9.1 miles away
Kentucky Camp
A ghost town and former mining camp near Sonoita, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1995 and maintained by the US Forest Service.
Helvetia
A ghost town in Pima County settled in 1891 and abandoned in the early 1920s, most of it now fenced off by active mining.
- Rank in Arizona
- #382of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 39.7 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Januaryby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Historic Site
Helvetia is a ghost town in Pima County, Arizona, settled in 1891 and abandoned in the early 1920s. Helvetia is an ancient name for Switzerland. Only the Ray Mine and the cemetery can be visited; the rest of the town has been fenced off because of active mining operations.
Where it is
Helvetia is a historic site near Sonoita, in Pima 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 Helvetia, 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
- Sonoita
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 39.7 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 17.7
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 31.8578, -110.7890
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12