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San Francisco Peaks The San Francisco Peaks (Navajo: , es, Sierra de San Francisco, Hopi: ''Nuva'tukya'ovi'', Western Apache: ''Dził Tso'', Keres: ''Tsii Bina'', Southern Paiute: ''Nuvaxatuh'', Havasupai-Hualapai: ''Hvehasahpatch''/''Huassapatch''/''Wik'hanbaja' ...

, isolation = , listing = , location = Coconino County, Arizona, U.S. , map = USA Arizona , map_caption = none , map_width = 180 , label_position = bottom , coordinates = , range_coordinates = , coordinates_ref = , topo =

USGS The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

Humphreys Peak , first_ascent = , type = igneous, volcanic , volcanic_field =

San Francisco volcanic field The San Francisco volcanic field is an area of volcanoes in northern Arizona, north of Flagstaff, US. The field covers 1,800 square miles (4,700 km²) of the southern boundary of the Colorado Plateau. The field contains 600 volcanoes ran ...

, easiest_route = Humphreys Trail, Humphreys Peak ( hop, Aaloosaktukwi, nv, Dookʼoʼoosłííd) is the highest natural point and the second most prominent peak after

Mount Graham Mount Graham (called in Nnee biyati' (Western Apache) Dził Nchaa Sí'an - ′Big Seated Mountain′) is a mountain in Graham County, Arizona, United States, approximately northeast of Tucson. The mountain reaches in height. It is the highes ...

in the U.S. state of

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...

, with an elevation of and is located within the

Kachina Peaks Wilderness Kachina Peaks Wilderness is a wilderness area about north of Flagstaff within the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona.

in the

Coconino National Forest The Coconino National Forest is a 1.856-million acre (751,000 ha) United States National Forest located in northern Arizona in the vicinity of Flagstaff. Originally established in 1898 as the "San Francisco Mountains National Forest Reserve", the ...

, about north of

Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2019, the city's estimated population was 75,038. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has an estimated population ...

. Humphreys Peak is the highest of a group of dormant

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peaks known as the

. Humphreys Peak was named in about 1870 for General

Andrew A. Humphreys Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (November 2, 1810December 27, 1883), was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division c ...

, a U.S. Army officer who was a Union

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during the

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, and who later became Chief of Engineers of the

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. However, a 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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"Kachina Trail #150"
U.S. Forest Service.
"Humphreys Peak Trail #151."
HikeArizona.com.
"Kachina Peaks Wilderness."
U.S. Forest Service. {{Mountains of Arizona Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Mountains of Arizona Volcanoes of Arizona Extinct volcanoes Highest points of U.S. states Coconino National Forest North American 3000 m summits Mountains of Coconino County, Arizona

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