Coconino National Forest
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The
Coconino National Forest is a 1.856-million acre (751,000 ha)
United States National Forest located in northern
Arizona in the vicinity of
Flagstaff, with elevations ranging from 2,600 feet to the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (Humphrey's Peak). Originally established in 1898 as the "San Francisco Mountains National Forest Reserve", the area was designated a U.S. National Forest by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt on July 2, 1908, when the San Francisco Mountains National Forest Reserve was merged with lands from other surrounding forest reserves to create the Coconino National Forest. Today, the Coconino National Forest contains diverse landscapes, including
deserts,
ponderosa pine forests, flatlands,
mesas, alpine
tundra, and ancient
volcanic peaks. The forest surrounds the towns of
Sedona and Flagstaff and borders four other national forests; the
Kaibab National Forest to the west and northwest, the
Prescott National Forest to the southwest, the
Tonto National Forest to the south, and the
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest to the southeast. The forest contains all or parts of nine designated
wilderness areas, including the
Kachina Peaks Wilderness, which includes the summit of the
San Francisco Peaks. The headquarters are in Flagstaff. The Coconino National Forest consists of three districts: Flagstaff Ranger District, Mogollon Rim Ranger District, and Red Rock Ranger District, which have local
ranger district offices in Flagstaff,
Happy Jack, and
Sedona.
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