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Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
A refuge of over 665,400 acres north-east of Yuma, established in 1939 for desert bighorn sheep and holding the Kofa Wilderness.
- Rank in Arizona
- #284of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 42.4 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge lies in south-western Arizona, north-east of Yuma and south-east of Quartzsite. It was established in 1939 to protect desert bighorn sheep and covers more than 665,400 acres of the Yuma Desert region of the Sonoran Desert. Broad, gently sloping foothills and the sharp, needlepoint peaks of the Kofa Mountains make up its terrain, and its small, widely scattered waterholes draw a considerable number of water birds for a desert area. A wide variety of plant life is found throughout the refuge. The Kofa Wilderness takes up 547,719 acres of it, making it the second largest wilderness area in Arizona.
Where it is
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is a natural landmark near Quartzsite, in Yuma 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 Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, 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: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/kofa/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Quartzsite Historical Society
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Bouse Fisherman
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Quartzsite
- County
- Yuma County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 42.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 23.7
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- fws.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.2667, -114.0000
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12