9.3 miles away
Bumble Bee
A ghost town in the Bradshaw Mountains of Yavapai County, named for Bumble Bee Creek and used by campers in winter.
Big Bug
A ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, established in 1862 and lying twelve miles south-east of Prescott.
- Rank in Arizona
- #361of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 39.9 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Octoberby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Historic Site
Big Bug is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona. The former settlement lies twelve miles south-east of Prescott and was established in 1862.
Where it is
Big Bug is a historic site near Camp Verde, in Yavapai County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Big Bug, 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.
Nearby attractions
9.8 miles away
Cleator
A near ghost town and small community in Yavapai County, Arizona, formerly known as Turkey Creek or Turkey.
11 miles away
Agua Fria National Monument
A 72,344-acre national monument north of Phoenix, holding over 450 recorded Native American structures on Bureau of Land Management land.
20 miles away
Bradshaw Mountains
A mountain range in central Arizona, formerly the Silver Mountain Range, renamed after the brothers Isaac and William D. Bradshaw.
21 miles away
Verde Hot Springs
A group of thermal mineral springs on the western bank of the Verde River near Camp Verde, beside the ruins of a former resort.
21 miles away
Tip Top
Tip Top is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, settled in 1876 in what was then Arizona Territory.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Camp Verde
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 39.9 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 18.2
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 34.3150, -112.0670
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12