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O'Leary Peak
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O'Leary Peak (center) from the Bonito Lava Flow. Darton Dome is at right.
Highest point
Elevation 8,919 ft (2,719 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 1,778 ft (542 m)
Geography
O'Leary Peak is located in Arizona
O'Leary Peak
O'Leary Peak
Location in Arizona
Location Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.
Topo map USGS O'Leary Peak
Geology
Volcanic field San Francisco volcanic field

O'Leary Peak is an extinct Pleistocene lava dome volcano within the San Francisco volcanic field, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, and to the northwest of Sunset Crater National Monument. A fire lookout tower was built on a subsidiary eastern peak. It has an elevation of 8,919 feet (2,719 m).

  • The Peaks from OLeary Lookout

    View of the San Francisco Peaks from O'Leary Lookout, 2009

  • Olearyandesite

    Sample of andesite porphyry from summit of O'Leary peak

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