3.6 miles away
Paradise
A small ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, settled in 1901 while the area was still the Arizona Territory.
Southwest Research Station
Southwest Research Station, in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, is run by the American Museum of Natural History and offers birdwatching tours.
- Rank in Arizona
- #721of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 19.8 out of 100low confidence
- Category
- Landmark
Southwest Research Station is a landmark in the Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, operated by the American Museum of Natural History. It offers birdwatching tours and accommodation for naturalists and hikers, in an area where rare avian species have been sighted.
Where it is
Southwest Research Station is a landmark near Chiricahua Mountains, in Cochise County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Southwest Research Station, 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 low 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
- Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: http://research.amnh.org/swrs/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
Nearby attractions
5.6 miles away
Chiricahua Peak
The highest point of the Chiricahua Mountains and of Cochise County, at 9,773 feet, with southernmost Engelmann spruce.
11 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.
12 miles away
Chiricahua National Monument
A National Park System unit in south-eastern Arizona, established in 1924 to protect its hoodoos and balancing rocks.
13 miles away
Camp Rucker
A former U.S. Army post in the Chiricahua Mountains, abandoned in 1890, with a number of buildings still standing.13 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.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Chiricahua Mountains
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 19.8 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Official website
- research.amnh.org(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 31.8834, -109.2061
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12