Bell Rock

Rank in Arizona: #130of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 49.4 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Natural Landmark

Bell Rock is a butte in Yavapai County, just north of the Village of Oak Creek and south of Sedona, with a summit elevation of 4,919 feet. It stands immediately west of Courthouse Butte. The most used route on it is a moderate walk to a small plateau on the butte's north-west face; the summit itself is reached only by an unmarked and more difficult trail.

Where it is

Bell Rock is a natural landmark near Sedona, in Yavapai 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 Bell Rock, 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
Official site: http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recreation/hiking/recarea/?recid=55230&actid=50(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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