Montezuma Well

Montezuma Well (Yavapai: ʼHakthkyayva), a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, is a natural limestone sinkhole near the town of Lake Montezuma, Arizona, through which some 1,500,000 US gallons (5,700,000 L; 1,200,000 imp gal) of water emerge each day from an underground spring. It is located about 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Montezuma Castle. The "well" measures 386 feet (118 m) in diameter from rim to rim and contains a near-constant volume of spring water even in times of severe drought.

Facts and sources

Place

Category: Natural Landmark
Destination: Camp Verde
County: Yavapai County
State: Arizona

Visitation

Annual visits: Not published

Ranking

Overall score: 54.5 / 100
Visitation score: No published count
Popularity score: 50.3
Significance score: 58.0
Confidence: medium

Visiting

Coordinates: 34.6491, -111.7520
Last verified: 2026-08-12

Where it is

Montezuma Well is a natural landmark near Camp Verde, in Yavapai 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

This place scores 54.5 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Description: Wikipedia(opens in a new tab), used under CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab)
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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