East Pocket Knob

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East Pocket Knob
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South aspect, from Wilson Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 7,196 ft (2,193 m) [1]
Prominence 401 ft (122 m) [1]
Parent peak Turkey Butte (7,374 ft) [1]
Isolation 5.28 mi (8.50 km) [1]
Coordinates 34°58′32″N111°46′07″W / 34.9755655°N 111.7684818°W / 34.9755655; -111.7684818 [2]
Geography
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East Pocket Knob
Location in Arizona
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East Pocket Knob
East Pocket Knob (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Arizona
County Coconino
Protected area Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness
Parent range Colorado Plateau [3]
Topo map USGS Wilson Mountain
Geology
Age of rock Permian
Type of rock Basalt
Coconino Sandstone
Climbing
Easiest route Trail

East Pocket Knob is a 7,196-foot-elevation (2,193-meter) summit in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.

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Description

East Pocket Knob is located 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north of Sedona in the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, on land managed by Coconino National Forest. It is the highest point in the wilderness. [1] [3] Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains to Oak Creek which is part of the Verde River watershed. [3] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Oak Creek Canyon in one mile (1.6 km). The nearest higher neighbor is Smith Butte, five miles (8 km) to the northeast. [3] East Pocket Knob is composed of a layer of dark-gray basalt overlaying light-colored Coconino Sandstone. Hiking the strenuous A. B. Young Trail to the fire lookout tower at the summit covers two miles (one-way) with 33 switchbacks and 1,950 feet of elevation gain. [4] The trail was originally built by C.S. (Bear) Howard in the 1880s to access grazing pastures on the plateau, then it was reconstructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps as supervised by A.B. Young. [5] The lookout was built in 1943 and is one of only two wooden fire lookouts remaining in Arizona. [6] [7] The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [2] "Pocket" was a term that pioneers used for an isolated area of land surrounded by cliffs on three sides. [8]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, East Pocket Knob is located in a temperate semi-arid climate zone. [9] Hikers can expect afternoon rain and lightning from the seasonal monsoon in late July and August. Spring and autumn offer the most favorable weather for hiking the trail to East Pocket Knob. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "East Pocket Knob". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "East Pocket Knob, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  4. 1 2 Bruce Grubbs, The Creaky Knees Guide Arizona: The 80 Best Easy Hikes, Sasquatch Books, 2012, ISBN   9781570618338, p. 107.
  5. ↑ A. B. Young Trail No. 100, US Forest Service, Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ↑ East Pocket Lookout, National Historic Lookout Register, nhlr.org, Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  7. ↑ Outdoors: A.B. Young climb to East Pocket Lookout Tower worth the effort, Sam McManis, Arizona Daily Sun, azdailysun.com, June 1, 2021.
  8. ↑ Bruce Grubbs, Best Easy Day Hikes Sedona, Rowman & Littlefield, 2009, ISBN   9780762755837, p. 87.
  9. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
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