May 20 2024
Humboldt Mountain Humboldt Mountain is a distinctive summit rising above the desert and chaparral country northeast of Cave Creek, Arizona. Reaching 5,211 feet (1,588 meters), the mountain occupies a commanding position in the southern part of Arizona’s rugged Transition Zone, overlooking the Verde River country and the increasingly mountainous landscape between metropolitan Phoenix and central …
May 20 2024
Kentuck Mountain Kentuck Mountain is a rugged, seldom-climbed summit rising above the upper Cave Creek country north of Carefree, Arizona. Reaching approximately 5,016 feet (1,529 meters) according to modern lidar-based Peakbagger measurements, the mountain stands within Tonto National Forest in northern Maricopa County and forms part of the rugged transition between the Sonoran Desert and …
May 20 2024
Butte Peak Butte Peak is a prominent desert-mountain summit rising north of Scottsdale and Carefree in central Arizona. Reaching approximately 4,876 feet (1,486 meters) according to modern lidar measurements, the mountain forms part of the rugged highlands separating the upper Cave Creek country from the Verde River drainage. Although Butte Peak receives relatively little attention …
May 18 2024
Gold Hill Gold Hill is a small but distinctive summit tucked into the rugged highlands of far northern Scottsdale, Arizona. Rising to approximately 4,585 feet (1,397 meters), the hill lies immediately south of Butte Peak in a surprisingly wild landscape of chaparral, granite, rocky ridges, springs, old roads, and desert-mountain terrain. Gold Hill does not …
May 18 2024
Apache Peak Apache Peak is a rugged desert summit rising above the far northern reaches of Scottsdale, Arizona. Located immediately south of Gold Hill and Butte Peak, the mountain reaches approximately 4,561 feet (1,390 meters) and forms part of an increasingly wild landscape where the Sonoran Desert begins transitioning into the mountains and chaparral of …
May 10 2024
East End (Arizona) East End is the highest point in Arizona’s McDowell Mountains, rising above the Sonoran Desert northeast of Scottsdale and Phoenix. Modern lidar measurements place the summit at approximately 4,074 feet (1,242 meters), a few feet higher than the 4,067- to 4,069-foot elevations found on older maps and references. The mountain occupies the …
May 10 2024
Troon Mountain Troon Mountain is a rugged granite summit rising from the high Sonoran Desert of northern Scottsdale, Arizona. Reaching approximately 3,520 feet (1,073 meters), the mountain is surrounded by enormous rounded boulders, steep rocky slopes, saguaros, desert scrub, and the residential communities of Troon Village. Although considerably lower than nearby East End, the highest …
May 10 2024
Pinnacle Peak Pinnacle Peak is a dramatic granite summit rising from the Sonoran Desert in northern Scottsdale, Arizona. Reaching approximately 3,170 feet (966 meters), the mountain is immediately recognizable for its steep summit tower, enormous rounded boulders, rugged granite walls, and slopes dotted with saguaros. Although Pinnacle Peak is considerably lower than nearby Troon Mountain …
May 02 2024
Mount Sinai, known in Arabic as Jabal Musa or Gebel Musa—“Mountain of Moses”—is one of the world’s most culturally significant mountains. Rising to 2,285 meters (7,496 feet) in Egypt’s southern Sinai Peninsula, the rugged granite summit has been revered for centuries as the traditional location of the biblical Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Tablets …
May 02 2024
Mount Rushmore is one of the most recognizable mountains in the United States. Four enormous presidential faces—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln—look out from a granite cliff in the Black Hills of South Dakota, creating a landmark that combines mountain geology, monumental sculpture, American history, and a far older Indigenous cultural landscape. …
