Mistake Peak is a summit in
Gila County
Gila County ( ) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. The county seat is Globe.
Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is incl ...
, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
. It has an elevation of and a prominence of . Mistake Peak was likely so named because it was mistaken by surveyors for another summit. Mistake Peak has been noted for its
unusual place name.
References
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Mountains of Arizona
Mountains of Gila County, Arizona