Paradise

Rank in Arizona: #153of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 48.4 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Historic Site

Paradise is a small ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona. It was settled in 1901, when the area was still the Arizona Territory. It is the setting of the first two games in the Postal series.

Where it is

Paradise is a historic site near Chiricahua Mountains, in Cochise 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 Paradise, 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.

Mentioned in

Arizona's 27 ghost towns publish no visitor count, and 22 of them are still read about — Not one abandoned settlement in this database records an official visitor figure, yet together they drew 136,163 Wikipedia reads in 2024.

Sources

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.

Nearby attractions

3.6 miles away
Southwest Research Station
Southwest Research Station, in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, is run by the American Museum of Natural History and offers birdwatching tours.
Landmark
7.5 miles away
Chiricahua Peak
The highest point of the Chiricahua Mountains and of Cochise County, at 9,773 feet, with southernmost Engelmann spruce.
Natural Landmark
9.5 miles away
Chiricahua National Monument
A National Park System unit in south-eastern Arizona, established in 1924 to protect its hoodoos and balancing rocks.
National Monument
9.6 miles away
Chiricahua Mountains
A range in south-eastern Arizona rising to 9,759 feet at Chiricahua Peak, lying largely within the Coronado National Forest.
Natural Landmark
10 miles away
Faraway Ranch
A former homestead in Chiricahua National Monument, settled in 1887 by Swedish immigrants Emma and Neil Erickson, later expanded into a house.
Historic Site
15 miles away
Camp Rucker
A former U.S. Army post in the Chiricahua Mountains, abandoned in 1890, with a number of buildings still standing.
Historic Site