Cienega of San Simon

Rank in Arizona: #266of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 43.0 out of 100medium confidence
Most looked up: Augustby Wikipedia readers
Category: Natural Landmark

The Cienega of San Simon was a cienega, an area of springs, 13 miles up the San Simon River from San Simon Station, in Cochise County, Arizona.

Where it is

Cienega of San Simon is a natural landmark near Chiricahua National Monument, in Cochise 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 Cienega of San Simon, 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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