2.7 miles away
Fort Bowie
A US Army post established in 1862 near Apache Pass, central to operations that ended with the surrender of Geronimo in 1886.
Apache Pass
A 5,110-foot pass between the Dos Cabezas and Chiricahua Mountains east of Willcox, known in Spanish as Puerto del Dado.
- Rank in Arizona
- #187of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 46.6 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Apache Pass is a mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, between the Dos Cabezas Mountains and the Chiricahua Mountains, at an elevation of 5,110 feet. It lies about 20 miles east-south-east of Willcox. Its earlier Spanish name was Puerto del Dado, meaning "pass of the die".
Where it is
Apache Pass is a natural landmark near Chiricahua National Monument, in Cochise 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 Apache Pass, 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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A National Park System unit in south-eastern Arizona, established in 1924 to protect its hoodoos and balancing rocks.
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Chiricahua Mountains
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Willcox Playa
A 40-square-mile dry lake beside Willcox, remnant of Pleistocene Lake Cochise and a National Natural Landmark since 1966.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Chiricahua National Monument
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 46.6 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 32.9
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 32.1517, -109.4820
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12