Arizona - Humphreys Peak - a photo on Flickriver

            seen from US 89 on the way from Grand Canyon to Flagstaff

gesehen von der US 89 auf dem Weg vom Grand Canyon nach Flagstaff

Humphreys Peak (Hopi: Aaloosaktukwi, Navajo: Dookʼoʼoosłííd "its summit never melts"[5]) is the highest natural point and the second most prominent peak after Mount Graham in the U.S. state of Arizona, with an elevation of 12,633 feet (3,851 m) and is located within the Kachina Peaks Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest, about 11 miles (17.7 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona. Humphreys Peak is the highest of a group of dormant volcanic peaks known as the San Francisco Peaks.

Humphreys Peak was named in about 1870 for General Andrew A. Humphreys, a U.S. Army officer who was a Union general during the American Civil War, and who later became Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. However, a United States 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.

Climate

The climate at the top of the mountain belongs to the dry-summer subarctic climate (Köppen: Dsc), close to the tundra climate (Köppen: ET), and the climate a little further down the mountainside is Hemiboreal climate (Köppen: Dsb) or warm dry-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb). Six months of the year average temperatures below 32 °F (0 °C), and only July averages temperatures above 50 °F (10 °C). No month has a dew point higher than 32 °F (0 °C).

(Wikipedia)

Humphreys Peak ist mit einer Höhe von 3851 m der höchste Gipfel im US-Bundesstaat Arizona. Er liegt im Coconino County, nördlich von Flagstaff. Der Humphreys Peak ist der höchste Gipfel des San Francisco Mountains, eines Bergs der vulkanischen Berggruppe der San Francisco Peaks. Er liegt in der Kachina Peaks Wilderness, einem Wilderness Area, der strengsten Klasse von Naturschutzgebieten in den Vereinigten Staaten. Der Gipfel kann auf einem etwa 8 km langen Wanderweg erreicht werden. Aufgrund des Naturschutzes herrscht oberhalb von 11.400 ft (3475 m) Wegegebot und Wandergruppen sind auf zwölf Personen begrenzt.

(Wikipedia)

Taken in: United States / Arizona / Silver Saddle Mobile Home Park (show map)

Taken on: May 6, 2009

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