5.4 miles away
Acadia Ranch Museum
Has several exhibits relating to the history and culture of Oracle.
Biosphere 2
This unique facility was designed as an artificially closed complete ecology, and was the setting for research on human interaction with natural systems. The site is now owned and maintained by the University of Arizona, which conducts tours for the public.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Oracle
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 63.2 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 85.0
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- b2science.org(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 32.5788, -110.8506
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Biosphere 2 is a landmark near Oracle, in Pinal County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 63.2 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Description: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab), used under CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab)
- 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: http://www.b2science.org/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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