": 10.2 mi
- Asset #7: 10.2 mi
- Fisher Point: 14.2 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 21.4 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Coconino Rim: 22.3 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona Research Center: 7.7 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano Visitor Center: 7.7 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona: 7.8 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona research facility: 7.8 mi
- Slipher Rotunda Museum: 9.9 mi
- Humphreys Peak B-24 Bomber Crash Site: 0.8 mi
- Lava Flow Trail: 9.1 mi
- Lowell Observatory: 10.0 mi
- Levitate Adventure Park: 10.1 mi
- Waterbird petroglyph site: 10.8 mi
- Kachina Peaks Wilderness: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument: 9.5 mi
- Kendrick Mountain Wilderness: 11.4 mi
- Strawberry Crater Wilderness: 15.0 mi
- Walnut Canyon National Monument: 15.4 mi
- Juniper Street Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- The Lizard Garden: 11.1 mi
- The Pond and Wetland Garden: 11.1 mi
- The Forest Garden: 11.1 mi
- The Wildflower Garden: 11.1 mi
- White Buffalo Trading Post (former): 6.4 mi
- Flagstaff Historical Monument: 9.7 mi
- Flagstaff War Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Historic Route 66 Logo: 10.4 mi
- Columbarium wall: 12.2 mi
- Cochise Ramada: 14.1 mi
- Maricopa Ramada: 14.2 mi
- Navajo Ramada: 14.2 mi
- Yavapai Ramada: 14.3 mi
- Lake Mary Boat Landin: 21.0 mi
- Parks Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Parks Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- House Rock: 23.7 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Humphreys Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agassiz Peak | S 180° | 3,766 m | 1.4 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SSE 149° | 3,648 m | 1.9 mi |
| Aubineau Peak | ENE 59° | 3,608 m | 1.2 mi |
| Rees Peak | ENE 66° | 3,497 m | 1.6 mi |
| Doyle Peak | ESE 123° | 3,493 m | 2.1 mi |
| Kendrick Peak | WNW 294° | 3,175 m | 10.6 mi |
| Schultz Peak | SE 129° | 3,074 m | 3.4 mi |
| Elden Mountain | SSE 148° | 2,834 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:08 | 19:46 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:52 | 18:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 39 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 48 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Valley, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267393
Day trips start here
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument · 10 mi
- Flagstaff · 11 mi
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