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Alamo Lake State Park
A reservoir on the Bill Williams River in open desert, far from any town. Known for largemouth bass fishing and, because nothing around it is lit, some of the darkest night skies in the state park system. It recorded 77,604 visits in 2024.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- State Park
- Destination
- Wenden
- County
- Mohave County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 77,604 (2024)
- What is counted
- visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 39.9 / 100
- Visitation score
- 31.3
- Popularity score
- 29.0
- Significance score
- 62.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 34.2322, -113.6028
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Alamo Lake State Park is a state park near Wenden, in Mohave County. It is one of the state parks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 39.9 out of 100, at high confidence. The score combines its published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Sources
- Visitation: Arizona Office of Tourism Monthly State Parks Visitation Report (December 2025); source Arizona State Parks, compiled by AHRRC(opens in a new tab)
- 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
- Official site: https://azstateparks.com/alamo-lake(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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