Piestewa Peak
Piestewa Peak rises to 776 m in Arizona. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Phoenix Mountains, a peak 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 29 miles off.
The story
Piestewa Peak ( py-ES-tə-wah; O'odham: Vainom Do'ag, formerly Squaw Peak), at 2,610 feet (796 m) is the second highest point in the Phoenix Mountains, after Camelback Mountain, and the third highest in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in the Piestewa Peak Recreation Area within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, near Piestewa Freeway (Arizona State Highway 51). Piestewa Peak is named in honor of Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat in the U.S. military, and the first female soldier to be killed in action in the 2003 Iraq War.
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Wikidata Q2111184, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 776 m
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Phoenix Mountains: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dixie Peak: 1.7 mi
- Mummy Mountain: 3.4 mi
- The Praying Monk: 3.5 mi
- Phoenix Mountains Park: 0.5 mi
- 32nd Street Trailhead: 1.2 mi
- Dreamy Draw Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Sumida Park: 1.3 mi
- Granada Park: 1.3 mi
- Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 1.0 mi
- Barry Goldwater Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 3.2 mi
- Crucifix: 4.4 mi
- High Flight: 4.5 mi
- Freeway Pot: 1.5 mi
- Freeway Pot: 1.5 mi
- Freeway Pot: 1.6 mi
- Freeway Pot: 1.7 mi
- Freeway Pot: 1.7 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 2.6 mi
- Lovely Bride: 6.6 mi
- Tea House: 6.7 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 7.0 mi
- Starfire Golf Club: 7.1 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 2.4 mi
- Entry Garden: 4.6 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 5.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 5.8 mi
- Bio Garden: 6.0 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Shemer Art Center: 4.1 mi
- Scottsdale Railroad Museum: 5.7 mi
- Model Railroad Building: 5.7 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 6.5 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 3.5 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 3.5 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 3.6 mi
- Pima Area 4: 3.6 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 3.7 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 9.3 mi
- Mountain Spring: 14.4 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 21.0 mi
- Jims Spring: 21.3 mi
- Apache Spring: 21.7 mi
- Flemming Spring: 23.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 14.4 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 15.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 15.8 mi
- Sven Slab: 16.4 mi
- Coon Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Marinette: 14.9 mi
- Illinois: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Piestewa Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NE 54° | 1,240 m | 15.6 mi |
| McDowell Peak | ENE 57° | 1,230 m | 14.0 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 61° | 1,214 m | 13.8 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 52° | 1,196 m | 15.2 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 56° | 1,192 m | 13.8 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NE 42° | 1,060 m | 15.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,030 m | 19.0 mi |
| Brown's Mountain | NNE 33° | 991 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 11741 — Piestewa Peak, Maricopa County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359252015
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 4 mi
- Scottsdale · 6 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 8 mi
- Tempe · 11 mi
- Guadalupe · 13 mi
- Mesa · 14 mi
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