Piestewa Peak
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Piestewa Peak ( py-ES-tə-wah; O’odham: Vainom Do’ag, formerly Squaw Peak), at 2,610 feet (796 m) is the second highest point in the Phoenix Mountains, after Camelback Mountain, and the third highest in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in the Piestewa Peak Recreation Area within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, near Piestewa Freeway (Arizona State Highway 51). Piestewa Peak is named in honor of Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat in the U.S. military, and the first female soldier to be killed in action in the 2003 Iraq War.
Nearby Locations:
| Roosevelt Row Welcome Center (6.8 miles) Desert Botanical Garden (7.4 miles) Papago Park (7.5 miles) Tempe Town Lake (9.6 miles) South Mountain Park and Preserve (14.3 miles) | Tom's Thumb Trailhead (16.2 miles) Gila River Memorial Airport (22 miles) Saguaro Lake (28.6 miles) Lost Dutchman State Park (31.4 miles) Silly Mountain Trailhead (32.7 miles) |
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Piestewa Peak, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
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