1.4 miles away

Mares Bluff
A steep Greenlee County trail to a view of Clifton, built as a veterans memorial and lined with plaques.
- Rank in Arizona
- #565of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 25.5 out of 100low confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Mares Bluff is a short, steep hiking trail near Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, leading to a view of Clifton and the surrounding peaks and gullies. The trail was built as a veterans memorial and is lined with numerous plaques.
Where it is
Mares Bluff is a natural landmark near Morenci, in Greenlee 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 Mares Bluff, 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 low 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
- Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(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
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Morenci
- County
- Greenlee County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 25.5 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.0408, -109.2884
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12