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El Capitan Pass
A historical marker commemorates this spectacular pass, through which in 1846 Kearney's army marched to California to fight in the Mexican War. Shaded picnic tables are nearby.
Christmas
Christmas is an uninhabited mining community in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The mine which led to creation of the town was staked on Christmas Day 1902, prompting the name. During the three decades in which the town's post office operated it was a popular destination for holiday mail seeking a "Christmas" postmark.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Globe
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 40.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 19.3
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.0633, -110.7400
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Christmas is a historic site near Globe, in Gila 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
This place scores 40.4 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: Wikipedia(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: 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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Ray
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Tonto National Forest
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Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park
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Gila County Historical Society
A small museum devoted to the history of Globe and the surrounding region. A small bookshop is also onsite.