Hunt's Tomb

Hunt's Tomb is a small white pyramid in Papago Park, Phoenix, Arizona, standing behind a fence at the top of a hill above the Phoenix Zoo. George W. P. Hunt, the first governor of Arizona, had it built in 1931 to entomb his wife; he was placed there after his death in 1934, as were their daughter and members of his wife's family. Plaques on the pyramid state that Hunt was descended from a patriot of the Revolutionary War, that he allowed women to vote in his state eight years before the rest of the country, and that he was elected governor seven times, which they describe as a national record. The tomb is easily seen from across the south-western part of the park and looks out over the eastern part of the Valley of the Sun. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Where it is

Hunt's Tomb is a historic site near Tempe, in Maricopa 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 Hunt's Tomb, 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.