Humphreys Peak
- Easiest route
- 5.7 km+1,250 m · about 3.5 h · T5
- Prominence
- 1,841 m6,039 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 28°FFair · Wind 7 mph SE
Humphreys Peak is a 3,847 m (12,622 ft) mountain in the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,847 m · 12,622 ft
- Range
- San Francisco Peaks
- Region
- Arizona, United States
- Protected area
- Coconino National Forest
- Spanish name
- Pico Humphreys
- Coordinates
- 35.3464° N, 111.6779° W
How to get to the top of Humphreys Peak
3 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop Trailhead (trailhead)
- Distance
- 5.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,250 m(4,101 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Humphreys Peak 3D map
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Humphreys Peak terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Humphreys Peak weather
Today · Clear · 28 / 37°F (-2 / 3°C) · 7% chance of precipitation · Wind 3 mph S
Humphreys Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,348 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,738 m.
- Today28°37°7%3 mph SBase 33 / 51°
- Sat24°34°61%6 mph SBase 31 / 47°
- Sun26°36°5%5 mph WBase 31 / 48°
- Mon28°39°–3–8 mph SEBase 35 / 53°
- Tue29°41°–3–9 mph SWBase 36 / 55°
- Wed30°41°3%3–7 mph SWBase 37 / 54°
- Thu31°39°24%5–9 mph SBase 38 / 53°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:13 UTC.
Camping & parking near Humphreys Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Humphreys Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.1 km WSW
Nearest trailhead
Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Lockett Meadow Campground
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.1 km WSW |
| Parking | 3.1 km SW |
| Parking | 3.5 km WSW |
| Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop TrailheadTrailhead | 4.4 km N |
| Lockett Meadow CampgroundCampsite | 5.4 km ENE |
| Wild campingCampsite | 5.5 km NW |
| Campsite | 6.2 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Humphreys Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 5.7 km from 2,600 m to 3,847 m. Steepest stretch: 37°.
- 0–15°4.1 km
- 15–30°1.3 km
- 30–45°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.7 km, measured from the Humphreys Peak summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Aubineau Peak3,608 m 1.9 km ENE
- 2Agassiz Peak3,766 m 2.3 km S
- 3Rees Peak3,497 m 2.6 km ENE
- 4Fremont Peak3,648 m 3.0 km SSE
- 5Doyle Peak3,493 m 3.4 km ESE
- 6White Horse Hill - East Summit2,752 m 5.2 km NNW
- 7White Horse Hills2,760 m 5.4 km NNW
- 8Schultz Peak3,074 m 5.4 km SE
- 9Fern Mountain2,667 m 5.6 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.7 km; 801 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Quaking aspen329
- Gnophaela discreta157
- Western blue flag150
- Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine145
- Monument plant144
- Richardson's geranium141
Where Humphreys Peak sits
- Region
- Arizona28United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Humphreys Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,850 m at the summit; the official height is 3,847 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,847 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,851 m | +4 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,850 m | +3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,846 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,831 m | -17 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-20)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia