0.1 miles away
Verde Valley Archaeology Center
Camp Verde's archaeology museum, founded in 2010, covers Sinagua culture and hosts an annual archaeology fair and film festival.
Fort Verde State Historic Park
A small Arizona state park in Camp Verde preserving parts of an Apache Wars-era fort as it stood in the 1880s.
- Rank in Arizona
- #690of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 22.6 out of 100high confidence
- Annual visits
- 9,240counted in 2024
- Category
- State Historic Park
Fort Verde State Historic Park is a small Arizona state park in the town of Camp Verde, preserving parts of an Apache Wars-era fort as it stood in the 1880s. The park was established in 1970 and added to the National Register of Historic Places the following year. It recorded 9,240 visits in 2024.
Where it is
Fort Verde State Historic Park is a state historic park near Camp Verde, in Yavapai County. It is one of the state historic parks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
The score combines the published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance, which is what earns it high confidence. 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.
Sources
- Visitation: Arizona Office of Tourism Monthly State Parks Visitation Report (December 2025); source Arizona State Parks, compiled by AHRRC(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
- Official site: https://www.azstateparks.com/fort-verde(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
3.4 miles away
Montezuma Castle National Monument
A five-storey Sinagua cliff dwelling at Camp Verde, built by 1125 AD and viewed from the trail below.
5.1 miles away
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
A wildlife park and zoo in Camp Verde, opened in 2005, where exotic animals roam in habitats larger than a traditional zoo's.
8.1 miles away
Montezuma Well
A limestone sinkhole near Lake Montezuma discharging 1.5 million gallons of spring water a day and holding five endemic species.
10 miles away
V-Bar-V Heritage Site
The largest known petroglyph site in the Verde Valley, with 1,032 petroglyphs in 13 panels, held by the Coconino National Forest.
13 miles away
Caduceus Cellars
A winery in Jerome owned by Maynard James Keenan, the vocalist of the rock band Tool, and named after the caduceus.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- State Historic Park
- Destination
- Camp Verde
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 9,240 (2024)
- What is counted
- visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 22.6 / 100
- Visitation score
- 0.0
- Popularity score
- 12.2
- Significance score
- 65.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 34.5653, -111.8525
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12