Old Tucson Studios

Old Tucson, also known as Old Tucson Studios, is a film studio and theme park just west of Tucson, Arizona, adjacent to the Tucson Mountains and close to the western portion of Saguaro National Park. It was built in 1939 for the William Holden film Arizona, released in 1940, and has since served as a filming location for many Western films and television series, among them Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Rio Bravo (1959), El Dorado (1966), The High Chaparral (1967–1971), Little House on the Prairie, The Young Riders (1989–1992), Three Amigos! (1986) and Tombstone (1993). It opened to the public in 1960 as a theme park, offering historical tours about the films made there along with live entertainment including stunt shows, shootouts, can-can shows and themed events. It remains in use as a filming location.

Where it is

Old Tucson Studios is a historic site near Tucson, in Pima 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 Old Tucson Studios, 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: http://www.oldtucson.com/(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.