2.0 miles away
Guindani Trail (#398)
A steep Cochise County trail to San Pedro Valley views of the Huachuca and Dragoon Mountains, starting within Kartchner Caverns State Park.
French Joe Canyon
A Cochise County canyon near Benson named for an early prospector, known for reliable springs and used by birdwatchers.
- Rank in Arizona
- #501of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 26.4 out of 100low confidence
- Category
- Canyon
French Joe Canyon is a canyon near Benson, Cochise County, Arizona, named after an early prospector. It has reliable springs and is used as a birdwatching location.
Where it is
French Joe Canyon is a canyon near Benson, in Cochise County. It is one of the canyons in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for French Joe Canyon, 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
2.4 miles away
Kartchner Caverns State Park
A living limestone cave near Benson, found in 1974 and kept from the public while conservation measures were designed.
2.8 miles away
Whetstone Mountains
A range in south-eastern Arizona named in 1859 for its novaculite, a fine-grained rock used to sharpen tools.5.6 miles away
Iron Springs (Cochise County, Arizona)
A spring in the Whetstone Mountains where Wyatt Earp killed William "Curly Bill" Brocius in March 1882, later mapped as Mescal Springs.
10 miles away
Contention City
A ghost mining town in Cochise County, settled and abandoned in the 1880s with the rise and fall of silver mining near Tombstone.11 miles away
Presidio Santa Cruz de Terranate
Presidio Santa Cruz de Terranate, near Tombstone, Arizona, holds the most intact US remains of a Spanish colonial fortress, built in 1776 and abandoned by 1780.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Canyon
- Destination
- Benson
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 26.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 60.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 31.8095, -110.3717
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12