Kendrick Peak

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title: "Kendrick Peak" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["landforms-of-coconino-county,-arizona", "mountains-of-arizona", "kaibab-national-forest", "coconino-national-forest", "mountains-of-coconino-county,-arizona", "three-thousanders-of-the-united-states", "volcanoes-of-arizona", "pleistocene-lava-domes", "extinct-volcanoes-of-the-united-states", "lava-domes-of-the-united-states"] description: "Mountain in Arizona" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendrick_Peak" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Arizona ::

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Field	Value
name	Kendrick Peak
photo	KENDRICKPK.JPG
photo_caption	Kendrick Peak as seen from the San Francisco Peaks
elevation_ft	10425
elevation_ref
prominence_ft	2478
prominence_ref
location	Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.
map	USA Arizona
map_caption	none
map_size	180
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo	USGS Kendrick Peak
volcanic_field	San Francisco volcanic field
type	Lava dome
last_eruption	1.4 million years ago
geology
easiest_route	Kendrick Peak Trail
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| name = Kendrick Peak | photo = KENDRICKPK.JPG | photo_caption = Kendrick Peak as seen from the San Francisco Peaks | elevation_ft = 10425 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 2478 | prominence_ref = | location = Coconino County, Arizona, U.S. | map = USA Arizona | map_caption = none | map_size = 180 | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Kendrick Peak | volcanic_field = San Francisco volcanic field | type = Lava dome | last_eruption = 1.4 million years ago | first_ascent = | geology = | easiest_route = Kendrick Peak Trail

Kendrick Peak or Kendrick Mountain is one of the highest peaks in the San Francisco volcanic field north of the city of Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona and is located on the Coconino Plateau in Coconino County.

Kendrick Peak rises to a height of 10,425 ft, which makes it the 11th or 12th tallest summit (depending on the source) in Arizona. Kendrick Peak is a lava dome between 2.7 and 1.4 million years old consisting primarily of dacite and rhyolite flows that were partly buried by andesite according to the USGS.

Kendrick Peak is in the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness which is administered jointly by the Kaibab National Forest and the Coconino National Forest. A fire lookout, staffed by the United States Forest Service during the week and by volunteers on the weekends, has stood on top of Kendrick Peak since the early 1900s.

There are three maintained trails to the summit of Kendrick Peak—Kendrick Mountain Trail, Pumpkin Trail and Bull Basin Trail.

Along the Kendrick Mountain Trail, near the summit of Kendrick Peak, there is a Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis) growing at an altitude of nearly 10,400. ft. This is a rare high-elevation example of this species growing amongst Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and limber pine (Pinus flexilis).

In the year 2000, the Kendrick Wilderness and Kendrick Peak were involved in a large wildfire, the results of which are still quite evident to hikers or visitors to the peak. In an effort to return the forest to its "pre-fire" state, cattle are sometimes grazed near the Kendrick Mountain Trail trailhead. In 2017, the Boundary Fire started after lightning struck the northeast side of Kendrick Peak.

Geology

Kendrick Peak is a dome volcano, with some having multiple extrusion vents. Other Arizona examples of dome volcanoes are Mount Elden, Bill Williams Mountain, and Sitgreaves Mountain. See List of lava domes for more examples worldwide.

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References

References

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3. "Kendrick Mountain Trail".
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5. "2017 Wildfire Season: An Overview Southwestern U.S".
6. "Boundary Fire".
7. Luchhitta, Ivo. (2001). "Hiking Arizona's Geology". Mountaineers Books.

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