6.8 miles away
Picacho Peak State Park
The 3,374-foot spire of Picacho Peak, between Casa Grande and Tucson and visible from the city 45 miles away.
Sasco
A ghost town in Pinal County west of Red Rock, built as a company town around a large smelter serving several mines.
- Rank in Arizona
- #390of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 39.4 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Historic Site
Sasco is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, west of Red Rock. The name is an acronym of the Southern Arizona Smelter Company; the settlement was a company town, with a large smelter that served several mines. The site is now used for shooting, airsoft and paintball, and shotgun shells, pellets, paint and litter are left across the area.
Where it is
Sasco is a historic site near Picacho, in Pinal 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 Sasco, 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: 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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Nearby attractions
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9.1 miles away
Ironwood Forest National Monument
A 129,055-acre Bureau of Land Management monument in the Sonoran Desert, created in 2000 for its ironwood stands and Hohokam sites.23 miles away
Valley View Overlook Trail
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23 miles away
Tortolita Mountains
A mountain range north-west of Tucson rising to 4,696 feet, largely protected within Tortolita Mountain Park since 1986.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Picacho
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 39.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 17.2
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 32.5350, -111.4394
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12