3.0 miles away
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
The first park in the Arizona state system, preserving the ruins of the Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
A park of three units in the Santa Cruz valley protecting the ruins of three Spanish mission communities.
- Rank in Arizona
- #418of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 37.3 out of 100high confidence
- Annual visits
- 35,256counted in 2024
- Category
- National Historic Site
Tumacácori National Historical Park lies in the upper Santa Cruz River valley in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona. It covers 360 acres in three separate units and protects the ruins of three Spanish mission communities, two of which are National Historic Landmarks. The park also holds the Tumacácori Museum building of 1937, itself a National Historic Landmark. It recorded 35,256 recreation visits in 2024.
Where it is
Tumacácori National Historical Park is a national historic site near Tubac, in Santa Cruz County. It is one of the national historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
The score combines the published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance, which is what earns it high confidence. 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: The 2025 series reports zero recreation visits for month 10, a reporting gap rather than a measured figure, so 2024 is used as the reference year.
Mentioned in
- Arizona protects its night sky in one set of places and uses it in another — Eight Arizona attractions hold International Dark Sky Park status and all eight publish visitor counts; twelve working observatories publish none.
Sources
- Visitation: National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics(opens in a new tab)
- 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
- Official site: https://www.nps.gov/tuma/index.htm(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
3.1 miles away
Tubac Center for the Arts
Tubac Center for the Arts, in Tubac, Arizona, is run by a local artists' cooperative that organises art exhibits and workshops.7.2 miles away
Agua Linda Farm
A privately owned farm near Tubac that opens to the public for seasonal events such as a Garlic and Onion Festival.
8.3 miles away
Sonoita Creek State Natural Area
Nearly 10,000 acres of riparian and upland habitat below Patagonia Lake, an Important Bird Area with 106 recorded bird species.
8.3 miles away
Calabasas
A ghost town within Rio Rico, a suburb of Nogales in Santa Cruz County, whose name is Spanish for 'pumpkins'.
9.4 miles away
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's largest field station, on the summit of Mount Hopkins near Amado.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- National Historic Site
- Destination
- Tubac
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- International Dark Sky Park
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 35,256 (2024)
- What is counted
- recreation visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 37.3 / 100
- Visitation score
- 19.2
- Popularity score
- 24.8
- Significance score
- 75.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- nps.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 31.5681, -111.0510
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12