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Ben Avery Shooting Facility
A 1,650-acre public shooting range in northern Phoenix, the largest publicly operated shooting facility in the United States.
- Rank in Arizona
- #435of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 35.0 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Landmark
The Ben Avery Shooting Facility is a public outdoor shooting range in northern Phoenix, Arizona. At 1,650 acres it is the largest publicly operated shooting facility in the United States. It is operated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and is one of the Phoenix Points of Pride. The range is named after Ben Avery, a local outdoors activist. Eye protection is required and ear protection recommended.
Where it is
Ben Avery Shooting Facility is a landmark near Phoenix, in Maricopa County. It is one of the 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 Ben Avery Shooting Facility, 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: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://www.azgfd.com/Shooting/BASF/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Phoenix
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 35.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 23.0
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- azgfd.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.8038, -112.1448
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12