3.9 miles away
Fossil Creek
Fossil Creek (Yavapai: Hakhavsuwa or Vialnyucha) is a perennial stream accessed by a forest road near the community of Camp Verde in the U.S. state of Arizona. Access is from Forest Road 708 off Arizona State Route 260 east of Camp Verde.

Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Pine-Strawberry
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 51.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 42.6
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 34.3058, -111.6756
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Fossil Creek is a natural landmark near Pine-Strawberry, 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
This place scores 51.0 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.
Nearby attractions
- Verde Hot Springs is a grouping of thermal mineral springs near the town of Camp Verde in Yavapai County, Arizona. The springs are located at the western bank of the Verde River. There are ruins of a former historical resort at the site and bathhouse.
11 miles away
Strawberry Schoolhouse
One-room log schoolhouse, the second oldest still standing in Arizona. It functions as a fully restored local history museum, complete with a late-19thzcentury classroom exhibit.
14 miles away
Pine-Strawberry Museum
Prehistoric and pioneer artifacts, period antiques and room displays.20 miles away
Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin
History of Northern Gila County and the Mogollon Rim.21 miles away
Verde Valley Archaeology Center
A small museum with exhibits on the pre-Columbian Sinagua culture, an introduction on archaeological research, and a display prepared by the Yavapai-Apache Nation.