12 miles away
Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
The smallest designated wilderness in Arizona, 2,065 acres around Baboquivari Peak, a technical summit sacred to the Tohono O'odham.
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
A 117,107-acre US Fish and Wildlife Service refuge in Pima County, created for the reintroduction of masked bobwhite quail and pronghorn.
- Rank in Arizona
- #415of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 37.4 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge covers 117,107 acres (47,392 ha) in Pima County, Arizona, providing habitat for threatened and endangered plants and animals. It is managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service; sources differ on whether it was established in 1985 or 1986. The refuge was created for the reintroduction of the masked bobwhite quail and the pronghorn antelope, and a number of other mammal and bird species are now well established there, making it a noted site for watching birds and wildlife.
Where it is
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is a natural landmark near Altar Valley, in Pima 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 Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, 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: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Buenos_Aires/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
More photographs
Public domain · source(opens in a new tab) 
Public domain · source(opens in a new tab)
Nearby attractions
18 miles away
Ruby
A ghost town in the Pajarita Wilderness near the Mexican border, founded as a mining camp in 1877 under the name Montana Camp.24 miles away
Agua Linda Farm
A privately owned farm near Tubac that opens to the public for seasonal events such as a Garlic and Onion Festival.
24 miles away
McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope
A 1.6-metre solar telescope of 1962 at Kitt Peak, once the largest solar telescope and the largest unobstructed-aperture optical telescope in the world.
24 miles away
Kitt Peak National Observatory
An observatory west of Tucson holding more than twenty optical telescopes, one of the largest such gatherings in the northern hemisphere.
24 miles away
Tubac Center for the Arts
Tubac Center for the Arts, in Tubac, Arizona, is run by a local artists' cooperative that organises art exhibits and workshops.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Altar Valley
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 37.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 12.6
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- fws.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 31.6383, -111.4560
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12