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Calabasas
A ghost town within Rio Rico, a suburb of Nogales in Santa Cruz County, whose name is Spanish for 'pumpkins'.
Calabazas Mission
A Spanish mission, also known as Calabasas, in the Sonoran Desert near present-day Tumacácori, Arizona.
- Rank in Arizona
- #305of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 41.6 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Historic Site
Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas, also known as Calabasas, is a Spanish mission in the Sonoran Desert near present-day Tumacácori, Arizona.
Where it is
Calabazas Mission is a historic site near Nogales, in Santa Cruz 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 Calabazas Mission, 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.
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6.8 miles away
Patagonia Lake State Park
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Nogales
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Historic Landmark · National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 41.6 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 3.9
- Significance score
- 73.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 31.4525, -110.9596
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12