Four Peaks
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| Yavapai: Wikopa | |
 View of Four Peaks from Saguaro Lake. |
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| Elevation | 7,657 ft (2,334 m) |
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 Four Peaks
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| Range | Mazatzal Mountains |
| Coordinates | 33°41′2.53″N 111°19′31.20″W / 33.6840361°N 111.325333°WCoordinates: 33°41′2.53″N 111°19′31.20″W / 33.6840361°N 111.325333°W |
| Topo map | USGS Four Peaks |
Four Peaks (Yavapai: Wikopa[1]), at 7,657 feet (2,334 m) in altitude, is a prominent landmark on the eastern skyline of Phoenix, part of the Mazatzal Mountains. It is located in the Tonto National Forest 40 miles (64 km) east-northeast of Phoenix, in the 60,740-acre (245.8 km2) Four Peaks Wilderness. On rare occasions, Four Peaks offers much of the Phoenix metro area a view of snow covered peaks, and is the highest point in Maricopa County.
The name Four Peaks is a reference to the four distinct peaks of a north-south ridge forming the mountain's summit. The northernmost peak is named Brown's Peak and is the tallest of the four at 7,657 feet (2,334 m).[2] The remaining summits are unnamed, and from north to south are 7,642 feet (2,329 m), 7,575 feet (2,309 m) and 7,524 feet (2,293 m) in altitude.
[edit] References
- ^ Alan William Shaterian (1983), Phonology and Dictionary of Yavapai, University of California, Berkeley
- ^ "Browns Peak, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=4059. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
[edit] External links
- "Four Peaks". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:29145.
- "Browns Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:26798.
- "Four Peaks Wilderness". Tonto National Forest.
- "HikeArizona.com"
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