11 miles away
Pakoon Springs
It is one of the two largest springs of the Pakoon Basin. Getting here can be done along Highway 111 (Pakoon Springs), but do note that coming here in summer is not advisable due to the heat and low elevation.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument
- County
- Mohave 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
- Official website
- nps.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 36.4156, -113.9575
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Pakoon Springs is a natural landmark near Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, in Mohave 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 25.5 out of 100, at low 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: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab), used under CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab)
- 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.nps.gov/para/learn/historyculture/pakoon-springs.htm(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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