0.3 miles away
Desert Botanical Garden
A 140-acre garden in Papago Park, Phoenix, holding more than 50,000 desert plants in over 4,000 taxa, a third of them locally native.
Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park)
A natural geological formation in Papago Park, the municipal park shared by the cities of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona.
- Rank in Arizona
- #141of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 49.0 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Marchby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Hole-in-the-Rock is a natural geological formation in Papago Park, a municipal park of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona.
Where it is
Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park) is a natural landmark near Tempe, in Maricopa 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 Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park), 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
0.4 miles away
Papago Park
A municipal park of Phoenix and Tempe, designated a Phoenix Point of Pride and containing Hunt's Tomb.
0.4 miles away
Hunt's Tomb
A white pyramid in Papago Park holding George W. P. Hunt, the first governor of Arizona, and his family, built in 1931.
0.5 miles away
Phoenix Zoo
A 125-acre zoo in Papago Park, opened in 1962 and the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States.
0.9 miles away
Hall Of Flame Fire Museum
The world's largest historical firefighting museum, in Phoenix, holding equipment from 1725 to 1968 and the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes.
0.9 miles away
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
An 8,775-seat baseball stadium in Phoenix, built in 1964 and the home ground of Arizona State University baseball since 2015.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Tempe
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 49.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 38.2
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.4583, -111.9440
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12