Kendrick Peak
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Kendrick Peak rises to 3,175 m in Arizona. Humphreys Peak stands 3,851 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kendrick Mountain Wilderness, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Kendrick Peak or Kendrick Mountain is one of the highest peaks in the San Francisco volcanic field north of the city of Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona and is located on the Coconino Plateau in Coconino County. Kendrick Peak rises to a height of 10,425 feet (3,178 m), which makes it the 11th or 12th tallest summit (depending on the source) in Arizona. Kendrick Peak is a lava dome between 2.7 and 1.4 million years old consisting primarily of dacite and rhyolite flows that were partly buried by andesite according to the USGS. Kendrick Peak is in the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness which is administered jointly by the Kaibab National Forest and the Coconino National Forest. A fire lookout, staffed by the United States Forest Service during the week and by volunteers on the weekends, has stood on top of Kendrick Peak since the early 1900s. There are three maintained trails to the summit of Kendrick Peak—Kendrick Mountain Trail, Pumpkin Trail and Bull Basin Trail. In the year 2000, the Kendrick Wilderness and Kendrick Peak were involved in a large wildfire, the results of which are still quite evident to hikers or visitors to the peak. In an effort to return the forest to its "pre-fire" state, cattle are sometimes grazed near the Kendrick Mountain Trail trailhead. In 2017, the Boundary Fire started after lightning struck the northeast side of Kendrick Peak.
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Wikidata Q6389037, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3175 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road
- 26.8 mi off the Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- City Overlook · 18 mi
- Petroglyph Overlook · 21 mi
- Oak Creek Vista · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Newman Spring: 0.8 mi
- Kendrick Spring: 2.5 mi
- Beale Spring: 4.7 mi
- Curley Seep: 5.5 mi
- Howard Seep: 7.0 mi
- East Newman Hill: 1.3 mi
- Newman Hill: 1.7 mi
- Antelope Hill: 3.3 mi
- Horseshoe Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bull Basin Mesa: 3.5 mi
- Kendrick Park Watchable Wildlife Trail: 5.3 mi
- Kendrick Park Picnic Ground: 5.4 mi
- San Francisco Peaks Natural Area: 9.6 mi
- G. A. Pearson Natural Area: 11.2 mi
- Oak Hill Snow Play Area: 13.7 mi
- Martian: 17.6 mi
- Origins Gallery: 17.6 mi
- Flagstaff Buffalo: 18.0 mi
- "Touch Home, Reach Sky": 18.2 mi
- Frontier Adventure: 18.3 mi
- Humphreys Peak B-24 Bomber Crash Site: 10.2 mi
- Lowell Observatory: 17.7 mi
- Lava Flow Trail: 19.0 mi
- American Bison: 19.7 mi
- White Bison: 19.7 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona: 15.9 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona Research Center: 16.0 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona research facility: 16.0 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano Visitor Center: 17.5 mi
- Astronomy Discovery Center: 17.6 mi
- Coconino Rim: 18.6 mi
- Coconino Rim: 19.1 mi
- Coconino Rim: 20.6 mi
- Coconino Rim: 21.0 mi
- Coconino Rim: 22.1 mi
- White Buffalo Trading Post (former): 5.4 mi
- Columbarium wall: 11.8 mi
- Memorial wall: 11.8 mi
- Flagstaff Historical Monument: 17.7 mi
- Flagstaff War Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Juniper Street Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- The Arboretum at Flagstaff: 18.4 mi
- The Lizard Garden: 19.2 mi
- The Pond and Wetland Garden: 19.2 mi
- The Forest Garden: 19.2 mi
- Kendrick Mountain Wilderness: 0.8 mi
- Kachina Peaks Wilderness: 11.5 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument: 19.3 mi
- Pumphouse County Natural Area: 23.4 mi
- Strawberry Crater Wilderness: 23.7 mi
- Cochise Ramada: 20.4 mi
- Navajo Ramada: 20.5 mi
- Maricopa Ramada: 20.5 mi
- Yavapai Ramada: 20.6 mi
- Parks Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Parks Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Kendrick Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humphreys Peak | ESE 114° | 3,850.77 m | 10.6 mi |
| Agassiz Peak | ESE 120° | 3,766 m | 11.3 mi |
| Aubineau Peak | ESE 109° | 3,608 m | 11.4 mi |
| Rees Peak | ESE 108° | 3,497 m | 11.8 mi |
| Sitgreaves Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,862 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hochderffer Hills | ESE 112° | 2,792 m | 5.8 mi |
| White Horse Hills | E 99° | 2,760 m | 8.4 mi |
| White Horse Hill - East Summit | E 98° | 2,752 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:52 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:40 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 30735 — Kendrick Peak, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267956
Day trips start here
- Flagstaff · 19 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument · 20 mi
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