Camp Rucker

Rank in Arizona: #521of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 25.5 out of 100low confidence
Category: Historic Site

Camp Rucker is a former U.S. Army post in the Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, abandoned in 1890. A number of its buildings still stand, and the site is accessible from the adjacent national forest.

Where it is

Camp Rucker is a historic site near Chiricahua Mountains, in Cochise 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 Camp Rucker, 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

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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