5.7 miles away
McDowell Mountains
A range twenty miles north-east of downtown Phoenix, rising to East End at 4,069 feet and preserved by Scottsdale.
Pinnacle Peak
A 3,169-foot granite summit in Scottsdale, inside a 150-acre city park crossed by a 1.75-mile trail; the summit requires climbing.
- Rank in Arizona
- #285of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 42.4 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Marchby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Pinnacle Peak is a granite summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, rising to an elevation of 3,169 feet. It stands within the 150-acre Pinnacle Peak Park, operated by the City of Scottsdale park district. The park lies in the Sonoran Desert and holds native desert plants and animals. A 1.75-mile trail crosses the area, though rock climbing skills are needed to reach the summit.
Where it is
Pinnacle Peak is a natural landmark near Scottsdale, in Maricopa County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Pinnacle Peak, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Scottsdale
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 42.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 23.7
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.7256, -111.8702
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12