Mistake Peak (Arizona)

Mistake Peak
Mistake Peak Location in Arizona
Highest point
Elevation	5,930 ft (1,807 m) NGVD 29^[1]
Prominence	150 ft (46 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	33°55′03″N 111°09′59″W / 33.9175439°N 111.1665164°W / 33.9175439; -111.1665164Coordinates: 33°55′03″N 111°09′59″W / 33.9175439°N 111.1665164°W / 33.9175439; -111.1665164 ^[2]
Geography
Location	Gila County, Arizona, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Ancha
Topo map	USGS Picture Mountain

Mistake Peak is a summit in Gila County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It has an elevation of 5,930 feet (1,807 m) and a prominence of 150 feet (46 m). Mistake Peak was likely so named because it was mistaken by surveyors for another summit.^[3] Mistake Peak has been noted for its unusual place name.^[4]

References

1 2 "Mistake Peak AZ". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
↑ "Mistake Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
↑ Hook, J. N. (10 June 2014). All Those Wonderful Names. Open Road Media. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4976-1186-3.
↑ Vedral, Joyce L. (15 October 1990). Uncle John's Third Bathroom Reader. St. Martin's Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-312-04586-9.

Mountains of Arizona
Black Hills (Yavapai County)	Mingus Mountain
Black Mountains	Boundary Cone Fortification Hill Mount Wilson
Bradshaw Mountains	Mount Union
Castle Dome Mountains	Castle Dome
Cerbat Mountains	Mount Tipton
Chiricahua Mountains	Chiricahua Peak
Chuska Mountains	Roof Butte
Dragoon Mountains	Mount Glenn
Hieroglyphic Mountains	White Picacho
Huachuca Mountains	Carr Peak Miller Peak
Hualapai Mountains	Aubrey Peak Hualapai Peak
Little Ajo Mountains	Ajo Peak
Little Dragoon Mountains	Lime Peak Mae West Peaks
Mazatzal Mountains	Four Peaks Mount Ord
McDowell Mountains	East End Mount McDowell Thompson Peak
Mule Mountains	Mount Ballard
Phoenix Mountains	Piestewa Peak
Pinal Mountains	Pinal Peak
Pinaleño Mountains	Mount Graham
Plomosa Mountains	Ibex Peak
Quinlan Mountains	Kitt Peak
Rincon Mountains	Mica Mountain
San Francisco Peaks	Agassiz Peak Doyle Peak Fremont Peak
San Franscico Volcanic Field	Black Bottom Crater Double Crater Humphreys Peak Kendrick Peak Mount Elden O'Leary Peak Roden Crater S P Crater Strawberry Crater Sunset Crater
Santa Catalina Mountains	Mount Bigelow Mount Lemmon Pusch Ridge Thimble Peak
Santa Rita Mountains	Mount Hopkins Mount Wrightson
Santa Teresa Mountains	Mount Turnbull
Sierra Ancha	Mistake Peak
Sierra Prieta	Granite Mountain
Superstition Mountains	Superstition Mountain Weavers Needle
Tank Mountains	Black Dome
Tucson Mountains	Sentinel Peak Tumamoc Hill
Whetstone Mountains	Apache Peak
White Mountains	Black Mesa (Navajo County) Escudilla Mountain Mount Baldy
Others	Agathla Peak Agua Caliente Mountains Agua Dulce Mountains Antelope Hill Aquarius Mountains Artillery Mountains Atascosa Mountains Aubrey Hills Baboquivari Peak Balakai Mesa Beaver Dam Mountains Belmont Mountains Bill Williams Mountain Bitsihuitsos Butte Black Hills (Greenlee County) Black Mesa (Apache-Navajo Counties) Black Mesa (Warm Springs) Black Mountain (Maricopa County) Black Mountain (Pima County) Blackjack Mountains Bryan Mountains Buckskin Mountains (Coconino County) Buckskin Mountains (La Paz) Bush Head Cabeza Prieta Mountains Camelback Mountain Canelo Hills Carrizo Mountains Cerro Colorado Mountains Chocolate Mountains Copper Mountains Coyote Mountains Date Creek Mountains Dome Rock Mountains Dos Cabezas Mountains Etoi Ki Excalibur Galiuro Mountains Gavilan Peak Gila Bend Mountains Gila Mountains (Graham County) Gila Mountains (Yuma County) Goldfield Mountains Grand Wash Cliffs Granite Mountains Granite Wash Mountains Growler Mountains Gu Achi Peak Guadalupe Mountains Harcuvar Mountains Harquahala Mountains House Mountain Hunts Mesa Isis Temple John the Baptist Mountains Juniper Mesa Kaibab Plateau Kofa Mountains Laguna Mountains Las Guijas Mountains Lime Mountain Little Harquahala Mountains Little Rincon Mountains Lukachukai Mountains Madrean Sky Islands McDowell Peak Mescal Mountains Mineral Mountains Moccasin Mountains Mohave Mountains Mohawk Mountains Mount Trumbull Muggins Mountains Mummy Mountain Mustang Mountains Navajo Mountain The Needles New River Mountains New Water Mountains Newton Butte Painted Rock Mountains Pajarito Mountains Patagonia Mountains Peacock Mountains Picacho Peak Picketpost Mountain Pinnacle Peak Poachie Range Poston Butte Rawhide Mountains Sacaton Mountains San Luis Mountains Santa Maria Mountains Sevenmile Mountains Sierra San Antonio Sierra Estrella Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Pinta Silver Bell Mountains South Mountains Squaw Tits Sugarloaf Mountain Sunnyslope Mountain Sunset Mountains Swisshelm Mountains Tempe Butte Temple Butte Tinajas Altas Mountains Tortolita Mountains Trigo Mountains Tule Mountains Virgin Mountains Vulcan's Throne Vulture Mountains Waterman Mountains Weaver Mountains West Silver Bell Mountains White Tank Mountains Wickenburg Mountains

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