Thompson Peak is located in the

McDowell Mountains The McDowell Mountain Range ( Yavapai: Wi:kajasa) is located about twenty miles north-east of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and may be seen from most places throughout the city. The range is composed of miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch ...

, the summit being to the northeast of

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. Its height is . Thompson Peak has amateur and

Maricopa County Maricopa County () is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and ...

government radio towers on the summit, accessible via a service road from Fountain Hills.

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"Thompson Peak - MSP, AZ"
HikeArizona.com. * {{Mountains of Arizona Landforms of Maricopa County, Arizona Mountains of Arizona Mountains of Maricopa County, Arizona