4.6 miles away
Amerind Foundation
A private museum dedicated to the preservation of Native American cultures and histories, with special events and educational programs.
Dragoon Springs
This site includes a ruined Butterfield Stagecoach station, and Civil War graves from the First Battle of Dragoon Springs.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Dragoon Mountains
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 25.5 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 31.9981, -110.0227
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Dragoon Springs is a historic site near Dragoon 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
This place scores 25.5 out of 100, at low 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: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab), used under CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab)
- 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.
Nearby attractions
4.9 miles away
Cochise Stronghold
Apache chief Cochise is believed to be buried in this area. Cochise Trail #279 is a challenging but very scenic 5-mile trail (one-way) beginning on the western side of the range and terminating at Cochise Stronghold Campground.
5.4 miles away
Texas Canyon
Named after pioneer settlers from Texas whose family still operates a nearby ranch, the pass is between the Dragoon Mountains in the south and the Little Dragoon Mountains in the north. The entire area is marked by huge granite boulders which can be easily appreciated from the I-10 rest stop. To explore further, take Exit 318 and turn south and head toward the Amerind Foundation (listed above).6.1 miles away
The Thing?
The Thing (a.k.a. The Thing Museum) is an Arizona roadside attraction extensively advertised by signs along Interstate 10 between El Paso, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona. The object, supposedly a mummified mother and child, is believed to have been made by exhibit creator Homer Tate for sideshows.6.2 miles away
Council Rocks
This site, surrounded by giant boulders with pre-Columbian pictographs, is believed to be where the 1872 peace treaty between Chief Cochise and General Howard was negotiated.
8.3 miles away
Dragoon Mountains
The Dragoon Mountains is a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona. The range is about 25 mi (40 km) long, running on an axis extending south-south east through Willcox. The name originates from the 3rd U.S.