8.1 miles away
Hohokam Pima National Monument
A Hohokam village site near Sacaton, protected since 1972 and kept closed to the public by the Gila River Indian Community.
Gila River War Relocation Center
A War Relocation Authority camp near Sacaton that held 13,348 incarcerated Japanese Americans between 1942 and 1945.
- Rank in Arizona
- #76of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 53.1 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Historic Site
The Gila River War Relocation Center was an American concentration camp in Arizona, one of several built by the War Relocation Authority during the Second World War for the incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States. It stood within the Gila River Indian Reservation, over the objections of the reservation, near the town of Sacaton and about 30 miles south-east of Phoenix. It operated from May 1942 to 16 November 1945, and at its peak population of 13,348 it was the fourth-largest city in the state.
Where it is
Gila River War Relocation Center is a historic site near Chandler, in Pinal 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
No official visitor count is published for Gila River War Relocation Center, 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 medium 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
- 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.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Chandler
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 53.1 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 47.2
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.0720, -111.8910
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12