3.1 miles away
Museum of Indigenous People (formerly Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture)
A Prescott museum of regional Native American history and culture, founded in 1935 out of a settler group that had staged imitation Hopi rituals.
Goldwater Lake
A reservoir on Banning Creek south of Prescott, maintained by the city and named after its longtime mayor Morris Goldwater.
- Rank in Arizona
- #319of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 41.2 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Juneby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Goldwater Lake is a reservoir south of Prescott, in Yavapai County, north-central Arizona, formed by a dam on Banning Creek. It is maintained by the City of Prescott Parks and Recreation Department, and the surrounding park has facilities for picnicking, fishing, boating, hiking, volleyball and horseshoes. The lake is named after Morris Goldwater, a longtime mayor of Prescott and uncle of the U.S. senator and 1964 Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.
Where it is
Goldwater Lake is a natural landmark near Prescott, in Yavapai 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 Goldwater Lake, 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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Nearby attractions
3.3 miles away
Sharlot Hall Museum
An open-air museum in Prescott, opened in 1928 in the former Territorial Governor's Mansion by its founder, Sharlot M. Hall.3.6 miles away
Highlands Center for Natural History
A Prescott, Arizona nature centre with three miles of trails, offering lectures, workshops, and summer camps for children and families.
3.9 miles away
Lynx Lake
A 55-acre reservoir in the Bradshaw Mountains east of Prescott, formed by a dam on Lynx Creek in 1963 and stocked for fishing.
3.9 miles away
Fort Whipple
A former United States Army post in Arizona, first sited at Del Rio Springs and later moved to a permanent site near Prescott.
6.3 miles away
Watson Lake
A reservoir among the Granite Dells at Prescott, dammed in the early 1900s and bought by the city in 1997 as recreational land.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Prescott
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 41.2 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 21.1
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 34.4986, -112.4489
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12