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O'Leary Peak

O'Leary Peak rises to 2,718 m in Arizona. Humphreys Peak stands 3,851 m to the west-southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Darton Dome, a peak 0.6 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 13 miles off.

The story

O'Leary Peak is an extinct Pleistocene lava dome volcano within the San Francisco volcanic field, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, and to the northwest of Sunset Crater National Monument. A fire lookout tower was built on a subsidiary eastern peak. It has an elevation of 8,919 feet (2,719 m).

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Wikidata Q7071858, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2718 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.40153, -111.52636

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Darton Dome: 0.6 mi
  • Robinson Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Robinson Crater: 1.5 mi
  • Lenox Crater: 2.8 mi
  • Black Mountain: 2.9 mi
Springs: 59
  • Jack Smith Spring Number Two: 5.1 mi
  • Alto Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Lockett Meadow Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Jack Smith Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Raspberry Spring: 8.0 mi
Parks: 40
  • Painted Desert Vista Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Peaks View County Park: 9.3 mi
  • San Francisco Peaks Natural Area: 10.0 mi
  • Smoke Rise Park: 11.7 mi
  • Smokerise Park: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Flagstaff Buffalo: 14.0 mi
  • Crater Bowl: 15.2 mi
  • East Portal: 15.2 mi
  • South Space: 15.4 mi
  • "The Veridic Gardens of Effie La Roux": 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 13
Attractions: 8
  • Lava Flow Trail: 2.7 mi
  • Humphreys Peak B-24 Bomber Crash Site: 10.1 mi
  • Waterbird petroglyph site: 11.7 mi
  • Wupatki Blowhole: 12.1 mi
  • Levitate Adventure Park: 12.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Juniper Street Community Garden: 14.5 mi
  • The Forest Garden: 16.1 mi
  • The Pond and Wetland Garden: 16.1 mi
  • The Lizard Garden: 16.1 mi
  • The Wildflower Garden: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Maricopa Ramada: 20.2 mi
  • Cochise Ramada: 20.2 mi
  • Navajo Ramada: 20.3 mi
  • Yavapai Ramada: 20.4 mi
  • Lake Mary Boat Landin: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Parks Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • Parks Rest Area: 22.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of O'Leary Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Humphreys PeakWSW 246°3,850.77 m9.4 mi
Agassiz PeakWSW 239°3,766 m10.0 mi
Fremont PeakSW 234°3,648 m9.3 mi
Aubineau PeakWSW 247°3,608 m8.2 mi
Rees PeakWSW 246°3,497 m7.7 mi
Doyle PeakSW 234°3,493 m8.4 mi
Schultz PeakSW 225°3,074 m8.4 mi
Elden MountainSSW 200°2,834 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0518:38
June solstice05:1219:0719:45
September equinox06:1517:5118:24
December solstice07:3216:3917:18

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283137445262676458463628
Precip in1.41.11.10.70.70.32.73.41.71.40.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunset Crater NM, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270136

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