11 miles away
Quartzsite Historical Society
Quartzsite Historical Society, in La Paz County, Arizona, occupies the site of an 1866 adobe stage station on the California–Arizona line.
Bouse Fisherman
A pre-Columbian desert geoglyph near Quartzsite depicting a fisherman, near a Native American lookout and stagecoach ruins.
- Rank in Arizona
- #517of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 25.5 out of 100low confidence
- Category
- Historic Site
The Bouse Fisherman is a pre-Columbian geoglyph on the desert floor near Quartzsite, La Paz County, Arizona, outlining the figure of a fisherman. Nearby are the remains of a Native American lookout and the ruins of a stagecoach station. The site is protected by the Bureau of Land Management.
Where it is
Bouse Fisherman is a historic site near Quartzsite, in La Paz 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 Bouse Fisherman, 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 low 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
- 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.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/fisherman.html(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Dripping Springs petroglyphs
Hundreds of pre-Columbian petroglyphs near Quartzsite, along a path past a ruined stone cabin and springs to a cliff base.15 miles away
Tyson Wash grinding holes and petroglyphs
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La Paz
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Poston War Relocation Center
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Quartzsite
- County
- La Paz County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 25.5 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Official website
- blm.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.7907, -114.0944
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12