7.9 miles away
Tonto National Forest
At 2,873,200 acres the largest national forest in Arizona, running from Sonoran Desert up to the pine forests of the Mogollon Rim.
El Capitan Pass
A Gila County mountain pass marked by a historical marker noting a U.S. Army march through it to California in 1846.
- Rank in Arizona
- #537of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 25.5 out of 100low confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
El Capitan Pass is a mountain pass near Globe, Gila County, Arizona, marked by a historical marker. In 1846, a United States Army detachment marched through the pass en route to California during the Mexican–American War.
Where it is
El Capitan Pass is a natural landmark near Globe, in Gila 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 El Capitan Pass, 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.
Nearby attractions
8.2 miles away
Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park
A 200-room Salado masonry pueblo above Pinal Creek near Globe, occupied AD 1225-1400 and now a city archaeological park and museum.10 miles away
Gila County Historical Society
A small Globe, Arizona museum on local and regional history, run by the Gila County Historical Society, with an onsite bookshop.11 miles away
Copper Hill ghost town
A Gila County ghost town founded in 1908 with 500 residents working nearby mines, abandoned in 1933 during the Depression.14 miles away
Christmas
An uninhabited Gila County mining community named for the claim staked on Christmas Day 1902, once a magnet for holiday mail.
14 miles away
Ray
A Pinal County ghost town beside a large copper mine, emptied from 1958 when Kennecott moved its residents to the new town of Kearny.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Globe
- County
- Gila 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
- 33.2633, -110.7718
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12