Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park

Facts and sources

Place

Category: State Historic Park
Destination: Yarnell
County: Yavapai County
State: Arizona

Visitation

Annual visits: 20,728 (2024)
What is counted: visits
Source: Arizona Office of Tourism Monthly State Parks Visitation Report (December 2025); source Arizona State Parks, compiled by AHRRC(opens in a new tab)

Ranking

Overall score: 36.9 / 100
Visitation score: 11.1
Popularity score: 55.8
Significance score: 60.0
Confidence: high

Visiting

Official website: azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
Coordinates: 34.2204, -112.7775
Last verified: 2026-08-12

Where it is

Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park is a state historic park near Yarnell, 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

This place scores 36.9 out of 100, at high confidence. The score combines its published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology 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://azstateparks.com/hotshots(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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